Dell EqualLogic FS7500 – Unified block and file storage for virtual workloads
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Contents
Introduction
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Audience
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Sections
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Storage Options for VMware
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VMware I/O stacks
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The Dell EqualLogic FS7500 storage solution for VMware
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Storage Performance Metrics
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Test Methodology
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Test Hardware Configurations
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Test Network Configuration
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Virtual Workload Description
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Mail server operations using Microsoft Exchange
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Social networking operations using Olio, Web 2.0 based applications
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E-commerce transactional operations using DVDstore and MS-SQL databases
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Test Results
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Conclusion
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Appendix A
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Test System Components
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IP and Subnet Information
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Figures
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WMware I/O stacks
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Figure 2.
Unified Scale-out Dell EqualLogic FS7500 Storage System
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Multiple Virtual Workloads in a VMware environment on Dell EqualLogic FS7500
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Logical Network Connectivity Diagram of the Test Environment
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Performance of Multiple Virtual Workloads in VMware using FS7500 over NFS
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