SPECsfs97_R1.v2 Result

Hewlett-Packard :	HP surestore NAS VA 105A
SPECsfs97_R1.v2 =	11334 Ops/Sec (Overall Response Time = 2.94 msec)

Performance

Throughput (ops/sec)	Response (msec)
1115	0.7
2246	0.8
3392	1.1
4528	1.2
5650	1.4
6796	2.2
7926	3.6
9075	5.6
10192	7.6
11334	10.3

Configuration

Server Configuration and Availability
Vendor	Hewlett-Packard
Hardware Available	Sept 2001
Software Available	Sept 2001
Date Tested	Sept 2001
SFS License Number	3
Licensee Locations	Richardson, Texas

CPU, Memory and Power

Model Name HP surestore NAS VA 105A

Processor PA-8600@552Mhz

# of Processors 2

Primary Cache 512KB Instruction, 1MB data on chip

Secondary Cache N/A

Other Cache N/A

UPS N/A

Other Hardware Brocade Silkworm 2800 FC switch

Memory Size 8 GB

NVRAM Size 2GB (1GB per controller)

NVRAM Type Double buffered

NVRAM Description 3-days battery protection

Server Software

OS Name and Version HP-UX 11.11

Other Software N/A

File System JFS

NFS version 2

Server Tuning

Buffer Cache Size Dynamic with range 40%-50%

# NFS Processes 140

Fileset Size 108.3 GB

Network Subsystem
Network Type	Gigabit Ethernet
Network Controller Desc.	PCI 1000Base-SX (A4926A)
Number Networks	1
Number Network Controllers	2
Protocol Type	UDP

Switch Type HP Procurve Gigabit Switch 4108GL

Bridge Type N/A

Hub Type N/A

Other Network Hardware N/A

Disk Subsystem and Filesystems

Number Disk Controllers 3

Number of Disks 31

Number of Filesystems 10

File System Creation Ops logsize=2048,bsize=8192,largefiles

File System Config See notes below

Disk Controller Ultra2 Wide SCSI (builtin)

# of Controller Type 1

Number of Disks 1

Disk Type Seagate ST39204LC

File Systems on Disks OS, swap, dump

Special Config Notes N/A

Disk Controller PCI Fibre Channel A5158A

# of Controller Type 1

Number of Disks 15

Disk Type 18GB, 15000rpm ST318451FC

File Systems on Disks FS01,FS03,FS05,FS07,FS09

Special Config Notes See notes below ...

Disk Controller PCI Fibre Channel A5158A

# of Controller Type 1

Number of Disks 15

Disk Type 18GB, 15000rpm ST318451FC

File Systems on Disks FS02,FS04,FS06,FS08,FS10

Special Config Notes See notes below ...

Load Generator (LG) Configuration
Number of Load Generators	2
Number of Processes per LG	70
Biod Max Read Setting	2
Biod Max Write Setting	2

LG Type J6000

LG Model J6000

Number and Type Processors 2X PA-8600 @ 551Mhz

Memory Size 10GB

Operating System HP-UX 11.0

Compiler HP ANSI C

Compiler Options +O2 -Ae

Network Type PCI 1000Base-SX Adapter A4926A

Testbed Configuration

LG # LG Type Network Target File Systems Notes

1 J6000 1 FS01,FS02,FS03,FS04,FS05,FS06,FS07,FS08,FS09,FS10... N/A

2 J6000 1 FS01,FS02,FS03,FS04,FS05,FS06,FS07,FS08,FS09,FS10... N/A

Testbed Configuration
LG #	LG Type	Network	Target File Systems	Notes
1	J6000	1	FS01,FS02,FS03,FS04,FS05,FS06,FS07,FS08,FS09,FS10...	N/A
2	J6000	1	FS01,FS02,FS03,FS04,FS05,FS06,FS07,FS08,FS09,FS10...	N/A

Other Notes

Kernel setting
NSTREVENT=1056,NSTRSCHED=16,STRMSGSZ=65535,bufcache_hash_locks=4096
create_fastlinks=1,dbc_min_pct=50,default_disk_ir=1,dnlc_hash_locks=4096
ftable_hash_locks=4096,max_thread_proc=4000,dbc_max_pct=50
maxdsiz=0XC0000000,maxdsiz_64bit=0X400000000,maxfiles=2048
maxfiles_lim=2048,maxssiz=0X4FB3000,maxssiz_64bit=0X10000000
maxswapchunks=16384,maxtsiz=0X40000000,maxtsiz_64bit=0X100000000
maxuprc=2048,maxusers=512,maxvgs=50,ncallout=4096,ncsize=500000
nfile=16384,ninode=2000,nkthread=10000,nproc=4096,npty=200
nstrpty=200,nswapdev=5,scsi_max_qdepth=24,shmmax=0X40000000
swchunk=16384,vnode_hash_locks=4096,vps_ceiling=64,vx_fancyra_enable=1
File System settings:
mkfs -F vxfs -o logsize=2048,bsize=8192,largefiles
mount -o delaylog,largefiles -F vxfs
vxtunefs -o read_pref_io=$bs,read_nstream=500,read_unit_io=$bs,
write_pref_io=$bs,default_indir_size=$bs,write_unit_io=$bs,
default_indir_size=$bs,write_nstream=500,max_diskq=104857600,
max_buf_data_size=8K /FS$i ( with bs=65536 )
Each Disk array has 15 disks, RAID 0/1 with 5 filesystems on each array.
Each filesystem is striped across 15 disks.
There are 2 FC controllers plugged into the Brocade FC switch
and 2 ports from the Brocade FC switch going to the disk arrays.

First published at SPEC.org on 16-Oct-2001

LG Type	J6000
LG Model	J6000
Number and Type Processors	2X PA-8600 @ 551Mhz
Memory Size	10GB
Operating System	HP-UX 11.0
Compiler	HP ANSI C
Compiler Options	+O2 -Ae
Network Type	PCI 1000Base-SX Adapter A4926A