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Newman on Data Storage: The Limits of HardwareBy Henry NewmanNovember 3, 2010
Data storage has made big strides, but it can't overcome the laws of physics. Data storage expert Henry Newman discusses the issue.. This is an update of one of my first articles for Enterprise Storage Forum from way back in 2002. The article was well received, so I figured it was time to see what has changed – if anything – in our industry over the last 8 years. What I found is that things have only gotten worse when it comes to managing storage. Simple physics defines the limitations under which you have to work. The movement of data from applications to hardware devices is limited by physical constraints within the computer and its storage hardware. First, let's compare the fastest computers and the fastest storage disk storage devices from 1976, 2002, and today, to get a better understanding of the changes we've seen over the last 26 years.
* Though this might not be the best measure of throughput it is a good comparison ** Million Floating Point Operations Per Second *** Trillion Floating Point Operations Per Second **** Average seek and latency for read and write ***** Using FC RAID with 2 Gb interfaces and RAID-5 8+1 in ******According towww.top500.org6/2010 (A new machine from China is expected to be faster and will be announced in mid-November) ******* Using RAID-5/6 8+1 or 8+2 Read the rest at Enterprise Storage Forum.
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