SPECsfs97.v2 Result =============================================================================== Auspex Systems, Inc. : Auspex 4Front NS2000 (3-node, RAID5, SPECsfs97.v2 = 16060 Ops/Sec (Overall Response Time = 6.13 msec) =============================================================================== Throughput Response ops/sec msec 1633 1.4 3282 1.7 4960 2.4 6597 3.0 8274 4.1 9946 5.5 11618 7.2 13261 10.2 14953 17.2 16060 27.5 =============================================================================== Server Configuration and Availability Vendor Auspex Systems, Inc. Hardware Available March 1999 Software Available February 2000 Date Tested February 2000 SFS License number 29 Licensee Location Santa Clara, CA CPU, Memory and Power Model Name Auspex 4Front NS2000 (3-node, RAID5, NetOS 2.1.1) Processor Pentium II 333 MHz # of Processors 6 (2 per node) Primary Cache 16 KB I + 16 KB D on-chip Secondary Cache 512 KB (I+D) on-chip Other Cache none UPS none Other Hardware Host processor (270 MHz Ultra-SPARC-IIi) Memory Size 3 GB (1 GB per node) NVRAM Size 576 MB (192 MB per node) NVRAM Type SIMMs NVRAM Description 2-week battery-backed shelf-life Server Software OS Name and Version NetOS 2.1.1 Other Software none File System Auspex FastFLO NFS version 2 Server Tuning Buffer Cache Size dynamic # NFS Processes 384 (128 per node) Fileset Size 159.8 GB Network Subsystem Network Type Gigabit Ethernet Network Controller Desc. Alteon PCI adapter card model#71-0012 Number Networks 3 (N1, N2, N3) Number Network Controllers 3 (1 per node) Protocol Type UDP Switch Type Alteon Network ACEswitch 180 (3) Bridge Type N/A Hub Type N/A Other Network Hardware N/A Disk Subsystem and Filesystems Number Disk Controllers 10 (3 per node, 1 for Host processor) Number of Disks 163 (54 per node, 1 for host OS) Number of Filesystems 54 (18 per node) File System Creation Ops default File System Config 3-member RAID5 filesystems Disk Controller Ultra Wide SCSI controller (1st node) # of Controller Type 3 Number of Disks 54 Disk Type 36GB Quantum (KN36J005) File Systems on Disks F1, F4, ..... F52 Special Config Notes none Disk Controller Ultra Wide SCSI controller (2nd node) # of Controller Type 3 Number of Disks 54 Disk Type 36GB Quantum (KN36J005) File Systems on Disks F2, F5, ..... F53 Special Config Notes none Disk Controller Ultra Wide SCSI controller (3rd node) # of Controller Type 3 Number of Disks 54 Disk Type 36GB Quantum (KN36J005) File Systems on Disks F3, F6, ..... F54 Special Config Notes none Disk Controller Symbios SCSI Controller (Host processor) # of Controller Type 1 Number of Disks 1 Disk Type 36GB Quantum (KN36J005) File Systems on Disks Host OS Special Config Notes none Load Generator (LG) Configuration Number of Load Generators 9 Number of Processes per LG 54 Biod Max Read Setting 2 Biod Max Write Setting 2 LG Type LG1 LG Model Sun Microsystems Ultra 10 Number and Type Processors 1 x 333 MHz UltraSPARC-IIi Memory Size 256 MB Operating System Solaris 2.6 Compiler SC3.0.1 Compiler Options see SPEC-supplied wrapper & makefile Network Type Gigabit Ethernet Testbed Configuration LG # LG Type Network Target File Systems Notes ---- ------- ------- ------------------- ----- 1/2/3 LG1 N1 F1, F2 ..... F54 N/A 4/5/6 LG1 N2 F1, F2 ..... F54 N/A 7/8/9 LG1 N3 F1, F2 ..... F54 N/A =============================================================================== Notes and Tuning <> Network Processors: NP0,NP1,NP2; File Storage Processors: FSP0, FSP1, FSP2 <> The filesystems were mounted across the 3 NPs in a round-robin fashion (eg. F1 on NP0, F2 on NP1 etc.). <> Each load generator mounted filesystems from 3 different NPs and 3 different FSPs. <> The following configuration parameters are set in all clients: <> ndd -set /dev/udp udp_xmit_hiwat 65536 <> ndd -set /dev/udp udp_xmit_lowat 40960 <> ndd -set /dev/udp udp_recv_hiwat 65536