Frontend IOPS: 1000

% Read IOs 67
% Write IOs 33
RAID Configuration RAID 1 & 10 RAID 5 RAID 6
Backend IOPS (random): 1330 1990 2650
Number of Disks needed:
FC disks 180 IOPS 8 12 15
SAS Disk 200 IOPS 8 10 14
SATA Disk 75 IOPS 18 27 36
enter values here
Instructions:

Upper field: Enter IOs per second

Lower field: Enter percentage of Read IOs
calculated automatically)


Caculation:
The colums in yellow, orange and pink show:

Backend IOs calculated on each RAID levels Write Penalty in subject to the
given Read/Write distribution.
random access pattern (databases, file&print services etc.).

Number of Disks specifys the amount of disks needed in the particular
RAID level with different disk types.
typical average for random access.


Legend:

Frontend IOs: Total number of Read/Write operations per second an
application (e.g. MS Exchange) generates and sends to its disk.

Backend IOs: Total number of Read/Write operations per second the RAID
controller sends to its physical disks. This number is typically higher due to
the fact that depending on the RAID level the controller needs to perform
multiple operations.

Example:

1000 Frontend IOs; 67% Reads / 33% Writes; RAID 5; SAS disks
(RAID 5 write penalty = 4; i.e. each Frontend write IO causes 4 IOs at the
Backend. Each Read IO causes 1 IO at the Backend)

Reads: 1000 * 67% =
Writes: 1000 * 33% = 330 IOs * 4 (write penalty) =
Total: 1990 IOs
Disks: 1990 IOs total / 200 per disk = 9.995







Application
Frontend IOs
Backend IOs
LUN
RAID Spindle Calculator
Upper field: Enter IOs per second the application generates in total.
Lower field: Enter percentage of Read IOs (percentage of Write IOs
calculated automatically)
The colums in yellow, orange and pink show:
calculated on each RAID levels Write Penalty in subject to the
given Read/Write distribution. Note: This calculation applies for mostly
random access pattern (databases, file&print services etc.).
Number of Disks specifys the amount of disks needed in the particular
RAID level with different disk types. Note: IOPS values of disk types are
typical average for random access.
Total number of Read/Write operations per second an
application (e.g. MS Exchange) generates and sends to its disk.
Total number of Read/Write operations per second the RAID
controller sends to its physical disks. This number is typically higher due to
the fact that depending on the RAID level the controller needs to perform
multiple operations.
1000 Frontend IOs; 67% Reads / 33% Writes; RAID 5; SAS disks
(RAID 5 write penalty = 4; i.e. each Frontend write IO causes 4 IOs at the
Backend. Each Read IO causes 1 IO at the Backend)
: 1000 * 67% = 670 IOs
1000 * 33% = 330 IOs * 4 (write penalty) = 1320 IOs

1990 IOs total / 200 per disk = 9.995 10 Disks