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Auto-tiering Performance IOPs: MSA 2060 iSCSI DAC > DAC VMware hosts

 
ALJ55
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Auto-tiering Performance IOPs: MSA 2060 iSCSI DAC > DAC VMware hosts

Hi - I was wondering if this was right:

MSA 2060 iSCSI

1.9GB SSD RAID1

6x 10K SFF 1.8TB RAID5

Auto-tiered to a performance volume

Windows VM using IOmeter 16 outstanding, 1 worker default 500GB RAW disk

about 5,000 IOPs full bw 10Gbps throughput, no errors or latency on paths RR to Targets A+B

It seems right - assuming 180 IOPS x 5 10k disks = 900 IOPs. 5,000 IOPs is fast for a little SAN like this. I understand VMware DAC isn't "supported" but I've run software iSCSI with no switch / DAC several times with 3x ESXi hosts with zero issues. I belive it's because almost all don't understand how to setup VMware software iSCSI and binding to a single pNIC initiator on separate broadcast domains... That's how it's done - each target has its own separate network and IP scheme as do the initiators. I was an insturctor for VMware and DataCore Software for almost a decade... I'm tired for HPE engineers stopping at "it isn't supported" and not answering a simple question! 

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Re: Query: Auto-tiering Performance IOPs: MSA 2060 iSCSI DAC > DAC VMware hosts

Hello @ALJ55,

Hope this quickspecs document may be helpful to find answers what you are looking for - https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/a00094629enw.pdf?jumpid=in_pdp-psnow-qs 

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Srinivas Bhat

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