Measurements for storage systems connected to /390 servers SE710 and SE730

This section contains measurement results for the performance of the /390 server SE710 when connected to a ETERNUS DX600 storage system via FC. The results may also apply to a SE730 server.

The following configuration was used for the measurements:

• SU710-70 server with 3,600 RPF in native mode.

• Connection of the server to the storage system via FC controllers each operating at 16 Gbit/s. Each volume could be reached over 2 paths.

• The ETERNUS DX600 storage system with a 128-GB cache and physical disks each with a capacity of 300 GB and operating at 15,000 rpm

• Up to 16 volumes on disks of the type D3435 with data format NK2 without mutual interference (1 volume each on a RAID group RAID 1/0(3+3)).

• All the tasks performed only synchronous IOs.