SPEC SFS 1 Baseline Summary

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

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 per Host:               50 MHz SuperSPARC
# of Host:                  8
Primary Cache:              20KBI+16KBD on chip
Secondary Cache:            2MB(I+D) off chip
Other Cache:                None
Memory per Host:            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