Vault report: Violin Memory Solid State Storage Arrays with kdb+ tick data

Unaudited STAC-M3 Benchmark of Kx Systems kdb+ 2.8 with Violin Memory 3200 Series Storage Arrays using flash memory.

22 February 2012 - New York

At the invitation of a STAC Benchmark Council Member, Violin Memory has submitted a benchmark report to the STAC Vault covering STAC-M3 tests of the kdb+ database when used with flash memory-based Violin Memory 3200 Series Storage Arrays. Details are as follows.

Specs: STAC-M3 (Antuco suite)

Type: Unaudited

Stack under test (SUT ID KDB120101):

• Kx Systems kdb+ 2.8
• IBM 3850 X5 Server with 512GB RAM
• 4 x 8-core Intel Xeon X7560 @ 2.27GHz
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 with ext4
• Violin Memory Systems 3200 Series Storage Arrays

Qualified members of the STAC Benchmark Council can access the report here.