
A Principled Technologies test report 5
Consolidating older database servers with the Intel processor-powered
Dell PowerEdge R730xd using SanDisk DAS Cache
Figure 2: Regardless of the
storage configuration, the Dell
PowerEdge R730xd supported
six times the number of users
as the HDD-based legacy
server.
10,000
60,000 60,000
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
Legacy server with
HDDs
Dell PowerEdge
R730xd
w/ SATA SSDs
Dell PowerEdge
R730xd
w/ PCIe SSDs
Number of users supported
Figure 3 shows how the response time of the two Dell PowerEdge R730xd
configurations—while supporting six times as many users—was much faster than that of
the legacy server. With SATA SSDs, response time of the PowerEdge R730xd was less
than half that of the legacy server and with PCIe SSDs, response time was one-fourth
that of the legacy server.
Figure 3: Average response
time for the three
configurations across all
databases. Lower numbers are
better.
1.05
0.42
0.26
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
Legacy server
with HDDs
(2 DB)
Dell PowerEdge
R730xd
w/ SATA SSDs
(12 DB)
Dell PowerEdge
R730xd
w/ PCIe SSDs
(12 DB)
Seconds
Average response time per database in seconds
(lower numbers are better)
Note that the number of databases we ran on each server was a function of
response time and CPU utilization. Running more than two databases on the legacy
server caused response time to go above the highest acceptable 2-second response
time. Running more than 12 databases on the Dell PowerEdge R730xd configurations
caused the server to reach above 75 percent CPU utilization for sustained periods.
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