Up next fujitsu sparc m12 with worlds fastest percore performance. After the tests on the sparc t41 we migrated our ldom to the new sparc s72 server. The mirrored then striped array is also known as raid 10. This allowed us to compare the systems using the same operating system, setup and data, to make sure we compare apple to apple. Hardware raid is not a drag on your system and it is not based on corruptible files on your system. The motherboard and cpu supports the new memory riser cards that contain the new millbrook2 memory buffer bobs and the higher density 16gbyte dimms. It continues the strategy of being the platform of choice for web infrastructure, middleware workloads and application development boasting speed, security and unmatched availability to data in a sleek, compact design. Oracle s sparc t5 2, sparc t54, sparc t58, and sparc t51b server architecture 4 figure 2. Regarding their differences, hw raid is usually hassle free and usually comes with hotswapability. Sparc t42 versus sparc t32 the sparc t42 3u rack mount server also uses the same chassis and io hardware as its predecessor, the sparc t32. Oracles sparc t5 2, sparc t54, sparc t58, and sparc t51b server architecture 4 figure 2.
Im about to start a new server build for home media storage. I have managed to get the server is up and running solaris was preinstalled, and software works on it. Oracles sparc t52, sparc t54, sparc t58, and sparc t51b server architecture 4 figure 2. Oracles sparc t52, sparc t54, sparc t58, and sparc t51b.
Hardware raid vs software raid windows 7 help forums. Product overview the sparc t41 server is powered by the sparc t4 processor, combining singlethreaded. In the sparc and netra sparc t4 series servers and blades, hardware raid support is provided by either onboard sas2 raid controllers or pluggable raid expansion modules rems. A redundant array of inexpensive disks raid allows high levels of storage reliability. Hot chips the sparc t4 processor that oracle expects to ship before the end of december for its entrylevel and midrange server platforms is probably the most important chip that either sun or. It was first presented at hot chips 24 in august 2012, and was officially introduced with the oracle sparc t5 servers in march 20. When running basic io tests ddoflagdirect 5k to 100g files, hdparam t, etc. Oracles sparc t52, sparc t54, sparc t58, and sparc. Product overview the sparc t4 1 server is powered by the sparc t4 processor, combining singlethreaded.
Do i let the card configure raid 6 or use linux raid. Both types of controller enable you to create logical disk volumes consisting of two or more redundant disk drives. Hardware raids are more smb friendly than software raids. Designed to meet the most demanding telecommunication web, media services. There are three sets of raid management utilities you can use with the onboard sas2 controllers provided on sparc t41, sparc t42, netra sparc t41, and netra sparc t42 servers. And here, i brief the task list of configuration hardware raid on sun sparc model t. An endofservicelife announcement can spell trouble for it managers. What i understand is that we should implement hardware raid in the first place and use software raid where hardware raid is not feasible. Oracle sun netra sparc t4 1 server is the first sparc t4 processor based system with throughput offering 2x the io bandwidth and 5x improvement in single threaded performance over the previous generation netra sparc server, all in a compact 20 inch deep 2 ru chassis. The oracle sparc t41 and sparc t52 servers are designed to offer cost and performance options with similar functionality. Both offer virtualization features, allowing provisioning of server resources on an asneeded basis. Sep 30, 2011 zfs encryption uses the oracle solaris cryptographic framework which gives it access to sparc t4 processor and intel xeon x5670 processor intel aesni hardware acceleration or to optimized software implementations of the encryption algorithms automatically.
The processor features integrated onchip cryptographic support that provides wire speed encryption capabilities without an application performance penalty. This workload did not use the software in silicon features, only performed better because of the new cpu architecture higher frequency, more and better cpu cache and. Hardware raid support sparc t42 server html document. While both work hard as rackmounted servers, the t4 1, with a singlethreaded processor. What is the performance implication of hardware vs software. The sparc t4 2 server is equipped with two sparc t4 processors and 32 dimm slots, which can support a total of 1 tb of memory when populated with 32 gb dimms. Hardware based encryption technology on both lets software focus on performance. Sparc t41solaris 11add 2 new hdds in raid 0 configuration. Configure a new 2 disk raid0 configuring hardware raid sparc t4 1 server html document collection 3. The t4 processor was officially introduced as part of oracles sparc t4 servers in september 2011. Ive ordered an areca 1280ml 24 port sata controller. The sparc t41 server offers maximum security, speed, and scale for your web infrastructure. Raid stands for redundant array of inexpensive disks.
The sparc t5 processor allows organizations to rapidly scale the delivery of new network services and computeintensive workloads with maximum efficiency and predictability. Could someone provide some thoughts on hardware raid vs. What is the performance implication of hardware vs. Oracles sparc t52, sparc t54, sparc t58, and sparc t5. Hardware raid support sparc t41 server html document. But the real question is whether you should use a hardware raid solution or a software raid solution. Sun microsystems brought the first tseries processor ultrasparc. Such solutions usually come with additional hardware e. Sparc t5 is the fifth generation multicore microprocessor of oracles sparc tseries family.
Before raid was raid, software disk mirroring raid 1 was a huge profit generator for system vendors, who sold it as an addon to their operating systems. In previous article, i described the task list of configuration software raid on solaris. My experience with hardware and fake hardware raid is that as long as you stay with the same vendor, the raid metadata will be recognized ive seen this when moving drives between various hp, areca and lsi hardware raid controllers, and with intel, amd and even via hostraid i was pretty surprised when i connected a 250gb hard drive from some old amd desktop box to a hp g1 microserver, and. This is a method of improving the performance and reliability of your storage media by using multiple drives. Ofcoruse, the first step is connection to the server with serial console cable, assume the new server. Configure a new 2disk raid0 configuring hardware raid sparc t41 server html document collection 3.
Oracle enterprise software, the sparc t41 is a cost efficient platform for web infrastructure, middleware and application development. Up next fujitsu sparc m12 with worlds fastest percore performance duration. Ive been hoping other people would post with some experience, because im in the middle of a decision and am leaning toward software but just basically fear the unknown. Sparc t4 conforms to the same sparc v9 open processor architecture as all other sparc processors and operating system versions. But with budget favoring the software raid, those wanting optimum performance and. The sparc t41 is the latest system from the line of oracle sparc servers. But if you have a hardware raid use that over a software raid. While both work hard as rackmounted servers, the t41, with a singlethreaded. In a hardware raid setup, the drives connect to a special raid controller inserted in a fast pciexpress pcie slot in a motherboard. Imho, im a big fan of kernel developers non directly related to zfs, so i really prefere mdadm to hardware raid. Nov, 2015 sparc t4 2 system technical overview slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Oct 20, 2016 the oracle sparc t4 1 and sparc t5 2 servers are designed to offer cost and performance options with similar functionality. Sparc t4 2 versus sparc t3 2 the sparc t4 2 3u rack mount server also uses the same chassis and io hardware as its predecessor, the sparc t3 2. Lets start the hardware vs software raid battle with the hardware side.
The sparc t42 server is powered by the sparc t4 processor that combines a new level of singlethreaded performance along with high overall system throughput. It can either be performed in the host servers cpu software raid, or in an external cpu hardware raid. The drives are configured, so that the data is either divided between disks to distribute load, or duplicated to ensure that it can be recovered once a disk fails. Faster than sparc t3, adds out of order execution finally.
The processor is designed to offer high multithreaded performance 8 threads per core, with 8 cores per chip, as well as high single threaded performance from the same chip. I have scoured through articles written about tuning software and i have used linux software raid for over 10 years. A raid can be deployed using both software and hardware. Jun, 2016 comparing hardware raid vs software raid setups deals with how the storage drives in a raid array connect to the motherboard in a server or pc, and the management of those drives. The sparc t42 server is equipped with two sparc t4 processors and 32 dimm slots, which can support a total of 1 tb of memory when populated with 32 gb dimms. In a hardware raid setup, the drives connect to a raid controller card inserted in a fast pciexpress pcie slot in a motherboard. Zfs encryption uses the oracle solaris cryptographic framework which gives it access to sparc t4 processor and intel xeon x5670 processor intel aesni hardware acceleration or to optimized software implementations of the encryption algorithms automatically.
Sparc t42 server beats intel westmere aesni on zfs. Oracle enterprise software, the sparc t4 1 is a cost efficient platform for web infrastructure, middleware and application development. Comparing hardware raid vs software raid setups deals with how the storage drives in a raid array connect to the motherboard in a server or pc, and the management of those drives. My experience with hardware and fakehardware raid is that as long as you stay with the same vendor, the raid metadata will be recognized ive seen this when moving drives between various hp, areca and lsi hardware raid controllers, and with intel, amd and even via hostraid i was pretty surprised when i connected a 250gb hard drive from some old amd desktop box to a hp g1 microserver, and. Designed to meet the most demanding telecommunication web, media services, ossbss, and brm workloads, the netra sparc. When sun oracle decides it will no longer support its storage, server, or network hardware, it teams are left scrambling trying to figure out what they can do to deal with the problem without breaking the budget. Sparc t4 2 system technical overview slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Nas or desktop hdd for raid 1 or windows software raid hi, i want to buy two new hdd for my raid 1 mirror in desktop to store my data. Soft possibly the longest running battle in raid circles is which is faster, hardware raid or software raid. The chip is the 4th generation processor in the tseries family.
Oracle sun netra sparc t41 server is the first sparc t4 processor based system with throughput offering 2x the io bandwidth and 5x improvement in single threaded performance over the previous generation netra sparc server, all in a compact 20 inch deep 2 ru chassis. The processor is designed to offer high multithreaded performance 16 cores per chip, with 8 threads per core, as well as high single threaded performance from the same. The sparc t4 is a sparc multicore microprocessor introduced in 2011 by oracle corporation. Power consumption can be reduced with power management oracle vm server for sparc 2. Run the format command and you will have a new disk volume as compared to 1 above. Oracle sun sparc t42 server adirondack networks inc. I dont think it matters which slots you put the new drives into. Below are results running two different ciphers for zfs encryption.
Software vs hardware raid performance and cache usage. The advanced sparc t4 processor features integrated onchip cryptographic support that provides wire speed encryption capabilities without an application performance penalty. A raid 1 will write in the same time the data to both disks taking twice as long as a raid 0, but can, in theory read twice as fast, because will read from one disk a part of the data and from another the other part, so raid 1 is not twice as bad as raid 0, both have their place. Software raid is os dependent using host resources ram, cpu, bus cycles and depending on the hypervisor it may not even work. Known product issues 5 hardware issues 5 direct io support 5 use links labeled sparc t3 to downloadsas2ircusoftware for sparc t4 servers 6 installing sun storage 6 gb sas pcie raid hba, internal, disables the dvd drive 6 sun type 6 keyboards are not supported by sparc t4 series servers 7. Difference between hardware raid and software raid. The sparc t4 2 server is powered by the sparc t4 processor that combines a new level of singlethreaded performance along with high overall system throughput. There are 2 hdds in the system now in hdd0 and hdd4 slots, and now we would like to add another two in raid 0 configuration striped for better performance. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website.
The 10ru system is also available in new entrylevel configuration. The processor is designed to offer high multithreaded performance 16 cores per chip, with 8 threads per core, as well. Solved using both hardware and software raid together. Software raid, as you might already know, is usually builtin on your os and unlike a hardware raid, you will need to spend a little extra on a controller card. Sparc t4 2 system technical overview linkedin slideshare. The sparc t4 1 server offers maximum security, speed, and scale for your web infrastructure. Servers in question are syse321 and syse323 from so you start an ovh brand and have similar configuration, the biggest differences being absencepresence of hyperthreading and hardware raid.
Sun sparc enterprise m5000 server vibrant technologies. The sparc t4 2 delivers highly expandable internal storage and network connectivity as the server has room for a combination of six hard disk drives or solid state drives and ten pci. Oracle sun netra sparc t41 server greentec systems. Aug 22, 2011 hot chips the sparc t4 processor that oracle expects to ship before the end of december for its entrylevel and midrange server platforms is probably the most important chip that either sun or. Hardware is a much more robust and better performing option.
The sparc t42 delivers highly expandable internal storage and network connectivity as the server has room for a combination of six hard disk drives or solid state drives and ten pci. For details on the sas2ircu utility, see the beginning of 14. The sun sparc enterprise m5000 server can hold up to eight dualcore 2. Table 2 provides a comparison between the sparc t5, sparc t4, sparc t3 processors. Is veritas volume manager one kind of software raid. You can also use the sas2ircu utility to check the status of a hardware raid volume and an internal disk drive within the hardware raid volume. Sparc t42 server computer hardware, software, technology. This provides the most stable roadmap into the future. Difference between software raid and hardware raid in high level is presented in this video session. But with budget favoring the software raid, those wanting optimum performance and efficiency of raid will have to go with the hardware raid. It is used to improve disk io performance and reliability of your server or workstation. Hardwarebased encryption technology on both lets software focus on performance.