Intel SSD DC P4510 8TB review

1. Introduction2. Intel SSD DC4510 8TB3. Testing Methodology4. ATTO Disk Benchmark5. Sustained Read/Write Performance6. 4K Random Read/Write Performance7. 8K Random Read/Write Performance8. 8K Random 70/30 mix Read/Write.9. Throughput10. Workload Scenarios11. PCMark8 - Individual Test Suites12. Performance Stability13. Real File Transfers14. Closing Thoughts15. View All Pages

We tested the DC P4510  in a number of scenario’s that it may be used for in the real world. The settings for these scenarios are as follows.

Database
Transfer Size: 8K  Reads: 67% Writes: 33%  Random: 100%
Boundary: 4K  Outstanding IO:  64  Threads/Workers: 8

Exchange Server 2007
Transfer Size: 8K  Reads: 67% Writes: 33%  Random: 100%
Boundary: 8K  Outstanding IO: 60  Threads/Workers: 1

SQL Server 2008 OLTP
Transfer Size: 8K  Reads: 70% Writes: 30%  Random: 100%
Boundary: 8K  Outstanding IO: 60  Threads/Workers: 1

Web File Server 64KB
Transfer Size: 64K  Reads: 95% Writes 5%  Random: 75%
Boundary: 4K  Outstanding IO: 64  Threads/Workers: 8

Web File Server 8KB
Transfer Size: 8K  Reads: 95% Writes: 5%  Random: 75%
Boundary: 4K  Outstanding IO: 64  Threads/Workers: 8

Web File Server 4KB
Transfer Size: 8K  Reads: 95% Writes: 5%  Random: 75%
Boundary: 4K Outstanding IO:  64 Threads/Workers: 8

Media Streaming
Transfer Size: 64K  Reads: 98% Writes: 2%  Sequential: 100%
Boundary: 4K   Outstanding IO: 64  Threads/Workers: 8

Video On Demand
Transfer Size: 128K  Reads: 100% Writes: 0%  Random: 100%
Boundary: 4K  Outstanding IO: 512  Threads/Workers: 8

Decision Support DB
Transfer Size: 1MB  Reads: 100% Writes: 0%  Random: 100%
Boundary: 4K  Outstanding IO: 64  Threads/Workers: 8

Mail Server
Transfer Size: 32K  Reads: 58% Writes: 42%  Random: 95%
Boundary: 4k  Outstanding IO: 64  Threads/Workers:8

Search Engine
Transfer Size: 4K  Reads: 100% Writes: 0%  Random: 100%
Boundary: 4K  Outstanding IO: 64  Threads/Workers:8

OS Paging
Transfer Size: 64K  Reads: 90% Writes: 10%  Sequential: 100%
Boundary: 4K  Outstanding IO: 64  Threads/Workers:1

Digital Video Surveillance
Transfer Size: 512K  Reads: 90% Writes: 10%  Sequential: 100%
Boundary: 512K  Outstanding IO: 64  Threads/Workers:8

Workstation
Transfer Size:  8K  Reads: 80% Writes: 20%  Random: 80%
Boundary: 8K  Outstanding IO: 64  Threads/Workers 4

The SSD DC P4510 provided some excellent numbers in these workload scenarios. The Digital Video Surveillance, Video On Demand, Media Streaming, Decision Support Database, 64K Web File Server and OS paging tests all produced MB/s figures that surpassed the official top end figure of 3,200MB/s.

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