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SR-71mach6 SpeedServer™ ion's all-SSD Server

ion's SR-71mach6 SpeedServer™ is an all SSD server optimized to deliver over 2 million IOPS performing 8kB random reads. ion's SpeedServer is built on the latest Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors with up to 1.5TB of the fastest memory along with 10Gb, 25Gb and 40Gb server NICs in a compact, cost-effective, and low-power system.

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  • Design your ultimate servers based on SSD RAID in the SR-71mach6 Configurator.
  • Need more modest capacity, lower cost or smaller size? SR-70mach6 SpeedServer.
  • No fabric can deliver latency as low as NVMe direct-attached storage (DAS).
  • ion SR-71mach6 SpeedServer is based on Intel® Data Center SSDs with an Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate (UBER/NRE) of 1 sector per 1017 bits read.

"All-Flash Array, or AFA"? All SSD, yes, but ion's SR-71mach6 SpeedServer™ can be designed with Intel® DC Flash SSDs and/or Intel® Optane SSDs based on 3D XPoint technology for even higher performance than Flash. ion's SR-71mach6 SpeedServer is a server, not just an array or storage subsystem. Software like Open-E JovianDSS or Microsoft® Windows® Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) can present the server as a storage resource; VMware® vSAN can provision the SR-71mach6 SpeedServer as hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI). Or, for a speedy virtual machine host, Microsoft® Windows® Hyper-V® or Linux® deliver very flexible platforms.

What would an All-SSD server do for the performance of your database? An All-SSD File Server? Or, an All-SSD Open-E JovianDSS storage server? Considering other products? ion's SR-71mach6 SpeedServer™ is a server running the operating system of your choice with no secret sauce.

Sure, you can still deploy servers with spinning rust. But why? Pretend for a moment that the performance of an all-SSD server - very high IOPS, very low latency and amazing bandwidth - is of no value to your organization. What is the value of the higher reliability of SSDs? What tolerance does your organization have for downtime? For slow RAID rebuilds? SR-71mach6 SpeedServer is built entirely with SSD, using RAID, to produce a storage server of very high reliability. SpeedServer? StorageServer? SR-71mach6 is a server, SSD-optimized for the highest performance possible.

Contact ion to take the SR-71mach6 SpeedServer for a testdrive!

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(2) Intel Optane DC 4800X 750GB SSDs [OptaneP4800X], onboard OcuLink
(4) Intel DC P4510 8TB SSDs: [Flash0] 8-port NVMe Switch
(4) Intel DC P4510 8TB SSDs: [Flash1] 4-port NVMe Switch
No RAID. Each SSD has (1) xfs Partition.
NOTE: These tests are performed on a total of (10) NVMe SSDs, but the SR-71mach6 SpeedServer supports up to (24) NVMe SSDs.
format and mount options listed below



2020 July 25, 16:44
CentOS Linux release 7.8.2003 Linux 3.10.0-1127.8.2.el7.x86_64
300 s ramp + 3600 s run, per test
Block
Size
 
Target
 
Test
 Jobs  I/Os Queued  
k IOPS
 
MBps
Latency (μsec)
8kB OptaneP4800X write 1 1 89 702 21
8kB Flash0 write 1 1 146 1138 27
8kB Flash1 write 1 1 163 1270 24
8kB Total write 398 3110 24
8kB OptaneP4800X write 1 16 363 2838 87
8kB Flash0 write 1 20 539 4208 148
8kB Flash1 write 1 20 655 5120 121
8kB Total write 1557 12166 118
8kB OptaneP4800X randwrite 2 1 168 1314 23
8kB Flash0 randwrite 1 2 237 1854 33
8kB Flash1 randwrite 1 2 283 2208 27
8kB Total randwrite 688 5376 27
8kB OptaneP4800X randwrite 2 8 418 3267 76
8kB Flash0 randwrite 2 8 399 3114 160
8kB Flash1 randwrite 2 8 442 3452 144
8kB Total randwrite 1259 9833 126
8kB OptaneP4800X randrw 1 2 161 1258 10
8kB Flash0 randrw 2 1 106 833 47
8kB Flash1 randrw 2 1 103 815 49
8kB Total randrw 370 2906 35
8kB OptaneP4800X randrw 4 4 499 3900 27
8kB Flash0 randrw 4 16 637 4974 228
8kB Flash1 randrw 4 16 717 5600 212
8kB Total randrw 1853 14474 155
8kB OptaneP4800X randread 1 2 204 1595 19
8kB Flash0 randread 2 1 94 737 84
8kB Flash1 randread 2 1 91 713 86
8kB Total randread 389 3045 63
8kB OptaneP4800X randread 4 4 574 4486 54
8kB Flash0 randread 4 8 838 6549 151
8kB Flash1 randread 4 8 791 6181 160
8kB Total randread 2203 17216 121
8kB OptaneP4800X read 1 2 215 1677 18
8kB Flash0 read 1 1 231 1803 16
8kB Flash1 read 1 1 229 1792 17
8kB Total read 675 5272 17
8kB OptaneP4800X read 1 4 378 2954 20
8kB Flash0 read 1 16 489 3817 130
8kB Flash1 read 1 16 502 3921 127
8kB Total read 1369 10692 92
64kB OptaneP4800X write 1 2 73 4571 54
64kB Flash0 write 1 1 53 3369 73
64kB Flash1 write 1 1 55 3453 71
64kB Total write 181 11393 66
64kB OptaneP4800X write 1 4 73 4604 108
64kB Flash0 write 1 2 86 5410 92
64kB Flash1 write 1 2 89 5599 88
64kB Total write 248 15613 96
64kB OptaneP4800X randwrite 1 2 73 4605 53
64kB Flash0 randwrite 1 1 58 3640 68
64kB Flash1 randwrite 1 1 59 3746 66
64kB Total randwrite 190 11991 62
64kB OptaneP4800X randwrite 2 6 74 4643 322
64kB Flash0 randwrite 1 1 55 3442 71
64kB Flash1 randwrite 1 1 56 3511 70
64kB Total randwrite 185 11596 154
64kB OptaneP4800X randrw 1 1 42 2698 21
64kB Flash0 randrw 1 1 24 1528 107
64kB Flash1 randrw 1 1 24 1534 107
64kB Total randrw 90 5760 78
64kB OptaneP4800X randrw 3 1 74 4697 38
64kB Flash0 randrw 2 16 116 7344 535
64kB Flash1 randrw 2 16 117 7372 526
64kB Total randrw 307 19413 366
64kB OptaneP4800X randread 1 1 45 2864 43
64kB Flash0 randread 1 2 40 2555 195
64kB Flash1 randread 1 2 41 2565 194
64kB Total randread 126 7984 144
64kB OptaneP4800X randread 1 2 78 4888 50
64kB Flash0 randread 2 8 101 6316 632
64kB Flash1 randread 2 8 100 6275 636
64kB Total randread 279 17479 439
64kB OptaneP4800X read 1 2 80 5060 48
64kB Flash0 read 1 1 81 5067 48
64kB Flash1 read 1 1 81 5080 48
64kB Total read 242 15207 48
64kB OptaneP4800X read 1 4 81 5112 97
64kB Flash0 read 1 12 101 6292 476
64kB Flash1 read 1 12 100 6258 478
64kB Total read 282 17662 350
256kB OptaneP4800X write 1 1 13 3462 143
256kB Flash0 write 1 1 17 4476 222
256kB Flash1 write 1 1 17 4482 222
256kB Total write 47 12420 195
256kB OptaneP4800X write 1 2 18 4613 216
256kB Flash0 write 1 2 23 5924 337
256kB Flash1 write 1 2 23 5929 336
256kB Total write 64 16466 296
256kB OptaneP4800X randwrite 1 1 13 3489 142
256kB Flash0 randwrite 1 1 19 4940 201
256kB Flash1 randwrite 1 1 19 4991 199
256kB Total randwrite 51 13420 180
256kB OptaneP4800X randwrite 1 2 18 4619 215
256kB Flash0 randwrite 2 1 20 5145 388
256kB Flash1 randwrite 2 1 19 4861 410
256kB Total randwrite 57 14625 337
256kB OptaneP4800X randrw 1 1 13 3669 63
256kB Flash0 randrw 1 1 10 2939 219
256kB Flash1 randrw 1 1 11 3006 216
256kB Total randrw 34 9614 166
256kB OptaneP4800X randrw 1 2 19 4861 99
256kB Flash0 randrw 4 4 27 7090 843
256kB Flash1 randrw 4 4 27 7045 839
256kB Total randrw 73 18996 593
256kB OptaneP4800X randread 1 1 15 3904 127
256kB Flash0 randread 1 1 13 3254 306
256kB Flash1 randread 1 1 13 3319 300
256kB Total randread 41 10477 244
256kB OptaneP4800X randread 2 1 20 5081 196
256kB Flash0 randread 3 2 25 6268 956
256kB Flash1 randread 3 2 25 6273 955
256kB Total randread 70 17622 702
256kB OptaneP4800X read 1 1 15 3956 125
256kB Flash0 read 1 1 13 3362 296
256kB Flash1 read 1 1 13 3472 287
256kB Total read 41 10790 236
256kB OptaneP4800X read 1 2 20 5114 195
256kB Flash0 read 1 4 24 6205 644
256kB Flash1 read 1 4 24 6233 641
256kB Total read 68 17552 493
1024kB OptaneP4800X write 1 1 4 4075 490
1024kB Flash0 write 1 1 4 4458 896
1024kB Flash1 write 1 1 4 4505 887
1024kB Total write 12 13038 757
1024kB OptaneP4800X write 1 2 4 4615 866
1024kB Flash0 write 1 2 5 5933 1347
1024kB Flash1 write 1 2 5 5931 1348
1024kB Total write 14 16479 1187
1024kB OptaneP4800X randwrite 1 1 4 4056 492
1024kB Flash0 randwrite 1 1 5 5134 778
1024kB Flash1 randwrite 1 1 5 5142 776
1024kB Total randwrite 14 14332 682
1024kB OptaneP4800X randwrite 1 2 4 4613 866
1024kB Flash0 randwrite 1 4 5 5924 2699
1024kB Flash1 randwrite 1 4 5 5931 2696
1024kB Total randwrite 14 16468 2087
1024kB OptaneP4800X randrw 1 1 3 4364 212
1024kB Flash0 randrw 1 1 4 5702 415
1024kB Flash1 randrw 1 1 4 5755 414
1024kB Total randrw 11 15821 347
1024kB OptaneP4800X randrw 1 2 4 4897 396
1024kB Flash0 randrw 1 16 7 8390 1579
1024kB Flash1 randrw 1 16 7 8392 1555
1024kB Total randrw 18 21679 1176
1024kB OptaneP4800X randread 1 1 4 4775 418
1024kB Flash0 randread 1 1 5 5597 713
1024kB Flash1 randread 1 1 5 5609 712
1024kB Total randread 14 15981 614
1024kB OptaneP4800X randread 2 1 5 5106 782
1024kB Flash0 randread 1 2 6 6124 1305
1024kB Flash1 randread 1 2 6 6129 1304
1024kB Total randread 17 17359 1130
1024kB OptaneP4800X read 1 1 4 4779 418
1024kB Flash0 read 1 1 5 5569 717
1024kB Flash1 read 1 1 5 5584 715
1024kB Total read 14 15932 616
1024kB OptaneP4800X read 1 2 5 5113 781
1024kB Flash0 read 1 2 6 6130 1304
1024kB Flash1 read 1 2 6 6137 1303
1024kB Total read 17 17380 1129
###################################################################################
# 
# SR-71mach6 Configuration
# CentOS Linux release 7.8.2003 Linux 3.10.0-1127.8.2.el7.x86_64
# 
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           Processors           
2x GenuineIntel processors with 24 Cores/Processor & 1 Threads/Core: 48 Cores / 48 Threads, x86_64.
(2) Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8260 CPU @ 2.40GHz
   RAM: 791252344kiB | 772707MiB | 755GiB | 768GiB   
DIMM         | Bank | Size  | Width | Speed | Mfr     | ProductCode      | SerNum   | Description   
CPU1_DIMM_A1 | N1   | 64 GB | 64/72 | 2933M | Samsung | M386A8K40CM2-CVF | 1591991E | DIMM DDR4 2933  
CPU1_DIMM_B1 | N1   | 64 GB | 64/72 | 2933M | Samsung | M386A8K40CM2-CVF | 1591AD89 | DIMM DDR4 2933  
CPU1_DIMM_C1 | N1   | 64 GB | 64/72 | 2933M | Samsung | M386A8K40CM2-CVF | 155F6FB1 | DIMM DDR4 2933  
CPU1_DIMM_D1 | N1   | 64 GB | 64/72 | 2933M | Samsung | M386A8K40CM2-CVF | 15915AC2 | DIMM DDR4 2933  
CPU1_DIMM_E1 | N1   | 64 GB | 64/72 | 2933M | Samsung | M386A8K40CM2-CVF | 159199E1 | DIMM DDR4 2933  
CPU1_DIMM_F1 | N1   | 64 GB | 64/72 | 2933M | Samsung | M386A8K40CM2-CVF | 1591A609 | DIMM DDR4 2933  
CPU2_DIMM_A1 | N2   | 64 GB | 64/72 | 2933M | Samsung | M386A8K40CM2-CVF | 155F82B2 | DIMM DDR4 2933  
CPU2_DIMM_B1 | N2   | 64 GB | 64/72 | 2933M | Samsung | M386A8K40CM2-CVF | 155F7AE9 | DIMM DDR4 2933  
CPU2_DIMM_C1 | N2   | 64 GB | 64/72 | 2933M | Samsung | M386A8K40CM2-CVF | 155F7AE5 | DIMM DDR4 2933  
CPU2_DIMM_D1 | N2   | 64 GB | 64/72 | 2933M | Samsung | M386A8K40CM2-CVF | 155F7327 | DIMM DDR4 2933  
CPU2_DIMM_E1 | N2   | 64 GB | 64/72 | 2933M | Samsung | M386A8K40CM2-CVF | 15919925 | DIMM DDR4 2933  
CPU2_DIMM_F1 | N2   | 64 GB | 64/72 | 2933M | Samsung | M386A8K40CM2-CVF | 1591A58D | DIMM DDR4 2933  


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# 
# mkfs commands
# 
###################################################################################
#!/bin/bash
#
###################################################################################
# 
# mkfs commands
# 
###################################################################################
#
# format 5 partitions on each of 3 RAID 5 volumes with XFS
#
parted -s -a optimal /dev/nvme4n1 mktable gpt
parted -s -a optimal /dev/nvme4n1 mkpart Optane-4 xfs 1MiB 696GiB
parted -s -a optimal /dev/nvme5n1 mktable gpt
parted -s -a optimal /dev/nvme5n1 mkpart Optane-5 xfs 1MiB 696GiB
#
parted -s -a optimal /dev/nvme0n1 mktable gpt
parted -s -a optimal /dev/nvme0n1 mkpart P4510-0 xfs 1MiB 7001GiB
parted -s -a optimal /dev/nvme1n1 mktable gpt
parted -s -a optimal /dev/nvme1n1 mkpart P4510-1 xfs 1MiB 7001GiB
parted -s -a optimal /dev/nvme2n1 mktable gpt
parted -s -a optimal /dev/nvme2n1 mkpart P4510-2 xfs 1MiB 7001GiB
parted -s -a optimal /dev/nvme3n1 mktable gpt
parted -s -a optimal /dev/nvme3n1 mkpart P4510-3 xfs 1MiB 7001GiB
parted -s -a optimal /dev/nvme6n1 mktable gpt
parted -s -a optimal /dev/nvme6n1 mkpart P4510-6 xfs 1MiB 7001GiB
parted -s -a optimal /dev/nvme7n1 mktable gpt
parted -s -a optimal /dev/nvme7n1 mkpart P4510-7 xfs 1MiB 7001GiB
parted -s -a optimal /dev/nvme8n1 mktable gpt
parted -s -a optimal /dev/nvme8n1 mkpart P4510-8 xfs 1MiB 7001GiB
parted -s -a optimal /dev/nvme9n1 mktable gpt
parted -s -a optimal /dev/nvme9n1 mkpart P4510-9 xfs 1MiB 7001GiB
#
mkfs.xfs -L Optane4 /dev/nvme4n1p1
mkfs.xfs -L Optane5 /dev/nvme5n1p1
#
mkfs.xfs -L Flash0 /dev/nvme0n1p1
mkfs.xfs -L Flash1 /dev/nvme1n1p1
mkfs.xfs -L Flash2 /dev/nvme2n1p1
mkfs.xfs -L Flash3 /dev/nvme3n1p1
mkfs.xfs -L Flash6 /dev/nvme6n1p1
mkfs.xfs -L Flash7 /dev/nvme7n1p1
mkfs.xfs -L Flash8 /dev/nvme8n1p1
mkfs.xfs -L Flash9 /dev/nvme9n1p1
#
mkdir /sr71
mkdir /sr71/optane4
mkdir /sr71/optane5
mkdir /sr71/flash0
mkdir /sr71/flash1
mkdir /sr71/flash2
mkdir /sr71/flash3
mkdir /sr71/flash4
mkdir /sr71/flash5
mkdir /sr71/flash6
mkdir /sr71/flash7
#
mount -v /dev/nvme4n1p1 /sr71/optane4
mount -v /dev/nvme5n1p1 /sr71/optane5
mount -v /dev/nvme0n1p1 /sr71/flash0
mount -v /dev/nvme1n1p1 /sr71/flash1
mount -v /dev/nvme2n1p1 /sr71/flash2
mount -v /dev/nvme3n1p1 /sr71/flash3
mount -v /dev/nvme6n1p1 /sr71/flash6
mount -v /dev/nvme7n1p1 /sr71/flash7
mount -v /dev/nvme8n1p1 /sr71/flash8
mount -v /dev/nvme9n1p1 /sr71/flash9



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# 
# /etc/fstab
# kernel parameter: elevator=noop
# 
###################################################################################
LABEL=Optane4       /sr71/optane4       xfs    sync,noatime,nodiratime,nobarrier 0 0
LABEL=Optane5       /sr71/optane5       xfs    sync,noatime,nodiratime,nobarrier 0 0
LABEL=Flash0        /sr71/flash0        xfs    sync,noatime,nodiratime,nobarrier 0 0
LABEL=Flash1        /sr71/flash1        xfs    sync,noatime,nodiratime,nobarrier 0 0
LABEL=Flash2        /sr71/flash2        xfs    sync,noatime,nodiratime,nobarrier 0 0
LABEL=Flash3        /sr71/flash3        xfs    sync,noatime,nodiratime,nobarrier 0 0
LABEL=Flash6        /sr71/flash6        xfs    sync,noatime,nodiratime,nobarrier 0 0
LABEL=Flash7        /sr71/flash7        xfs    sync,noatime,nodiratime,nobarrier 0 0
LABEL=Flash8        /sr71/flash8        xfs    sync,noatime,nodiratime,nobarrier 0 0
LABEL=Flash9        /sr71/flash9        xfs    sync,noatime,nodiratime,nobarrier 0 0

###################################################################################
# 
# actual mount paramters
# 
###################################################################################
/dev/nvme0n1p1 on /sr71/flash0 type xfs (rw,noatime,nodiratime,sync,wsync,attr2,nobarrier,inode64,noquota)
/dev/nvme9n1p1 on /sr71/flash9 type xfs (rw,noatime,nodiratime,sync,wsync,attr2,nobarrier,inode64,noquota)
/dev/nvme8n1p1 on /sr71/flash8 type xfs (rw,noatime,nodiratime,sync,wsync,attr2,nobarrier,inode64,noquota)
/dev/nvme7n1p1 on /sr71/flash7 type xfs (rw,noatime,nodiratime,sync,wsync,attr2,nobarrier,inode64,noquota)
/dev/nvme6n1p1 on /sr71/flash6 type xfs (rw,noatime,nodiratime,sync,wsync,attr2,nobarrier,inode64,noquota)
/dev/nvme4n1p1 on /sr71/optane4 type xfs (rw,noatime,nodiratime,sync,wsync,attr2,nobarrier,inode64,noquota)
/dev/nvme5n1p1 on /sr71/optane5 type xfs (rw,noatime,nodiratime,sync,wsync,attr2,nobarrier,inode64,noquota)
/dev/nvme1n1p1 on /sr71/flash1 type xfs (rw,noatime,nodiratime,sync,wsync,attr2,nobarrier,inode64,noquota)
/dev/nvme3n1p1 on /sr71/flash3 type xfs (rw,noatime,nodiratime,sync,wsync,attr2,nobarrier,inode64,noquota)
/dev/nvme2n1p1 on /sr71/flash2 type xfs (rw,noatime,nodiratime,sync,wsync,attr2,nobarrier,inode64,noquota)


###################################################################################
# 
# fio job file
fio-3.7
# 
###################################################################################
60 seconds between fio tests
# 2020-07-20 13:50 | Keith Josephson | configured for SR-71mach6 with 2x 750GB Optane SSDs + 8x 8TB P4510 SSDs

[global]
ioengine=libaio
direct=1
time_based
ramp_time=${RAMPTIME}
runtime=${RUNTIME}
bs=${BS}
rw=${RW}
rwmixread=${RWMIXREAD}
group_reporting

[OptaneP4800X]
new_group
numjobs=${NUMJOBSO}
iodepth=${IODEPTHO}
size=640g
filename=/sr71/optane4/fio.tst
[OptaneP4800X-1]
numjobs=${NUMJOBSO}
iodepth=${IODEPTHO}
size=640g
filename=/sr71/optane5/fio.tst

[Flash0]
new_group
numjobs=${NUMJOBSF}
iodepth=${IODEPTHF}
size=6400g
filename=/sr71/flash0/fio.tst
[Flash0-1]
numjobs=${NUMJOBSF}
iodepth=${IODEPTHF}
size=6400g
filename=/sr71/flash1/fio.tst
[Flash0-2]
numjobs=${NUMJOBSF}
iodepth=${IODEPTHF}
size=6400g
filename=/sr71/flash2/fio.tst
[Flash0-3]
numjobs=${NUMJOBSF}
iodepth=${IODEPTHF}
size=6400g
filename=/sr71/flash3/fio.tst

[Flash1]
new_group
numjobs=${NUMJOBSF}
iodepth=${IODEPTHF}
size=6400g
filename=/sr71/flash6/fio.tst
[Flash1-7]
numjobs=${NUMJOBSF}
iodepth=${IODEPTHF}
size=6400g
filename=/sr71/flash7/fio.tst
[Flash1-8]
numjobs=${NUMJOBSF}
iodepth=${IODEPTHF}
size=6400g
filename=/sr71/flash8/fio.tst
[Flash1-9]
numjobs=${NUMJOBSF}
iodepth=${IODEPTHF}
size=6400g
filename=/sr71/flash9/fio.tst


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