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Internap Network Services Rolls Out Benchmarking Report [Professional Services Close - Up](Professional Services Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Internap Network Services Corp. reported the the results of a Cloud Spectator report, "Performance Analysis: Benchmarking a NoSQL Database on Bare-Metal and Virtualized Public Cloud." "Due to the on-demand capacity and elasticity of public cloud infrastructure, many organizations using NoSQL databases for the real-time collection and analysis of massive amounts of data have opted to host their environments in public clouds," said Danny Gee, CIO at Cloud Spectator, in a release. "However, our benchmark tests suggest that these types of environments can benefit from price/ performance advantages when running on bare-metal infrastructure." Key Findings: To quantify the performance differential of running AeroSpike's in-memory NoSQL database on bare-metal and virtual cloud infrastructure, Cloud Spectator conducted throughput speed and latency benchmark tests for three different types of workloads on Internap's bare-metal servers and AWS EC2 I2 class and Rackspace Performance Cloud Servers virtual instances. Key findings include: _Loading Data Workload - This analysis tested "write" speed when loading data into the database, similar to new users populating their account information into a website. Internap outperformed Rackspace by 5x and Amazon by 51 percent on throughput speed. Internap had 77 percent less latency than Rackspace and 56 percent less latency than Amazon.-Balanced Workload - This analysis tested a balance of 50 percent database "reads" and 50 percent updates, simulating the activity of an active ecommerce user and corresponding personalization of digital advertising based on that activity. On throughput speed, Internap outperformed Rackspace by 2.7x and Amazon by 50 percent. Internap had 59 percent less latency than Amazon and 32 percent less latency than Rackspace.-Read-Heavy Workload - The read-intensive workload, which is associated with applications like content tagging, featured 95 percent "reads" and 5 percent updates. On throughput speed, Internap outperformed Rackspace by 2.5x and Amazon by 61 percent. Internap had 51 percent less latency than Amazon and 48 percent less latency than Rackspace. Cloud Spectator's report also revealed that running Aerospike's in-memory NoSQL database on Internap's bare-metal servers offered significantly better value than the Amazon I2 or Rackspace virtual public cloud configurations. The equivalent monthly price of hosting Aerospike's database on Internap's bare-metal servers was at least 78 percent less expensive than doing so on Amazon I2 or Rackspace Performance Servers. On a comparative hourly basis, the Internap bare-metal servers were 69 percent less. "The ability to rapidly and cost-effectively manage huge amounts of data has become indispensable for companies delivering applications over the Internet. These companies seek not only faster database applications for analyzing massive user pools, but also more robust Internet infrastructure," said Christian Primeau, senior vice president and general manager, cloud and hosting, at Internap. "Internap's bare-metal solutions offer unmatched performance and value advantages for running applications like Aerospike's in- memory NoSQL database when compared to popular large-scale public clouds, allowing companies to gather and analyze data more effectively and efficiently than ever before." "The Aerospike flash-optimized, in-memory NoSQL database delivers unparalleled performance and reliability, and we want to ensure that our customers are informed about the impact of Internet infrastructure and which types of infrastructure offer the best performance and value for our solution," said Brian Bulkowski, Aerospike founder and CTO. "The Cloud Spectator benchmarks highlight the advantages bare-metal environments can provide over virtualized public clouds for the performance- and data-intensive workloads our customers run." ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2014 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ] |