This was a cheap and relatively easy way to repurpose old hardware for shared backup storage. I'm hoping to utilize these Napp-it boxes with vSphere Data Protection. Have a couple of different ZFS pools mounted and am logging performance differences. Performance/cost ratio is shockingly good - and quite serviceable for backups! Still have some optimizations available too. Only running 1x1Gb NIC on the OI boxes right now.
SERVER TYPE: Windows Server 2008 R2 VM
CPU TYPE / NUMBER: Intel Xeon X5672 @ 3.20GHz / 2
HOST TYPE: Dell PowerEdge R510. Essentials Plus ESXi 5.1
STORAGE TYPE / DISK NUMBER / RAID LEVEL: OpenIndiana w/ Napp-it/ZFS. 1xGb MRU/ALUA
| Test name | Latency | Avg iops | Avg MBps | cpu load |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Throughput-100%Read | 17.13 | 3486 | 108 | 8% |
| RealLife-60%Rand-65%Read | 13.85 | 2722 | 21 | 42% |
| Max Throughput-50%Read | 12.67 | 4742 | 148 | 17% |
| Random-8k-70%Read | 18.42 | 1967 | 15 | 43% |
| Test name | Latency | Avg iops | Avg MBps | cpu load |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Throughput-100%Read | 17.22 | 3467 | 108 | 18% |
| RealLife-60%Rand-65%Read | 13.51 | 4036 | 31 | 33% |
| Max Throughput-50%Read | 12.10 | 4953 | 154 | 11% |
| Random-8k-70%Read | 16.38 | 3260 | 25 | 33% |
5 Discs / RAID Z / OI Server 2
| Test name | Latency | Avg iops | Avg MBps | cpu load |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Throughput-100%Read | 17.21 | 3468 | 108 | 15% |
| RealLife-60%Rand-65%Read | 6.66 | 8426 | 65 | 20% |
| Max Throughput-50%Read | 12.00 | 4988 | 155 | 23% |
| Random-8k-70%Read | 7.21 | 7662 | 59 | 22% |
| Test name | Latency | Avg iops | Avg MBps | cpu load |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Throughput-100%Read | 17.25 | 3462 | 108 | 12% |
| RealLife-60%Rand-65%Read | 84.70 | 664 | 5 | 20% |
| Max Throughput-50%Read | 14.02 | 4302 | 134 | 16% |
| Random-8k-70%Read | 123.28 | 454 | 3 | 22% |
| Test name | Latency | Avg iops | Avg MBps | cpu load |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Throughput-100%Read | 17.14 | 3480 | 108 | 15% |
| RealLife-60%Rand-65%Read | 43.23 | 1198 | 9 | 30% |
| Max Throughput-50%Read | 14.03 | 4301 | 134 | 14% |
| Random-8k-70%Read | 58.14 | 884 | 6 | 27% |