SPEC SFS 1 Baseline Summary

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

IBM Corporation

7051 Power Network Dataserver(2EPs/2FPs)

Throughput:

       NFS         Average       
       Throughput  NFS           
       SPECnfs_A93 Response Time 
       Ops/Sec     Milliseconds  
       ----------- ------------- 
       198         12.6
       271         14.3
       344         15.9
       417         17.3
       491         19.4
       563         20.8
       637         23.1
       709         25.3
       783         28.0
       855         31.4
       928         36.2
       1001        42.0
       1035        46.2

SPEC SFS 1 Baseline Result:

   1035 SPECnfs_A93 Ops/Sec @ 46.2 msec ==> 104 SPECnfs_A93 Users

Server Hardware

CPU, Memory, & Power
Model Number:               IBM 7051
File Processor:             FP-II (M68030, 25MHz)
Number of FPs:              2
Metadata Cache:             16 MB per FP-11
Other Cache:                2MB (I+D) off chip per CPU
Host Processor:             n/a for NFS
Memory:                     192MB
UPS:                        None
Other Hardware:             None

Server Software
OS Version:                 AIX 3.2.4 w/PND 1.0.2
Other Software:             None
File System:                7051 LFS (BSD FFS)

Load Generators(LGs)
Number of Load Generators:     8
Processes Per Load Generator:  5
Biod_Max_Reads:                2
Biod_Max_Writes:               2

Disk Subsystem & Filesystems (Full Configuration Follows)
Num Disk Controllers:       2 SP-III
Num Disks:                  40 2.0 GB Modules
Num File Systems:           8 (F1-F4,F71-F74)

Network Subsystem (Full Configuration Follows)
Num Net Controllers:        2 EP-III
Num Networks:               4
Type Network:               Ethernet

Server Tuning (Also see Notes/Tuning below)
Buffer Cache Size:          192 MB (Data Cache)
Num NFS Daemons:            64 (32 per EP-III)
Fileset Size:               5.75 GB

Hardware Availability:      Feb-94
Software Availability:      Feb-94

License #:  11
Tested :    Jan-94
By:         IBM
Of:         San Jose, CA

Notes/Summary Of Tuning Parameters

Note: Storage Processors are references as "SP0,SP1"; File Processors as "FP0,FP1"; Ethernet Processors as "EP0,EP1"
The filesystems were mapped to the File Processors as follows - FP0:F1,F3,F71 FP1:F2,F4,F72,F74
All Load Generators used the same LADDIS Mount Points list with the same /etc/filesystems entries
The LADDIS Prime Client was "client1e".  The 7051 acted as the router between networks.  ThinNet Ethernet cables/tranceivers were used.
1GB drives are packaged in 1 Disk Modules.  Automatic striping between the two drives is provided by the controller using 128K striping width.
Each drive provides 256KB buffer (512KB per Module)

Detailed Server Description

Network Subsystem
Ethernet Processor Model:  EP-III (IBM FC 4210/4220)
   EP-III Description:  M68030, 25MHz, 1MB local memory
   Number of EP-III Processors:  2
   Number of Ethernets:  4 (2 interfaces per EP)

Disk Subsystem & Filesystems
Storage Processor Model:        SP-III (IBM FC 4230)
   SP-III Description:        M68020, 25MHz, 2MB local memory
   Number of SP-III Processors:  2
   Number of Parallel SCSI channels per SP-III:       10
   Number of disks used by LADDIS per SP-III:         20 modules(40 total)
    (RISC System/6000 340R acting as a Host Processor supported an additional 1 GB SCSI disk for OS)
   Type of Disks: 40 2x1GB drives per disk module
   Filesystems per SP-III:  4
   VP Description:  striped (unit=128KB) on 5x383MB physical VP's
   Write Accellerator Type: Battery backed non-volatile memory
   Write Accellerators per SP-III:  1 (1MB of cache) (IBM FC 4235)

Detailed Load Generator (LG) Description

       Model:                   IBM RISC System/6000 PC
       # of CPUs:               1              
       Main Mem:                64MB           
       OS:                      AIX 3.2.4
       Compiler:                XL C/6000 Version 1.2.1
       

Testbed Configuration

       Load Generator Load Generator         Target          Filesystem    
       Number         Type           Network Filesystems     Mount Options 
       -------------- -------------- ------- --------------- ------------- 
       1              LG1            N1      F1,F2,F3        Default
       2              LG1            N1      F2,F3,F4        Default
       3              LG1            N2      F3,F4,F71       Default
       4              LG1            N2      F4,F71,F72      Default
       5              LG1            N3      F71,F72,F73     Default
       6              LG1            N3      F72,F73,F74     Default
       7              LG1            N4      F73,F74,F1      Default
       8              LG1            N4      F74,F1,F2       Default