Violin Helps Cisco and Oracle

Violin Memory, Inc. served as the storage platform that helped the Cisco UCS C240 M3 Rack Server running Oracle Database 11g Standard Edition achieve the 2-processor performance record of 1.6 million transactions-per-minute with a $0.47 price per transaction (Price/tpmC).

This record validates the sustained performance achieved by Violin memory arrays and their ability to provide the infrastructure necessary to support business critical applications.

TPC-C On-line Transaction Processing Benchmark
TPC Benchmark C (TPC-C) is an OLTP benchmark. It simulates a complete computing environment where a population of users executes transactions against a database. The benchmark is centered around the principal activities (transactions) of an order-entry environment. TPC-C is more complex than previous OLTP benchmarks because of its multiple transaction types, more complex database and overall execution structure. TPC-C involves a mix of five concurrent transactions of different types and complexity either executed on-line or queued for deferred execution. The database is comprised of nine types of tables with a range of record and population sizes. TPC-C is measured in transactions per minute (tpmC).

"As demonstrated by the TPC-C benchmark process, Violin Memory arrays enable dramatic application acceleration of business critical applications such as Oracle Database 11g Standard Edition, a recognized database leader for demanding low-latency business solutions," said Don Basile, CEO of Violin Memory. "These results further validate the vision we share with Oracle’s CEO Larry Ellison and the industry momentum towards flash memory arrays as the primary storage platform for the next generation data centers in contrast to the use of thousands of aggregated spinning disks."

The Violin 6000 Series flash memory arrays bring storage performance in balance with high-speed compute and networking, offering an opportunity for acceleration of business critical applications. A single system fits in 3U of rack space and can deliver up to one million IOPS with 4GB/s of bandwidth – enough performance to replace multiple racks of traditional disk arrays for savings of both CAPEX and OPEX. The arrays attach to the network for shared primary storage. Multiple arrays can be clustered together to achieve petabytes of capacity and high aggregate bandwidth.

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