HPE’s Alletra array performance results have been revealed, with the top supported SAP HANA Node count rising from 64 for the clustered all-flash Nimble to 216 for the mid-range Alletra 6000, a 3.4x increase. The 6000’s supported node count is also, surprisingly, 2.25 times better than that of the high-end Alletra 9000’s 96. These numbers […]| Blocks and Files
Hitachi Vantara has beefed up its high-end storage line-up with the VSP 5000 series, which it claims is the world’s fastest enterprise array. The company can certainly claim bragging rights in IOPS terms but others perform better on latency and bandwidth. The obvious comparison is with Dell EMC’s PowerMax which has a higher latency (sub-200μs), […]| Blocks and Files
HPE’s Primera array, launched today, is an evolutionary upgrade of its 3PAR platform, with expanded InfoSight management and claimed Nimble array ease-of-use. Our sister publication The Register carries the announcement story here. On this page Blocks & Files tries to figure out the speeds and feeds. This is a bit of a headscratcher as HPE […]| Blocks and Files