All test parameters and scenarios reflect standard production behavior for under storage-intensive conditions, including typical storage functions and failures. We followed best practices for recovery and break-fix issues for normal situations that might arise in a standard production environment.
We used the following parameters to perform the tests:
- All test measurements were based on active failure scenarios. Failure scenarios include drive failures and recovery, forced Isilon node failures, and storage processor failures. These scenarios generally caused background jobs to run, such as PowerScale's FlexProtect. Testing with these realistic scenarios helps ensure a successful implementation that is able to withstand various types of failures.
- The IP network (Layer 2) is a flat, high-availability network with plenty of capacity, which enabled us to focus on the products we were testing.
- All tests assumed uniform distribution of bandwidth from the .