After performing the tests with iSCSI and discussing the results with a friend of mine, I was a little disappointed as it seemed that the IX4 didn’t seem to perform as well as his system. Biggest difference between my IX4 and his NAS was the use of iSCSI on the IX4 and NFS on his. […]
performance results
Putting your storage to the test – Part 1 iSCSI on Iomega IX4-200D
Putting your storage to the test Doesn’t everybody want to brag about how fast their storage is? How they configured and tweaked for hours to squeeze the last bit of IO out of their storage? But what does it mean when someone says: “My box can do 1200 IOPSâ€. Is that read speed, write speed, […]
VMware and performance, a strange combination
Most consultants that are deep into virtualization and VMware in specific, know that VMware has a special policy on publishing performance data. By EULA it is not allowed to publish your own performance results if VMware hasn’t had the chance to check your test plan and configuration. Not many other products in the IT have […]