SPEC SFS 1 Baseline Summary

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

Sun Microsystems Inc.

SPARCserver 1000 (8 CPUs)

Throughput:

       NFS         Average       
       Throughput  NFS           
       SPECnfs_A93 Response Time 
       Ops/Sec     Milliseconds  
       ----------- ------------- 
       240         16.6          
       479         19.2          
       723         21.7          
       966         23.8          
       1212        26.6          
       1452        30.3          
       1694        34.6          
       1934        41.1          
       1997        43.8          
       2019        44.8          
       2049        45.5          
       2067        46.5          
       2101        49.1          
       2106        49.8          
       

SPEC SFS 1 Baseline Result:

   2106 SPECnfs_A93 Ops/Sec @ 49.8 msec ==> 211 SPECnfs_A93 Users

Server Hardware

CPU, Memory, & Power
Model Number:               SPARCserver 1000
CPU per Host:               50 MHz SuperSPARC
# of Host:                  8
Primary Cache:              20KBI+16KBD on chip
Secondary Cache:            1MB(I+D) off chip
Other Cache:                None
Memory per Host:            512MB
UPS:                        None
Other Hardware:             None

Server Software
OS Version:                 Solaris 2.3 Pre-FCS
Other Software:             None
File System:                UFS

Load Generators(LGs)
Number of Load Generators:     16
Processes Per Load Generator:  6
Biod_Max_Reads:                2
Biod_Max_Writes:               2

Disk Subsystem & Filesystems (Full Configuration Follows)
Num Disk Controllers:       9
Num Disks:                  49
Num File Systems:           49

Network Subsystem (Full Configuration Follows)
Num Net Controllers:        2
Num Networks:               8
Type Network:               Ethernet

Server Tuning (Also see Notes/Tuning below)
Buffer Cache Size:          Dynamic
Num NFS Daemons:            150
Fileset Size:               12.2GB

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=33000
autoup=120                 tune_t_fsflushr=10    maxusers=32
IGNORE_KERNEL_PREEMPTION=1 nsegkp=1024           npts=8192
scsi_options=0xf8          use_mxcc_prefetch=0
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
2 SBus Quad Ethernet Controllers (SQEC)
    8 ethernets (N1-N8): 2 LGs each

Disk Subsystem & Filesystems
Controller 1: On-board SCSI-2 Controller
535MB 3.5 internal disk
Disk 49: OS, code, swap (two file systems)
Controller 2-9: SBus Diff/Fast/Wide Intelligent SCSI-2 HA
All remaining disks: Sun 2.1 GB
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        
       

Testbed Configuration

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