Critical Microsoft
SQL Server-based Application Runs 20X Faster
"Response times are
faster. The 200 millisecond latency has gone away now with DataCore
running," stated ESCO IT Manager Corey Nelson. "In fact, we are down
to under five milliseconds as far as application response times at peak load.
Under normal load, the response times are currently under one
millisecond."
DataCore Software
announced that Emergency Communications of Southern Oregon (ECSO) has significantly
increased performance and reduced storage-related downtime with the DataCore
Hyper-converged Virtual SAN.
Located in Medford Oregon,
ECSO is a combined emergency dispatch facility and Public Safety Answering
Point (PSAP) for the 9-1-1 lines in Jackson County, Oregon. ECSO wanted to
replace its existing storage solution because its dispatch application, based
on Microsoft SQL Server, was experiencing latencies of 200 milliseconds at
multiple times throughout the day - impacting how fast fire and police could
respond to an emergency. In addition to improving response time, ECSO wanted a
new solution that could meet other key requirements, including higher
availability, remote replication, and an overall more robust storage
infrastructure.
After considering various
hyper-converged solutions, ECSO IT Manager Corey Nelson decided that the
DataCore Hyper-converged Virtual SAN was the only one that could meet all of
his technology and business objectives. DataCore Hyper-converged Virtual SAN
enables users to put the internal storage capacity of their servers to work as
a shared resource while also serving as integrated storage architecture. Now
ECSO runs DataCore Hyper-converged Virtual SAN on a single tier of
infrastructure, combining storage and compute on the same clustered servers.
Performance Surges with
DataCore
Prior to DataCore,
performance -- specifically, latency -- was a problem at ECSO, due to the
organization's prior disk array that took 200 milliseconds on average to
respond. DataCore has solved the performance issues and fixed the real-time
replication issues that ECSO was previously encountering because its
Hyper-converged Virtual SAN speeds up response and throughput with its
innovative Parallel I/O technology in combination with high-speed caching to
keep the data close to the applications.
ECSO's critical 9-1-1
dispatch application must interact nearly instantly with the SQL Server-based
database. Therefore, during the evaluation and testing period, understanding
response times were vital criteria. To test this, Nelson ran a SQL Server
benchmark against his current environment as well as the DataCore solution. The
benchmark used a variety of block sizes as well as a mix of random/sequential
and read/write to measure the performance. The results were definitive -- the
DataCore Hyper-converged Virtual SAN solution was 20X faster than the current
environment.
"Response times are
faster. The 200 millisecond latency has gone away now with DataCore
running," stated Nelson. "In fact, we are down to under five
milliseconds as far as application response times at peak load. Under normal
load, the response times are currently under one millisecond."
Unsurpassed Management,
Performance and Efficiency
Before DataCore,
storage-related tasks were labor intensive at ECSO. Nelson was accessing and
reviewing documentation continuously to ensure that any essential step
concerning storage administration was not overlooked. He knew that if he
purchased a traditional storage SAN, it would be yet another point to manage.
"I wanted as few ‘panes
of glass' to manage as possible," noted Nelson. "Adding yet another
storage management solution to manage would just add unnecessary
complexity."
The DataCore hyper-converged
solution was exactly what Nelson was looking for. DataCore has streamlined the
storage management process by automating it and enabling IT to gain visibility
to overall health and behavior of the storage infrastructure from a central
console.
"DataCore has radically
improved the efficiency, performance and availability of our storage
infrastructure," he said. "I was in the process of purchasing new
hosts, and DataCore Hyper-converged Virtual SAN fit perfectly into the budget
and plan. This is a very unique product that can be tested in anyone's
environment without purchasing additional hardware."
To see the full case study on
Emergency Communications of Southern Oregon, click here.
No comments:
Post a Comment