Vault report: Kove DRAM-based storage with kdb+ tick data

Unaudited STAC-M3 Benchmark of Kx Systems kdb+ 2.7 with Dell R815 server, Mellanox QDR InfiniBand and Kove XPD2 storage

1 July 2011 - New York

Kove and Kx Systems have submitted a benchmark report to the STAC Vault. It covers STAC-M3 tests of the kdb+ database when used with a Kove XPD2 DRAM storage architecture. Kove claims that the XPD2 combines the speed of DRAM with the scalability, flexibility, and other benefits of storage. Details of the tests are as follows.

Specs: STAC-M3 (Antuco suite)

Type: Unaudited

Stack under test (SUT ID KDB110615):

Application:
• Kx Systems kdb+ 2.7

Storage:
• Kove XPD2 storage with Mellanox MHQH29C-XTR ConnectX-2 VPI QDR, dual port

Server:
• Dell R815 server with 256GB memory
• 4 x AMD Opteron 6174, 12 core, 2.2GHz
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 with ext3 and OFED 1.5.3
• Mellanox MHQH29B-XTR ConnectX-2 VPI QDR, dual port

Storage interconnect:
• Mellanox MTS3600 InfiniScale-IV QDR InfiniBand switch

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