what gives better preformence , storge pool or meta luns, and why (on EMC VNX)

If you need consistence performance, use dedicated RAID groups instead of metaluns. Read the following page.

https://community.emc.com/message/590675

You can read the types and benefits of metaluns in the following page

http://www.emcstorageinfo.com/2008/03/type-and-benefits-of-meta-lun.html

yes ok, is obvious that using deficated raid groups will boost meta lun preformence,
however,

please give me a Comparison meta lun VS storage pool regarding preformabce

thanks a head

That really depends on how many drives are in the storage pool or metaLUN. More drives = more performance.  Also depends on which version of code your array is running. The latest v32 performs much better with pools.

i read somewhere that metaluns and better if u define there right, are u saying storage pools are better then metaluns?

No - metaLUNs, for a given number Of drives, give slightly higher performance - say 5% or so. Storage pools are a heap more convenient and more efficient. In recent implementations, we've only used storage pools and found no discernible difference in real-world workloads.

If I had a monster SQL or Oracle box that needed every last bit of performance, I'd use traditional RAID groups.

any artical that can confirm that please?

FLARE 30 best practices document: http://www.emc.com/collateral/hardware/white-papers/h5773-clariion-best-practices-performance-availability-wp.pdf

The latest update should be out shortly. Ish. The latest version of FLARE has some significant changes such as mixed RAID types in a pool, changes to compression, changes to pool expansion and disk leveling and heaps more.

Ignore the CLARiiON in the title - the informaltion in the document applies equally to VNX arrays.

Spoke to soon: this link contains the pointers to an updated document for FLARE 31.5 for VNX: https://community.emc.com/docs/DOC-12940

Such are the limitations of trying to do this stuff On an iPhone.

sorry but where is the comperission to metaluns regarding preformace?

better stuff which are objective that doent comes from emc

i some some article ones but not i can find nothing.

storage pools / meta lun- > who have better preformence?

can someone give fact that show meta luns are 5 % better?

My apologies for the delay - I was overseas for the last two weeks.

sorry but where is the comperission to metaluns regarding preformace?


better stuff which are objective that doent comes from emc

i some some article ones but not i can find nothing.

storage pools / meta lun- > who have better preformence?

can someone give fact that show meta luns are 5 % better?


It's all in here: EMC best practices. You can find it here: http://www.emc.com/collateral/hardware/white-papers/h5773-clariion-best-practices-performance-availability-wp.pdf
It's a dry read but there is lots of good information in there. Chapter 4 and 5, pages 35 to 101 discusses performance planning and storage system best practices for performance. Have a read of it and let me know if you have any questions.

sorry i already get read that but where is the comperssion between the 2 for preformance?

far as i see they the same and the numbers of spindle is the factore that is most important