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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