Quick Links

Mobile Security Industry News

[April 12, 2012]

Nimble Storage Delivers Unparalleled Performance and Capacity in Microsoft Exchange 2010 Jetstress Benchmark Testing

(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) SAN JOSE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 04/12/12 -- Nimble Storage, the provider of flash-enabled, no-compromise storage solutions, today announced the results of benchmark tests demonstrating that Nimble arrays deliver unparalleled performance and capacity for storage supporting users of Microsoft Exchange email. In Microsoft Exchange 2010 Jetstress tests validated by Microsoft, Nimble arrays supported up to 12 times the number of Microsoft Exchange mailboxes per disk as competitive storage offerings. The benchmark test requires storage system providers to architect an Exchange Mailbox Resiliency solution and demonstrate how their storage arrays support typical Exchange workloads in an enterprise environment.

In the testing, Nimble targeted 20,000 mailboxes, each averaging 150 emails per day. Among the final documented figures, a single 3U Nimble array with 12 spindles delivered performance above that of arrays with up to 128 spindles from other leading storage vendors. These benchmark comparisons validate Nimble's ability to provide significantly higher performance, capacity, density and efficiency than competitive storage offerings.

Nimble Storage arrays are designed to deliver high IOPS (Input/Output Operations per Second) and highly efficient data compression, enabling a single array to simultaneously support major enterprise applications such as Microsoft Exchange and SQL server, custom applications, and hundreds of virtual desktops.

The Microsoft Exchange 2010 Jetstress benchmark test comprises four tests designed to measure effectiveness of the storage solution in typical enterprise environments. The benchmarking consists of a two-hour performance test, a 24-hour performance test, a backup test, and a soft recovery test. In the tests, Nimble's hybrid approach to storage, patented Cache Accelerated Sequential Layout (CASL™) architecture, and efficient inline compression combined to demonstrate the superior performance and capacity of the Nimble array.

"These benchmarking results validate the potential for real business impact from Nimble's hybrid storage architecture," said Mark Peters, senior analyst at Enterprise Storage Group. "By designing its architecture from the ground up to integrate SSDs with high-capacity disks, Nimble effectively disconnects attainable performance from a reliance on acquiring high spindle counts, an approach that can not only significantly improve the $/IOPS of its system compared to all-spinning-disk platforms, but can also contribute to dramatically better overall $/GB as well as reduced backup times." The benefits of performance and capacity efficiency as demonstrated by Nimble during Microsoft benchmark testing also allow Nimble arrays to provide demonstrable energy savings. Nimble's CASL file system maximizes storage rack density for both performance and capacity, which allows enterprises to save 75 percent on floor space for data storage. In addition, Nimble arrays' high performance per spindle greatly reduces the amount of power required in comparison with legacy SAN solutions. Nimble arrays require 500 watts, in comparison with an average of 2,300 watts to achieve similar performance on legacy storage platforms.

Additional Information For comprehensive testing results, visit the Microsoft ESRP website Blog post: Using Nimble for Exchange 2010 Blog post: Ron Kanter, Berkeley Research Group - Our Experiences Using Nimble Storage for Exchange 2010 Blog post: Using Exchange on Nimble Storage - The Foster Pepper StoryAbout Nimble Storage Founded and led by storage industry veterans, Nimble Storage is the fastest growing storage vendor in history. Nimble Storage solutions are built on the idea that enterprises should not have to compromise between performance, capacity, ease of management, and price. Nimble's patented Cache Accelerated Sequential Layout architecture, designed from the ground up to effectively combine flash with high-capacity drives, makes high performance affordable, simplifies and enhances disaster recovery and backup, and delivers pain-free operations. Nimble Storage solutions are available through a global network of world-class channel partners. For more information, visit www.nimblestorage.com.

™The names Nimble Storage and CASL are trademarks of Nimble Storage. Other trade names or words used in this document are the properties of their respective owners.

Media Contact: Gary Good Trainer Communications Email Contact 707-837-1718 Source: Nimble Storage

[ Back To Mobile Security Homepage's Homepage ]

Request a Demo

Weekly Demonstration: SAP Mobile Secure
Solution including SAP Afaria Cloud

Free 30-day Trial

Best MDM in the cloud. Best MDM
Analytics. Best MDM price.

Featured Whitepapers

What Is Your Mobile Content Policy? A Checklist for Content Risk Mitigation
We are living in a world that only 20 years ago was the realm of science fiction. Devices once just barely imaginable have become common consumer items, carried casually in pockets and purses, with constantly growing capabilities.

SAP Enterprise Mobility: Bringing a Cohesive Approach to a Complex Market
Mobility and consumerization are creating complexity in the enterprise, but embracing the change can lead to more productive mobile workers as well as better communications with employees, partners, customers, and consumers. The trends in the enterprise mobility landscape drive a need for technology solutions to emerge.

View All

Featured Datasheets

Securing Enterprise Mobility for Greater Competitive Advantage
We are living in a world that only 20 years ago was the realm of science fiction. Devices once just barely imaginable have become common consumer items, carried casually in pockets and purses, with constantly growing capabilities.

Secure Mobile Content Management for the Enterprise
Every day employees move business files onto their mobile devices so they can work at home, on the road, or at client sites. The mobile workforce is a reality, as 80% of employees say they need to access work documents from outside the office.1 Instead of insecure, consumer-based tools, enterprises need a safe, reliable platform for managing content on mobile devices.

View All

Featured Webinar

Mobile Drives Field Service Productivity at Satellites Unlimited
Field service has never been more competitive or faster changing than it is today. Going mobile is a must to stay ahead of the competition, provide improved services, and keep up with ever-increasing customer expectations.

View All

Featured Webcast

End to End Mobility Requirements: IDC and SAP explore the 3rd Platform
A new IDC study states that we're in the midst of a shift that takes place once every 20 - 25 years - introducing a new technology platform that will inspire growth and innovation for enterprises of all sizes. IDC calls it the 3rd Platform - built on mobile devices and apps, cloud services, mobile broadband networks, "Big Data", analytics, and social technologies.

View All

Featured On-Demand Webinar

Analyst Webcast: Secure Content Management in a Mobile Age
Securing and managing content is taking on new importance as organizations try to cope with the explosion of business-oriented file sharing services while at the same time taking advantage of the proliferation of "smart" mobile devices.

View All