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BlueArc's Titan SiliconServer Tops 50,000 IOPS System Benchmark

BlueArc Corp announced that its Titan SiliconServer has achieved SPEC SFS benchmark results exceeding those of any network storage solution on the market, utilizing a single system and single file system.

BlueArc's Titan SiliconServer posted record results for a single server configuration on the Standard Performance Evaluation Corp (SPEC) System File Server (SFS) test for network storage server performance. These results were generated without resorting to unusual configurations -- a tactic common from other vendors -- and delivered:

• Single server performance of 50,858 IOPS (input/output per second), more than 41 percent higher than high-end system results from leading NAS competition.

• Dual server performance of 101,571 IOPS for a clustered active/active server configuration, more than 49 percent higher than high-end dual clustered system results from leading Network Attached Storage (NAS) competition.

"BlueArc's leadership in the SPEC SFS test results are a strong indication of the superior performance of Titan, and our lead over the competition is expected to increase rapidly, as customers enhance performance through planned blade upgrades," said Gianluca Rattazzi, CEO of BlueArc. "Traditional architectures are hobbled by the insufficient performance of CPUs, designed for computation, not for the task of delivering data quickly." The SPEC SFS benchmark, which measures NFS file server throughput and response times, delivers results on a logarithmic scale. As IOPS increase, additional server performance is needed to obtain higher results.

Single Titan SiliconServer results:

A single Titan SiliconServer recorded 50,858 NFSv3 IOPS over a TCP network. This compares with Network Appliance's highest score of 36,063 NFSv3 IOPS over a TCP network with its dual-CPU FAS980 system and EMC's highest score of 36,335 NFSv3 IOPS over a TCP network with their Celerra NS700.

Dual Titan SiliconServer results:

A dual Titan SiliconServer recorded 101,571 NFSv3 IOPS over a TCP network. This compares with Network Appliance's highest score of 68,139 NFSv3 IOPS over a TCP network with its dual system, quad-CPU FAS980 failover cluster, and EMC's highest score of 71,482 NFSv3 IOPS over a TCP network with its dual Celerra NS700 clustered system.