SPEC SFS 1 Baseline Summary

097.LADDIS (Volume 6, Issue 4, December 1994)


Sun Microsystems Inc.

SPARCserver 1000E (8 CPUs @ 60MHz)

Throughput:

     NFS         Average       
     Throughput  NFS           
     SPECnfs_A93 Response Time 
     Ops/Sec     Milliseconds  
     ----------- ------------- 
     25          9.4           
     278         16.8          
     552         18.9          
     839         21.6          
     1116        22.4          
     1401        23.7          
     1687        26.5          
     1970        28.6          
     2263        31.8          
     2542        34.9          
     2822        41.1          
     2942        46.3          
     
SPEC SFS 1 Baseline Result:
   2942 SPECnfs_A93 Ops/Sec @ 46.3 msec ==> 294 SPECnfs_A93 Users

Server Hardware
CPU, Memory, & Power
Model Number: SPARCserver 1000E
CPU: 60MHz SuperSPARC
Number of CPUs: 8
Primary Cache: 20KBI+16KBD on chip
Secondary Cache: 1MB(I+D) off chip per CPU
Other Cache: None
Memory: 512MB
UPS: None
Other Hardware: None
Server Software
OS Version: Solaris 2.4
Other Software: None
File System: UFS

Load Generators(LGs)
Number of Load Generators: 28
Processes Per Load Generator: 4
Biod_Max_Reads: 2
Biod_Max_Writes: 3

Disk Subsystem & Filesystems (Full Configuration Follows)
# of Disk Controllers: 19
# of Disks: 57
# of File Systems: 56

Network Subsystem (Full Configuration Follows)
# of Net Controllers: 4
# of Networks: 14
Type of Network: Ethernet

Server Tuning (Also see Notes/Tuning below)
Buffer Cache Size: Dynamic
# of NFS Daemons: 300
Fileset Size: 18GB

Hardware Availability: Sep-94
Software Availability: Aug-94

License #: 6
Tested : Sep-94
By: Sun
Of: Mountain View, CA

Notes/Summary Of Tuning Parameters
The adb tool was used to enable UDP checksumming on the load generators.
adb -w /vmunix /dev/kmem
udp_cksum/W 1
udp_cksum?W 1
UDP checksums are enabled by default on the server running Solaris 2.x
maxusers=32 ufs_ninode=64000
ncsize=64000 bufhwm=35000
autoup=600 tune_t_fsflushr=600
IGNORE_KERNEL_PREEMPTION=1 npts=8192

Detailed Server Description
Network Subsystem
4 Sbus Quad Ethernet Controller (SQEC)
14 Ethernets (N01-N14): 2 LGs each

Disk Subsystem & Filesystems
Ctl 01: FSBE Ethernet/SCSI Controller
Disk: Sun 535MB Contents: OS, swap
SPARCstorage Array=SSA, Fibre Channel SBus Card=FC25/S, Fibre Channel Optical Module=FC25/OM
SSA #1: 19 Sun 1.05GB disks, 1 FC25/S, 1 FC25/OM and 6 SCSI-2 Host Adapter (HA) within SSA
SSA #2: 19 Sun 1.05GB disks, 1 FC25/S, 1 FC25/OM and 6 SCSI-2 Host Adapter (HA) within SSA
SSA #3: 19 Sun 1.05GB disks, 1 FC25/S, 1 FC25/OM and 6 SCSI-2 Host Adapter (HA) within SSA
Ctl 02 (OM1/HA1): Disks 01-04, F01-F04 Ctl 03 (OM1/HA2): Disks 05-07, F05-F07
Ctl 04 (OM1/HA3): Disks 08-10, F08-F10 Ctl 05 (OM1/HA4): Disks 11-13, F11-F13
Ctl 06 (OM1/HA5): Disks 14-16, F14-F16 Ctl 07 (OM1/HA6): Disks 17-19, F17-F19
Ctl 08 (OM2/HA1): Disks 20-23, F20-F23 Ctl 09 (OM2/HA2): Disks 24-26, F24-F26
Ctl 10 (OM2/HA3): Disks 27-29, F27-F29 Ctl 11 (OM2/HA4): Disks 30-32, F30-F32
Ctl 12 (OM2/HA5): Disks 33-35, F33-F35 Ctl 13 (OM2/HA6): Disks 36-38, F36-F38
Ctl 14 (OM3/HA1): Disks 39-41, F39-F41 Ctl 15 (OM3/HA2): Disks 42-44, F42-F44
Ctl 16 (OM3/HA3): Disks 45-47, F45-F47 Ctl 17 (OM3/HA4): Disks 48-50, F48-F50
Ctl 18 (OM3/HA5): Disks 51-53, F51-F53 Ctl 19 (OM3/HA6): Disks 54-56, F54-F56

Detailed Load Generator (LG) Description
Load Generator Type: LG1
Model: SPARCstation 2
# of CPUs: 1
Main Mem 32MB
OS: SunOS 4.1.3
Compiler: /bin/cc
Load Generator Type: LG2
Model: SPARCstation 10/40
# of CPUs: 1
Main Mem 48MB
OS: SunOS 4.1.3
Compiler: /bin/cc

Testbed Configuration
       Load Generator Load Generator         Target          Filesystem
       Number         Type           Network Filesystems     Mount Options
       -------------- -------------- ------- --------------- -------------
       1/15           LG2/LG1        N01/N08 F01,F20,F39,F05 Default
       2/16           LG1/LG1        N01/N08 F24,F42,F08,F27 Default
       3/17           LG1/LG1        N02/N09 F45,F11,F30,F48 Default
       4/18           LG1/LG1        N02/N09 F14,F33,F51,F17 Default
       5/19           LG1/LG1        N03/N10 F36,F54,F02,F21 Default
       6/20           LG1/LG1        N03/N10 F40,F06,F25,F43 Default
       7/21           LG1/LG1        N04/N11 F09,F28,F46,F12 Default
       8/22           LG1/LG1        N04/N11 F31,F49,F15,F34 Default
       9/23           LG1/LG1        N05/N12 F52,F18,F37,F55 Default
       10/24          LG1/LG1        N05/N12 F03,F22,F41,F07 Default
       11/25          LG1/LG1        N06/N13 F26,F44,F10,F29 Default
       12/26          LG1/LG1        N06/N13 F47,F13,F32,F50 Default
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