The test results are based on a model in which the constant-bandwidth safety and security video traffic remained unaffected during a cluster normal load baseline, disk rebuild, and multiple iterations of node reboots
We performed all tests as follows:
- With mutliple iterations of node reboots.
- With drive failures in place in the A3000 cluster to ensure a worst-case scenario for all sizing parameters.
The following table provides bandwidth-sizing guidelines based on our test results.
Configuration
Component | Details |
VMS | Qognify VMS |
Version | 7.3.1.0 |
Component | Bandwidth MB/s (Mb/s) |
Baseline per Cluster Bandwidth | 825 ( 6600) |
Baseline per Node Bandwidth | 206 (1648) |
Baseline per Recorder | 68.5 (548) |
Per Cluster Bandwidth (mission critical) | 648 ( 5184 ) |
Per Node Bandwidth (mission critical) | 162 (1296) |
Per Recorder (mission critical) | 54 (432) |
Number of Recorders per PowerScale node | 3 |
Number of Recorders per PowerScale cluster | 12 |
Disk rebuild - Tier 1 | 3 days |
Component | Details |
Server Model | PowerEdge R650 |
Hypervisor version | VMware ESXi 7.0.3 |
Processor Model | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5318Y CPU @ 2.10GHz |
Number of Processors | 2 |
Cores per socket | 24 per socket |
Logical Processors | 96 |
Memory | 256GB |
Disk controller | PERC H755 Front (Embedded) RAID Controller |
VMS Storage Tier | N/A |
Component | Details |
Compute platform | VMware ESXi |
Total No. of VMs per ESXi host | 3 |
Guest OS | Windows server 2019 standard |
vCPU | 10 |
vMemory | 15GB |
vNIC type | VMXNET 3 |
Video disk size | 26TB |
Component | Details |
Storage | PowerScale A3000 |
Nodes per cluster | 4 |
OneFS | 9.5.0.2 |
Disk type | HDD SATA |
Protection scheme | 2d+1n |
Disks per node | 20 |
Disk capacity | 12TB |
Protocol | SMB |
CA enabled | yes |
VMS Storage Tier | 1 |
Component | Details |
Camera type | Virtual Camera simulator |
Number of cameras | 80 |
Codec | H264 |
Bitrate | 5.5 Mbps |
FPS | 30 |
Resolution | 1280x720 |
Component | Category | Details |
ESXi host (%) | Max. CPU utilization | 30.50% |
Avg. CPU utilization | 28% | |
Max memory utilization | 19% | |
Per VM (%) | Max. CPU utilization | 62.00% |
Avg. CPU utilization | 54.00% | |
Max. memory utilization | 65.00% | |
Windows (%) | Read IOPS | 52 |
Write IOPS | 54 |
Mission critical graphs
The external network throughput rate displays the total amount of data that passes through the external network interfaces in the monitored cluster.
The CPU utilization percentage shows the average percent during failure and recovery scenarios, such as Smartfail and adding the failed node back in.
The disk throughput rate displays the total amount of data being read from and written to the disks in the cluster.
Cluster baseline graphs
The external network throughput rate displays the total amount of data that passes through the external network interfaces in the monitored cluster.
The CPU utilization percentage shows the average percent during failure and recovery scenarios, such as Smartfail and adding the failed node back in.
The disk throughput rate displays the total amount of data being read from and written to the disks in the cluster.