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ssd - The setup of S2D that delivers up to 2M IOPS to SQL FCI

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We are about to deploy shared storage
researching for ultra-fast storage to implement Microsoft SQL Server Failover Cluster
(FCI). So far the project goes, we would to start with 500K IOPS for 8k blocks about
70r/30w pattern.
Also we would like to have an ability to encrease pefromance
up to 2M IOPS (for same pattern) in a year or so, due to the SQL server growing
expectations.




For the purpose of the
project, we are going to deploy 4-node cluster of Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct (S2D).
As for hardware we already have 2x Dell rack servers R730xd with 2x E5-2697 and 512GB
RAM and we are ready to get 2 more.



As for
storage, Microsoft recommends going with NVMe or NVMe + SSD to obtain maximum
performance ( href="https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/storage/storage-spaces/choosing-drives"
rel="noreferrer">source). Therefore, after some research, Samsung SSDs are
good to go with. href="https://www.starwindsoftware.com/blog/benchmarking-samsung-nvme-ssd-960-evo-m-2"
rel="noreferrer">https://www.starwindsoftware.com/blog/benchmarking-samsung-nvme-ssd-960-evo-m-2
rel="noreferrer">http://www.storagereview.com/samsung_960_pro_m2_nvme_ssd_review



The
setup we consider is following: 1x Samsung 960 EVO NVMe + 4x Samsung PM863 SSD per S2D
host.



Can S2D implementation using Samsung 960
EVO NVMe and Samsung PM863 deliver 500k to SQL
FCI?



EDIT:




a)
didn't you ask something similar the other day? -
I did. A new question was
posted since the first shot was off-topic. Subject and body are changed. Previous
question will be deleted.



b) they're consumer
drives, -
The question is about to find the setup of S2D that could house
required 500k IOPS on start. What setup would you
recommend?



c) how are you planning on connecting
all of those, I'm unaware of a server out there with 5 x M.2 slots - we need to know
this, - Only 1x M.2 drive per each node is to be used. I have corrected the setup of
shared storage: 1x Samsung 960 EVO NVMe + 4x Samsung PM863 SATA SSD per S2D
host.



d) what kind of IOPSs (size and type)? -


SQL FCI read intensive workload of 4k, 8k, 64k blocks. Reads range
is 70-90% and writes one - 30-10%.



e) 500k-to-2M
is a very wide range of requirement variance - why such a wide range? -
The
project performance is expected to significantly grows in sort period, so we must have
ability to run 4x workload on same hardware till the and of the first year. A year after
we will add 4x more hosts to cluster.



We are
Microsoft Shop so there is no option to go eslewhere but Microsoft SQL Server 2016.
Also, as you might consume the project requires redundancy and extra availability
therefore SQL Failover Cluster Intance will be deployed aside S2D.



Answer




It's a bad idea to use consumer SSDs in your SDS deployments. VMware VSAN and
Microsoft S2D both assume writes will be "atomic", so one ACK-ed by host is actually on
persistent memory; consumer SSDs don't have any power outage protection so they MIGHT
lose your data. Write endurance is also very different.



href="https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/filecab/2016/11/18/dont-do-it-consumer-ssd/"
rel="noreferrer">https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/filecab/2016/11/18/dont-do-it-consumer-ssd/




href="https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2013/12/virtual-san-hardware-guidance-part-1-solid-state-drives.html"
rel="noreferrer">https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2013/12/virtual-san-hardware-guidance-part-1-solid-state-drives.html



href="http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2013/09/16/frequently-asked-questions-virtual-san-vsan/"
rel="noreferrer">http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2013/09/16/frequently-asked-questions-virtual-san-vsan/



I'd
suggest to stick with some Enterprise-grade NVMe cards.



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