This media company saw a 5-6x increase in throughput when transferring files from tier 2 object storage to tier 1 Isilon storage using the File Fabric's M-Stream feature compared to existing file transfer client apps. Testing showed throughput of 700-770MBps for copying files between the two storage tiers using M-Stream. The File Fabric aggregated connections from the object storage, resulting in significantly higher throughput than single streams from existing apps that achieved only 100-150MBps. Factors like CPU, network speed, and storage hardware limit the maximum achievable transfer rates.

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CHALLENGE
This Media company has grown from a small digital distribution company in Los Angeles to a global
media services, distribution, and software solutions company, aggregating and delivering film and
television digital assets on behalf of major studios, broadcasters and streaming providers to more than
600 platforms around the world.
This media company initially tested the File Fabric's M-Stream feature to restore data from Tier 2
Object Storage to Isilon and measured 5-6 X throughput increase compared to their existing file
transfer client Apps.
TEST SETUP
• Enterprise File Fabric 1803.04 16GB RAM, 12CPU, 10GB Network deployed on VMware vSphere 6.5.
• Tier 2 Storage: Object Storage - 12 Petabyte Raw, Data encoded using Erasure Coding (ISA-L) on
repurposed Dell hardware.
• Tier 1 Storage: Dell EMC Isilon. Isilon Write Block size 512KB, Read 128 KB.
• Test File Size 120GB to 1TB.
RESULTS
• Throughput: Copying files to/from Tier 2 (Object Storage) and Tier 1 (Isilon) storage: 700-770MBps.
• Single stream of data from Object Storage to Isilon 100 - 150MBps (Using existing client Apps).
CASE STUDY - MEDIA
TOP TIER MEDIA COMPANY: M-STREAM FILE TRANSFER
ACCELERATION METRICS
Object Storage
Tier 2
SME Enterprise
File Fabric
Isilon
Tier 1
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RESULTS SUMMARY
The Enterprise File Fabric aggregated concurrent connections from the Object Storage to the Isilon
resulting in a 5-6X throughput increase on a single large file. Typically, throughput increases of up to 10X
are observed in data transfers between object storage (nearline) tiers of data and file systems. In any
data transfer, factors such as CPU cores, network line speed, and number of HDD spindles will
determine the max transfer rate. In this particular instance the Isilon proved to be the limiter on
achieving better results.
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