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Whitten 11/25/2013 Head of the Graduate Program Date i ACOMPARATIVEANALYSISOFOPENSOURCESTORAGEAREANETWORKS WITHESXI5.1 AThesis SubmittedtotheFaculty of PurdueUniversity by RobertM.Trinkle InPartialFulfillmentofthe RequirementsfortheDegree of MasterofScience December2013 PurdueUniversity WestLafayette,Indiana ii TABLEOFCONTENTS Page LISTOFTABLES....................................................................................................................v LISTOFFIGURES.................................................................................................................vii LISTOFABBREVIATIONS.....................................................................................................ix GLOSSARY....................................................................................................................x ABSTRACT...................................................................................................................xi CHAPTER1. INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................1 1.1 Background...............................................................................................1 1.2 StatementofProblem...............................................................................3 1.3 SignificanceofProblem.............................................................................3 1.4 PurposeofResearch.................................................................................4 1.5 ResearchQuestion....................................................................................4 1.6 Assumptions..............................................................................................4 1.7 Limitations.................................................................................................5 1.8 Delimitations.............................................................................................5 1.9 Summary……………………………………………………………………………………………….5 CHAPTER2. LITERATUREREVIEW.................................................................................7 2.1 iSCSITargetServers...................................................................................7 2.1.1 iSCSIEnterpriseTarget.......................................................................8 2.1.2 SCSTandLIO.......................................................................................9 2.1.3 ISTGT…………………………………………………………………………………………….10 2.2 StorageAlignment...................................................................................11 2.3 NetworkConstruction.............................................................................13 2.4 Iometer……………………………………………………………………………………………….14 2.5 Iperf…………………………………………………………………………………………………….15 iii Page 2.6 Summary……………………………………………………………………………………………..15 CHAPTER3. METHODOLOGY......................................................................................17 3.1 Framework..............................................................................................17 3.2 TestingMethodology..............................................................................21 3.2.1 Experiments.....................................................................................22 3.3 AnalyzingData.........................................................................................23 3.4 Summary……………………………………………………………………………………………..23 CHAPTER4. RESULTSANDDISCUSSIONS....................................................................25 4.1 LocalRAIDandNetworkResults.............................................................27 4.2 IETiSCSITargetResults...........................................................................27 4.2.1 PhysicalandVirtualComparison......................................................27 4.2.2 MTUSizeComparison......................................................................29 4.3 SCSTiSCSITargetResults........................................................................32 4.3.1 PhysicalandVirtualComparison......................................................32 4.3.2 MTUSizeComparison......................................................................33 4.4 LIOiSCSITargetResults...........................................................................35 4.4.1 PhysicalandVirtualComparison......................................................36 4.4.2 MTUSizeComparison......................................................................37 4.5 ISTGTiSCSITargetResults.......................................................................39 4.5.1 PhysicalandVirtualComparison......................................................39 4.5.2 MTUSizeComparison......................................................................41 4.6 iSCSITargetServerComparisons............................................................43 4.7 Summary……………………………………………………………………………………………..50 CHAPTER5. CONCLUSIONSANDFUTUREWORK.......................................................52 5.1 iSCSITargetServerConclusions..............................................................52 5.2 FutureWork............................................................................................55 REFERENCES.................................................................................................................57 APPENDICES AppendixA iSCSINetworkTopology..........................................................................60 iv Page AppendixB IETSANConfigurationFile......................................................................61 AppendixC SCSTSANConfigurationFile....................................................................63 AppendixD LIOSANConfiguration.............................................................................65 AppendixE ISTGTSANConfiguration.........................................................................67 AppendixF HPProcurve2950Configuration.............................................................70 AppendixG RawiSCSIAverageValues.......................................................................72 v LISTOFTABLES Table..............................................................................................................................Page Table3.1DellOptiplex2950Specifications......................................................................19 Table3.2DellOptiplex990Specifications........................................................................20 Table4.1ThroughputTests..............................................................................................26 Table4.2IOPSTests..........................................................................................................26 AppendixTable TableG.1IETVirtualIOPSWithStandardardandJumboFrames....................................72 TableG.2IETPhysicalIOPSWithStandardandJumboFrames.......................................72 TableG.3IETVirtualMBpsWithStandardardandJumboFrames..................................73 TableG.4IETPhysicalMBpsWithStandardandJumboFrames.....................................74 TableG.5SCSTVirtualIOPSWithStandardardandJumboFrames.................................74 TableG.6SCSTPhysicalIOPSWithStandardandJumboFrames....................................75 TableG.7SCSTVirtualMBpsWithStandardardandJumboFrames...............................75 TableG.8SCSTPhysicalMBpsWithStandardandJumboFrames...................................76 TableG.9LIOVirtualIOPSWithStandardardandJumboFrames...................................76 TableG.10LIOPhysicalIOPSWithStansdardandJumboFrames...................................77 TableG.11LIOVirtualMBpsWithStandardardandJumboFrames................................77 TableG.12LIOPhysicalMBpsWithStandardandJumboFrames...................................78 vi TablePage TableG.13ISTGTVirtualIOPSWithStandardardandJumboFrames............................78 TableG.14ISTGTPhysicalIOPSWithStandardandJumboFrames.................................79 TableG.15ISTGTVirtualMBpsWithStandardardandJumboFrames............................79