On Fri, 28 Jul 2006, Louwtjie Burger wrote:
.... reformatted ....
> Hi there
>
> Is it fair to compare the 2 solutions using Solaris 10 U2 and a
> commercial database (SAP SD scenario).
>
> The cache on the HW raid helps, and the CPU load is less... but the
> solution costs more and you _might_ not need the performance of the HW
> RAID.
>
> Has anybody with access to these units done a benchmark comparing the
> performance (and with the pricelist in hand) came to a conclusion.
>
> It's not as such about maximum performance from both, but the
> price/performance. If a JBOD with ZFS does 500 IO's @ $10K vs a HW RAID
> 700 IO's @ $20K ... then the JBOD would be a good investment when $ is a
> factor. (example)
Or stated another way, is it more beneficial to spend the $10k on
increased memory for the DB server, rather than on RAID hardware.
Regards,
Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2134 Timezone: US CDT
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