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A.8.3 throughput scaling, A-16, Client count versus total throughput (mb/s) – HP StorageWorks Scalable File Share User Manual

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Figure A-16 Client Count Versus Total Throughput (MB/s)

A.8.3 Throughput Scaling

As in

“Throughput Scaling” (page 66)

, a set of 16 clients wrote or read 16 files of 16 GB each. In

this case, the significant difference is the throughput limitation imposed by architecture of the
interconnect. As striping is increased, the communication channels are better utilized due to the
spread of the traffic among the links and the consequent improvement of the utilization of the
switch network buffers.

Figure A-17 Stripe Count Versus Total Throughput (MB/s)

A.8 10 GigE Performance

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