IT leaders have long faced the challenges of meeting the software, hardware, and infrastructure demands of the big data revolution with the right combination of tools and strategies—and the AI boom is now magnifying those challenges. To craft a comprehensive data management approach that’s both financially and operationally sustainable over time—and well-positioned for future growth—it’s vital for decision makers to successfully and simultaneously balance multiple storage-related factors. Storage density, power efficiency, latency and throughput performance, scalability, and data reduction capabilities are all important components of a successful data management strategy. By investing in a current-generation storage architecture solution, businesses can enjoy significant data performance and management improvements. An objective analysis of the options—and verified performance information—can help decision-makers confidently select an efficient and cost-effective storage solution that could pay off both now and for years to come.
We used the Vdbench storage benchmarking tool—which simulates enterprise online transaction processing involving both analytics and database activity—to compare the input/output operations per second (IOPS), latency, and data reduction performance of a Dell PowerStore 9500 array and a current-generation all-NVMe array from a vendor we called Vendor A. In our tests, the PowerStore 9500 consistently outperformed the Vendor A array, delivering 2.33 times the IOPS performance, 63.94 percent lower latency, and 2.39 times the data reduction ratio.
The types of performance advantages that we saw in our comparison testing can translate into tangible benefits for IT organizations that invest in PowerStore 9500 arrays: faster transaction processing and improved user experience, higher VM and database consolidation ratios, reduced rack footprint and operational overhead, and greater flexibility to support emerging workloads such as analytics and AI. Choosing the Dell PowerStore 9500 can help organizations lower the total cost of ownership and simplify infrastructure while delivering the performance and scalability needed to keep pace with accelerating data growth and ever increasing business demands.
To learn more about our storage architecture performance tests and analysis, check out the report and infographic below.
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