SPEC SFS 1 Baseline Summary

097.LADDIS (Volume 5, Issue 4, December 1993)

Auspex Systems, Inc.

NS 6000 NetServer / 2 Ethernets

Throughput:

       NFS         Average       
       Throughput  NFS           
       SPECnfs_A93 Response Time 
       Ops/Sec     Milliseconds  
       ----------- ------------- 
       40          10.5          
       80          11.3          
       119         13.0          
       160         15.1          
       200         16.4          
       241         18.5          
       282         20.0          
       323         22.2          
       363         24.3          
       403         27.1          
       444         30.3          
       485         34.5          
       524         37.7          
       537         39.8          
       542         42.1          
       546         42.8          
       

SPEC SFS 1 Baseline Result:

   546 SPECnfs_A93 Ops/Sec @ 42.8 msec ==> 55 SPECnfs_A93 Users

Server Hardware

CPU, Memory, & Power
Model Number:               NS 6000
CPU per Host:               M68EC0303, 40  MHz, 512KB
# of Host:                  1
Primary Cache:              16MB
Secondary Cache:            1 1-MB nonvolatile Write Accel.
Other Cache:                n/a for NFS
Memory per Host:            192MB
UPS:                        None
Other Hardware:             None

Server Software
OS Version:                 Auspex release 1.5.2 Alpha
Other Software:             None
File System:                Auspex LFS (BSD FFS)

Load Generators(LGs)
Number of Load Generators:     4
Processes Per Load Generator:  5
Biod_Max_Reads:                2
Biod_Max_Writes:               2

Disk Subsystem & Filesystems (Full Configuration Follows)
Num Disk Controllers:       1 Storage Processor
Num Disks:                  16
Num File Systems:           8 (F1 thru F8)

Network Subsystem (Full Configuration Follows)
Num Net Controllers:        1 Ethernet Processor
Num Networks:               2 (N1 thru N2)
Type Network:               Ethernet

Server Tuning (Also see Notes/Tuning below)
Buffer Cache Size:          192MB
Num NFS Daemons:            32
Fileset Size:               3.09GB

Hardware Availability:      Dec-93
Software Availability:      Dec-93

License #:  29
Tested :    Aug-93
By:         Auspex Systems
Of:         Santa Clara, CA

Notes/Summary Of Tuning Parameters

Note: Storage Processor is referenced as SP0; File Processor as FP0; Ethernet Processor as EP0.
All Load Generators used same LADDIS Mount Points list with same /etc/fstab entries.
The LADDIS Prime Client was the server Host Processor (no router was needed). ThinNet Ethernet cables/transceivers were used.
The adb tool was used to enable UDP checksumming on the IPX load generators.
adb -w /vmunix/dev/kmem
udp_cksum?W1
udp-cksum/W1

Detailed Server Description

Network Subsystem
Ethernet Processor model: EP-III
   EP-III description: M68EC030, 40 MHz, 512-KB local memory
   Number of EP=III processors: 1
   Number of Ethernets: 2 (2 interfaces per EP-III)

Disk Subsystem & Filesystems
Storage Processor Model: SP-III
   SP-III Description: M68EC020, 20 MHz, 256-KB local memory
   Number of SP-III Processors: 1
   Number of Parallel SCSI channels per SP-III: 10
   Number of disks used by LADDIS per SP-III: 16
   SP0 supported root disk (Model 3005) for root, swap, tmp on partition
   a of disk ad0
   Types of disks: Model 3005R (2.0GB formatted)
   Filesystems per SP-III: 8 VPs (virtual partitions)-2 disks each
   VP description: striped (unit=128KB) on 2 disks preformatted a
   partitions
   Each Storage Processor has a 1-MB nonvolatile Write Accelerator

Detailed Load Generator (LG) Description

       Load Generator Type: LG1                  
       Model:               Sun SPARCstation IPX 
       # 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              LG1            N1      F1-5        Default       
       2              LG1            N1      F3-7        Default       
       3              LG1            N2      F6-8,1-2    Default       
       4              LG1            N2      F3-F7       Default