LSI Data Center Solutions GroupJuly 20, 2014Khai Le

AutoCache and Nytro WarpDrive PCI Flash VMs Application Benchmark

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Configuration

Vmware– ESXi version 5.1– 64bit build 799733

AutoCache version 2.0 (Proximal Data software)– Write-Through caching

Nytro WarpDrive 6203– 400GB (eMLC)

MegaRAID (TB) controller– VMware Data Storage (VD)

• 16 SAS 6G HDD RAID-10– WT, NRA, DIO, DCD, SS 64KB

VM information:– Windows 2008 R2 SP1– 2 vCPU @ 2.0 GHz– 12 GB of vRAM– 500 GB vmdk, SQL database

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Nytro WarpDrvie 6203 Information

Model: Nytro WarpDrive 6203 400GB DFF flash type: eMLC Over Provision: 28% Default Capacity: 372.52 TB after OP setting Firmware: 110.00.00.00 Driver: mpt2sas 17.00.00.00.1vmw

Real World Application Benchmark

Workload

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VMware –TPCe 1 Millions Customer WorkloadTransaction Per Second, MS-SQL 2008R2

Notes:• DAS: backend connect to Camden,16-HDDs create RAID-10 for datastore• Adapter Cache Policies: WB, DIO, 64KB SS NRA• Enable Cache: Nytro WarpDrive 6203 + AutoCache v2.0 caching software

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VMware –TPCe 1 Millions Customer WorkloadAverage TPS Report, MS SQL 2008R2

Notes:• DAS: backend connect to Camden,16-HDDs create RAID-10 for datastore• Adapter Cache Policies: WB, DIO, 64KB SS NRA• Enable Cache: Nytro WarpDrive 6203 + AutoCache v2.0 caching software

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VMware –TPCe 1 Millions Customer WorkloadLatency, MS SQL 2008R2

Notes:• DAS: backend connect to Camden,16-HDDs create RAID-10 for datastore• Adapter Cache Policies: WB, DIO, 64KB SS NRA• Enable Cache: Nytro WarpDrive 6203 + AutoCache v2.0 caching software

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AutoCache VMware Cache ManagementCache Statistic, 1 Millions Customer workload

Notes:• AutoCache Cache policy: Write Through mode

Mix Workload: Read Intensive90/10 (R/W)

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VMware –TPCC 4500 Warehouse workloadTransaction Per Second, MS-SQL 2008R2

Notes:• DAS: backend connect to Camden,16-HDDs create RAID-10 for datastore• Adapter Cache Policies: WB, DIO, 64KB SS NRA• Enable Cache: Nytro WarpDrive 6203 + AutoCache v2.0 caching software

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VMware –TPCc 4500 Warehouse WorkloadTpmC Report, MS SQL 2008R2

Notes:• DAS: backend connect to Camden,16-HDDs create RAID-10 for datastore• Adapter Cache Policies: WB, DIO, 64KB SS NRA• Enable Cache: Nytro WarpDrive 6203 + AutoCache v2.0 caching software

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VMware –TPCc 4500 Warehouse WorkloadLatency, MS SQL 2008R2

Notes:• DAS: backend connect to Camden,16-HDDs create RAID-10 for datastore• Adapter Cache Policies: WB, DIO, 64KB SS NRA• Enable Cache: Nytro WarpDrive 6203 + AutoCache v2.0 caching software

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AutoCache VMware Cache ManagementCache Statistic, 4500 Warehouse workload

Notes:• AutoCache Cache policy: Write Through mode

Mix Workload: Read Intensive60/40 (R/W)

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VMware –SysBench, 60 Threads WorkloadOLTP, MySQL database table 8.89x10^8

Notes:• DAS: backend connect to Camden, 8-HDDs create RAID-10 for datastore• Adapter Cache Policies: WT, DIO, 64KB SS NRA• Enable Cache: Nytro WarpDrive 6203 + AutoCache v2.0 caching software

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Notes:• DAS: backend connect to Camden,16-HDDs create RAID-10 for datastore• Adapter Cache Policies: WB, DIO, 64KB SS NRA• Enable Cache: Nytro WarpDrive 6203 + AutoCache v2.0 caching software

VMware –SysBench, 60 Threads WorkloadLatency, MySQL database table 8.89x10^8

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AutoCache VMware Cache ManagementCache Statistic, OLTP 60 threads workload

Notes:• AutoCache Cache policy: Write Through mode

Mix Workload: Read Intensive80/20 (R/W)

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VMware –JetStress, WorkloadOLTP, Exchage database

Notes:• DAS: backend connect to Camden, 8-HDDs create RAID-10 for datastore• Adapter Cache Policies: WT, DIO, 64KB SS NRA• Enable Cache: Nytro WarpDrive 6203 + AutoCache v2.0 caching software

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Notes:• DAS: backend connect to Camden,16-HDDs create RAID-10 for datastore• Adapter Cache Policies: WB, DIO, 64KB SS NRA• Enable Cache: Nytro WarpDrive 6203 + AutoCache v2.0 caching software

VMware –JetStress, WorkloadLatency, Exchange database

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AutoCache VMware Cache ManagementCache Statistic, Exchange workload

Notes:• AutoCache Cache policy: Write Through mode

Mix Workload: Read Intensive80/20 (R/W)

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VM Application Benchmark Summary

Nytro WarpDrive 6203 Scaling - 1 and 2 PCIe Flash Devices– AutoCache 1.1.21

• Significant performance improvement• Added flash caching capacity• Added performance for hot region size > 1st Nytro WarpDrive 6203 capacity

– AutoCache 2.0• Significant performance improvement• Added flash caching capacity• Added performance for any hot region size

Performance Ramp Up Time– Dependent on total hot region size (i.e., #VMs * Hot Region Size/VM)

Nytro WarpDrive 6203 Driver Performance Optimizations– Increasing Queue Depth and Disk Schedule Outstanding Request Count

• Significant acceleration improvement

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Resources

Nytro WarpDrive and Nytro XP http://

www.lsi.com/products/flash-accelerators/pages/default.aspx#tab/product-family-tab-3

AutoCache Resources http://www.proximaldata.com/product/resources.phpv

Proximal Download Portal http://www.proximaldata.com/support/software_download_portal.php

Sphere Best Practices http://www.vmware.com/pdf/Perf_Best_Practices_vSphere5.0.pdf

esxtop Download http://www.yellow-bricks.com/esxtop/ 

VMware io Analyzer Download http://labs.vmware.com/flings/io-analyzer

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