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Dell VxRail Performance Analysis
Introduction vSAN Express Storage Architecture overview Test environment and configuration
Hardware
Software
vSAN ESA storage policy
Methods Results Price-performance analysis Conclusion

Hardware

Hardware

  • The hardware in the table below shows that two VxRail with vSAN ESA clusters were created. Both clusters used identical hardware except for the networking cards and switches used for vSAN networking. For networking, one cluster used Broadcom 57414 25 GbE, while the other cluster used Broadcom 54508 100 GbE.

    Table 1.      Cluster configurations

    VxRail 8.0.000 with vSAN Express Storage Architecture

    Cluster

    Six nodes VxRail with vSAN ESA

    Node type

    VxRail P670N

    Processor

    2x Intel® Xeon® Gold 6330 with 28 cores at 2.00 GHz

    RAM

    1024 GB

    Drive configuration

    11x Intel P5600 3.2 TB

    NVMe PCIe Gen 4.0 x4 interface

    Intel 3D triple-level cell (TLC) NAND

    vSAN networking

    Broadcom 57414 25 GbE

    Broadcom 57508 100 GbE