The Dell EMC VMAX 250F All Flash storage array supported database workloads better than the HPE 3PAR 8450 storage array

1. The VMAX 250F kept latency under 1 ms when simultaneously processing transactional and data mart loading,
with minimal impact to the number of input/output operations per second (IOPS).
Manage transactional and data mart
loads with superior performance and
high availability
We set up and tested All-Flash storage arrays from Dell EMC™
and HPE
and found that the Dell EMC VMAX™
250F All Flash storage array paired
with PowerEdge™
servers came out ahead of the HPE 3PAR 8450
storage array backed by ProLiant servers in two key areas:
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Support customers and maintenance situations at the same time
We interrupted access to both local storage arrays—the Dell EMC database host seamlessly redirected all I/O to
the remote VMAX 250F via SRDF/Metro with no interruption of service or downtime. The 3PAR solution crashed
until the standby paths became active and we restarted the VM.
Load balancing Redundancy
support
Active paths
to both sites
No downtime
Prevent unexpected downtime with reliable failover protection
SRDF/Metro benefits
Dell EMC 99,506
99,284HPE
Dell EMC 96,619
69,263HPE
Average IOPs before data mart Average IOPs during data mart
1.02ms
0.76ms 0.79ms
0.86ms 2.33ms
0.95ms
19.28ms
0.93ms
HPE
Average latency before data mart Average latency during data mart
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Wait times
unnoticable
Minimal impact
from data mart load