SPEC SFS 1 Baseline Summary

097.LADDIS (Volume 6, Issue 1, March 1994)

Sun Microsystems Inc.

SPARCcenter 2000 (8 CPUs)

Throughput:

       NFS         Average       
       Throughput  NFS           
       SPECnfs_A93 Response Time 
       Ops/Sec     Milliseconds  
       ----------- ------------- 
       239         15.9
       474         18.3
       718         21.1
       957         22.8
       1201        24.1
       1445        26.7
       1688        29.3
       1932        32.2
       2175        36.0 
       2294        38.6
       2418        40.1
       2522        45.0
       2551        47.0
       2575        48.9
       

SPEC SFS 1 Baseline Result:

   2575 SPECnfs_A93 Ops/Sec @ 48.9 msec ==> 258 SPECnfs_A93 Users

Server Hardware

CPU, Memory, & Power
Model Number:               SPARCcenter 2000
CPU:                        50 MHz SuperSPARC
# of CPUs:                  8
Primary Cache:              20KBI+16KBD on chip
Secondary Cache:            2MB (I+D) off chip per CPU
Other Cache:                None
Memory:                     512MB
UPS:                        None
Other hardware:             None 

Server Software
OS Version:                 Solaris 2.3 Beta
Other Software:             None
File System:                UFS

Load Generators(LGs)
Number of Load Generators:     24
Processes Per Load Generator:  4
Biod_Max_Reads:                2
Biod_Max_Writes:               3

Disk Subsystem & Filesystems (Full Configuration Follows)
Num Disk Controllers:       9
Num Disks:                  54
Num File Systems:           50

Network Subsystem (Full Configuration Follows)
Num Net Controllers:        3
Num Networks:               12
Type Network:               Ethernet

Server Tuning (Also see Notes/Tuning below)
Buffer Cache Size:          Dynamic
Num NFS Daemons:            300
Fileset Size:               13.2GB

Hardware Availability:      Nov-93
Software Availability:      Oct-93

License #:  6
Tested :    Sep-93
By:         Sun
Of:         Mountain View, CA

Notes/Summary Of Tuning Parameters

ufs_ninode=28000  ncsize=28000  bufhwm=30000
autoup=120  tune_t_fsflushr=10  maxusers=32
IGNORE_KERNEL_PREEMPTION=1 nsegkp=1024   npts=8192
scsi_options=0xf8
The adb tool was used to enable UDP checksumming on the load generators.
adb - w /vmunix  /dev/kmem
udp_cksum/W1
udp_cksum/W1
UDP checksums are enabled by default on the server running Solaris 2.

Detailed Server Description

Network Subsystem
3 SBus Quad Ethernet Controller (SQEC)
  12 ethernets (N1-N12): 2 LGs each

Disk Subsystem & Filesystems
All disks: Sun 2.1 GB
Controller 1: SBus Fast Diff SCSI-2/Buffered Ethernet Card
Disk 49: OS, code, swap (two file systems)
Disks 50-54: unused
Controller 2-9: SBus Diff/Fast/Wide Intelligent SCSI-2 HA
Controller 2: Disks 1-6, F1-F6
Controller 3: Disks 7-12, F7-F12
Controller 4: Disks 13-18, F13-F18
Controller 5: Disks 19-24, F19-F24
Controller 6: Disks 25-30, F25-F30
Controller 7: Disks 31-36, F31-F36
Controller 8: Disks 37-42, F37-F42
Controller 9: Disks 43-48, F43-F48

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 1
# of CPUs:     1
Main Mem:      16MB
OS:            SunOS 4.1.3
Compiler:      /bin/cc

 Load Generator Type: LG3
Model:         SPARCstation 1+
# of CPUs:     1
Main Mem:      16MB
OS:            SunOS 4.1.3
Compiler:      /bin/cc

 Load Generator Type: LG4
Model:         SPARCstation IPC
# of CPUs:     1 
Main Mem:      16MB
OS:            SunOS 4.1.3
Compiler:      /bin/cc

Testbed Configuration

       Load Generator Load Generator         Target          Filesystem    
       Number         Type           Network Filesystems     Mount Options 
       -------------- -------------- ------- --------------- ------------- 
       1/13           LG1/LG1        N1/N7   F1,F7,F13,F19   Default
       2/14           LG1/LG2        N1/N7   F25,F31,F37,F43 Default
       3/15           LG1/LG2        N2/N8   F2,F8,F14,F20   Default
       4/16           LG1/LG3        N2/N8   F26,F32,F38,F44 Default
       5/17           LG1/LG3        N3/N9   F3,F9,F15,F21   Default
       6/18           LG1/LG4        N3/N9   F27,F33,F39,F45 Default
       7/19           LG1/LG3        N4/N10  F4,F10,F16,F22  Default
       8/20           LG1/LG4        N4/N10  F28,F34,F40,F46 Default
       9/21           LG1/LG1        N5/N11  F5,F11,F17,F23  Default
       10/22          LG1/LG1        N5/N11  F29,F35,F41,F47 Default
       11/23          LG1/LG1        N6/N12  F6,F12,F18,F24  Default
       12/24          LG1/LG1        N6/N12  F30,F36,F42,F48 Default