An explanation of IOPS and latency

<I understand this extremely long post is redundant for seasoned storage performance pros — however, these subjects come up so frequently, that I felt compelled to write something. Plus, even the seasoned pros don’t seem to get it sometimes… :) >

What is hard disk short stroking?

This is going to be a short post, to atone for my past sins of overly long posts but mostly because I want to eat dinner.

On storage systems with spinning disks, a favorite method for getting more performance is short-stroking the disk.

So now it is OK to sell systems using “Raw IOPS”???

As the self-proclaimed storage vigilante, I will keep bringing these idiocies up as I come across them.

So, the latest “thing” now is selling systems using “Raw IOPS” numbers.

NetApp posts great Cluster-Mode SPC-1 result

<Edited to add some more information on how SPC-1 works since there was some confusion based on the comments received>

We’ve been busy at NetApp… busy perfecting the industry’s only scale-out unified platform, among other…

NetApp delivers 2TB/s performance to giant supercomputer for big data

(Edited: My bad, it was 2TB/s, up from 1.3TB/s, the solution has been getting bigger and upgraded, plus the post talks about the E5400, the newer E5600 is much faster).

Are you doing a disservice to your company with RFPs?

Whether we like it or not, RFPs (Request For Proposal) are a fact of life for vendors.

It usually works like this: A customer has a legitimate need for something. They decide (for whatever reason) to get bids…