… Outperforming IBM DS8870 and HP P9500 XP Disk Array

New Oracle Corp.‘s ZFS Storage ZS3-4 achieves the highest Storage Performance Council SPC-2 Result for processing throughput and beats the price/performance ratio delivered by the IBM System Storage DS8870 and HP P9500 XP Disk Array by over 3x.

The ZS3-4 sets a new record with aggregate throughput of 17,244.22 SPC-2 MBPS with SPC-2 price performance of $22.53.

Results for ZS3-4 are 17,244.22 SPC-2 MBPS, $22.53 SPC-2 price/performance.

The SPC-2 benchmark consists of three application-oriented sequential I/O performance tests, which include large file processing, large database queries and video on demand.

The ZS3-4 has 11% higher throughput and 5.8x better price/performance than the IBM DS8870, which is IBM’s best SPC-2 result (Results for IBM DS8870 are 15,423.66 SPC-2 MBPS, $131.21 SPC-2 price/performance.)

It has 31% higher throughput and 3.9x better price/performance than the HP P9500 XP Disk Array, which is HP’s best SPC-2 result (Results for HP P9500 XP Disk Array are 13,147.87 SPC-2 MBPS, $88.34 SPC-2 price/performance.)

These results demonstrate the performance and lower TCO possibilities that organizations using high-throughput business analytics and reporting can achieve with the new ZFS Storage ZS3 Series to realize real-time business advantage.

"Oracle ZS Series storage offers breakthrough streaming performance and value for high-throughput applications like data warehousing and business intelligence," said Scott Tracy, VP storage, Oracle. "This SPC-2 result further demonstrates how the combination of a scalable storage OS, high-throughput system design, and intelligent caching can lower the complexity and cost of storage for customers running data-intensive applications."