For performance testing, the Linux cp (copy) command was used to move data from the server to storage, and from storage to server. Two different datasets where used:
- Five 32 GB files to demonstrate the ability to transfer large files at a consistent speed.
- 75,000 small files to demonstrate the ability to transfer many small files with high throughput.
Table 3. File count and capacity
4 | 38746 |
8 | 12527 |
12 | 6710 |
16 | 4239 |
20 | 2955 |
24 | 2042 |
28 | 1633 |
32 | 1229 |
36 | 1002 |
40 | 764 |
44 | 705 |
48 | 538 |
52 | 451 |
56 | 387 |
60 | 312 |
64 | 295 |
68 | 273 |
72 | 192 |
