BlueArc sets SPECmail record

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: MICHAEL OSTERMAN ON MESSAGING
09/08/05
Today's focus: BlueArc sets SPECmail record

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Today's focus: BlueArc sets SPECmail record

By Michael Osterman

Last month BlueArc announced that the company had achieved a new
SPECmail record for messaging-related storage systems.

Using CommuniGate servers operating with Intel Xeon processors,
BlueArc was able to store 12,500 SPECmail
<http://www.specmail.com/> messages per minute, or about 208
messages per second. This is roughly equivalent to an e-mail
system that supports 2.5 million users, each sending 12 e-mail
messages per day - about what you'd expect for the typical
consumer-oriented ISP.

So what's the significance of this world-record system that
offers storage performance several orders of magnitude greater
than what the vast majority of organizations currently need from
their messaging systems?

First, while this level of performance is certainly overkill for
most organizations - even large ones - it's not at all overkill
for larger service providers like ISPs, network operators and
others whose users generate huge volumes of e-mail each day,
particularly during peak periods. For organizations that process
large amounts of e-mail - such as large brokerage houses that
send very large amounts of e-mail to customers each business day
during a very short time window, this type of performance is
relevant.

Looking further out, however, storage is increasingly becoming a
key issue for messaging. Our research has found that growth in
messaging storage requirements is the leading issue for
messaging decision-makers, a problem that is even more critical
than spam.

Our research has found that messaging storage is increasing more
than 30% annually, meaning that storage issues - both in terms
of quantity and performance - will become more important for
messaging managers in coming years as e-mail and other messaging
volumes continue to swell. Further, when VoIP systems become
more widespread, storage issues will escalate as voice generates
a big increase in bandwidth and storage requirements.

Bottom line, very high messaging storage performance will become
increasingly relevant as messaging moves forward.

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To contact: Michael Osterman

Michael D. Osterman is the principal of Osterman Research
<http://www.ostermanresearch.com/>, a market research firm that
helps organizations understand the markets for messaging,
directory and related products and services. He can be reached
by clicking here <mailto:michael@ostermanresearch.com>
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