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Total RAW IOPS

Actual IOPS
Data Transfer MB/s
Raw Storage
Usable Storage

Description

This is the total RAW amount of IOPS the collection of disks are capable of producing. This does not

This is the total amount of IOPS that the collection of disks are capable or producing based on the R
in to consideration the RAID penalty and the % of read and writes estimated.

This is the theoretical amount of data that the collection of disks are capable or based on the amou
selected
The total amount of RAW storage across the collection of disks
The total amount of usable storage after taking into account the type of RAID selected

Inputs
Disk Qty
Disk Size (GB)
Disk Speed
RAID Type
RAID Penalty
Read %
Write %
IO Block Size
Storage
Raw Storage
Usable Storage

10
100
SAS 15K
RAID10
2
50%
50%
4

1000
500

Calculation Outputs
Total RAW IOPS
Min
Median
Max
1750
1925

2100

Actual IOPS
Min
Median
Max
1313
1444

1575

Data Transfer MB/s

Min
Median
Max
5.1
5.6

6.2

For information on the difference between

Total and Actual read the Description Sheet

Fixed Variables
IOPS
Disk Speed
SSD
SAS 15K
SAS 10K
SATA 10K
SATA 7.2K

Min
10000
175
140
125
75

RAID Write Penalty

RAID
Penalty
RAID0
0
RAID1
2
RAID5
4
RAID6
6
RAID10
2

Median
55000
193
140
138
88

Max
100000
210
140
150
100
IO Block Size (KB)
1
2
4
8
16
32
64
128

IOPS Per Disk Type

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOPS
IOPS Formula
http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/12/23/iops/
RAID Types
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID