We conducted validation tests to determine how Qognify works with Dell EMC block and local storage arrays.
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We conducted validation tests to determine how Qognify works with Dell EMC block and local storage arrays.
We conducted the validation tests to determine how Qognify works with Unity™ storage arrays.
The test results shown in the following table are based on a conservative model to ensure that the constant-bandwidth video traffic is unaffected during a single storage processor (SP) maintenance cycle, disk rebuild, or similar performance-intensive events.
Array | Qognify version | RAID | Disks | No. of archivers | Bandwidth (MB/s) | Maximum (RAW) | ||
Per archiver | Array iSCSI | Array FC | ||||||
Unity300 1 | Vision Hub 4.4 | 6 | 80 | 8 | 37.5 | 420 | 462 | 2.34 PB |
6 | 150 | 15 | 37.5 | 770 | 847 | |||
Unity400 | Vision Hub 4.4 | 6 | 120 | 12 | 37.5 | 630 | 693 | 3.9 PB |
6 | 250 | 24 | 37.5 | 1330 | 1463 | |||
Unity500 | Vision Hub 4.4 | 6 | 64 | 10 | 35 | 350 | 385 | 7.8 PB |
6 | 104 | 17 | 35 | 595 | 654 | |||
6 | 240 | 30 | 35 | 1645 | 1809 | |||
6 | 500 | 40 | 35 | 2765 | 3041 | |||
Unity600 1 | Vision Hub 4.4 | 6 | 100 | 18 | 37.5 | 630 | 693 | 9.7 PB |
6 | 200 | 35 | 37.5 | 1225 | 1347 | |||
6 | 400 | 69 | 37.5 | 2415 | 2656 | |||
6 | 500 | 86 | 37.5 | 3010 | 3311 | |||
6 | 600 | 86 | 37.5 | 3010 | 3311 | |||
6 | 1000 | 86 | 37.5 | 3010 | 3311 |
The test results are based on a model in which the constant-bandwidth safety and security video traffic remained unaffected during select storage failure scenarios, such as disk rebuild, and failing network paths.
We performed the following tests to ensure a worst-case scenario for all sizing parameters:
We performed all tests with a per SVR bandwidth of 35 MB/s using 5 Mb/s cameras.
The following table provides bandwidth-sizing guidelines based on our test results.
Array | Qognify version | RAID | Disks | Bandwidth (MB/s) | No. of recorders | Maximum (RAW) | ||
No. | Size | Per recorder | Array iSCSI | |||||
SC5020 | Vision Hub 4.4 | 6 (8+2) | 70 | 8 TB | 35 | 315 | 9 | 4 PB |
140 | 8 TB | 35 | 525 | 15 | ||||
222 | 8 TB | 35 | 1015 | 29 |