Here is some info:
Node1: 1 Xeon x5650, X8DTN+, Dell H310 IT mode flash, 32GB, 8x 7.2k sata, 1 250GB 850evo, connectx-2 10g
Node2: 1 Xeon L5630, X8DTN+, Dell H310 IT mode flash, 32GB, 8x 7.2k sata, 1 250GB 850evo, connectx-2 10g
Node3: 1 Xeon L5630, X8DTN+, Dell H200 IT mode flash, 32GB, 8x 7.2k sata, 1 200GB SAS OCZ, connectx-2 10g
Sata drives are random sizes between 1T and 5T. Using 3x Supermicro CSE-826 chassis with 6gb sas2 backplane.
Recently added the Dell 6224 switch with 2x dual xfr 10gb modules. Averages 600 watts at the wall.
Benchmarks. Read latency as reported by vmware was under 20ms during testing. Write latency spiked to 40ms+.
Almost 5000 iops!
866MB/sec
atto results running single test:
atto results running 2 tests simultaneously: