Average IOPS for SAS, FC Drives for File Server WS2008R2

[WesleyRodrigues]

Hello,

I would like know how calculate IOPS of my storage 3PAR 7400 for use in File Server Windows Server 2008 R2. The server is new ok, will one cluster.

I have thirty two disk SAS with 2TB of 7200 RPM, and ninety two disk SAS with 600GB of 10K RPM.

What the best setting for this storage?
What the best RAID, 5, 10 or 50?
Which are the IOPS of disks?

I want the best performance in reading and in writing.

[Dennis Handly]

>What the best RAID, 5, 10 or 50?
>I want the best performance in reading and in writing.

Your best performance would be RAID 1 but can you afford the space?

Other RAID values are 0, 5 or 6.  6 is recommended over 5 for your NL (2 TB) drives.

[WesleyRodrigues]

The ideia is don't have that afford the space, and yes use the what have today.
I have the values IOPS for disk below:

Disk SAS 2TB of 7200 RPM

RAID 0: (Read = 50% and Write = 50%)

Total RAW IOPS: Min 2400, Median 2800 and Max 3200.
Actual IOPS: Min 2400, Median 2800 and Max 3200.
Data Transfer MB/s: Min 9,4, Median 10,9 and Max 12,5
Storage
Raw Storage: 65536
Usable Storage: 65536

RAID 1: (Read = 50% and Write = 50%)

Total RAW IOPS: Min 2400, Median 2800 and Max 3200.
Actual IOPS: Min 1800, Median 2100 and Max 2400.
Data Transfer MB/s: Min 7,0, Median 8,2 and Max 9,4 
Storage
Raw Storage: 65536
Usable Storage: 32768

RAID 5: (Read = 50% and Write = 50%)

Total RAW IOPS: Min 2400, Median 2800 and Max 3200.
Actual IOPS: Min 1500, Median 1750 and Max 2000.
Data Transfer MB/s: Min 5,9, Median 6,8 and Max 7,8 
Storage
Raw Storage: 65536
Usable Storage: 63488

RAID 6: (Read = 50% and Write = 50%)

Total RAW IOPS: Min 2400, Median 2800 and Max 3200.
Actual IOPS: Min 1400, Median 1633 and Max 1867.
Data Transfer MB/s: Min 5,5, Median 6,4 and Max 7,3 
Storage
Raw Storage: 65536
Usable Storage: 61440

Disk SAS 600GB of 10K RPM

RAID 0: (Read = 50% and Write = 50%)

Total RAW IOPS: Min 12880, Median 12880 and Max 12880.
Actual IOPS: Min 12880, Median 12880 and Max 128807.
Data Transfer MB/s: Min 50,3, Median 50,3 and Max 50,3
Storage
Raw Storage: 55200
Usable Storage: 55200

RAID 1: (Read = 50% and Write = 50%)

Total RAW IOPS: Min 12880, Median 12880 and Max 12880.
Actual IOPS: Min 9660, Median 9660 and Max 9660.
Data Transfer MB/s: Min 37,7, Median 37,7 and Max 37,7
Storage
Raw Storage: 55200
Usable Storage: 27600

RAID 5: (Read = 50% and Write = 50%)

Total RAW IOPS: Min 12880, Median 12880 and Max 12880.
Actual IOPS: Min 8050, Median 8050 and Max 8050.
Data Transfer MB/s: Min 31,4, Median 31,4 and Max 31,4
Storage
Raw Storage: 55200
Usable Storage: 54600

RAID 6: (Read = 50% and Write = 50%)

Total RAW IOPS: Min 12880, Median 12880 and Max 12880.
Actual IOPS: Min 7513, Median 7513 and Max 7513.
Data Transfer MB/s: Min 29,3, Median 29,3 and Max 29,3
Storage
Raw Storage: 55200
Usable Storage: 54000

The values up are real?

The storage has one HBA dual port 8GB with interface FC.