SPECmail2001 Result CommuniGate Pro Dynamic Cluster with BlueArc & Intel SPECmail2001 msgs/min = 12,500 Valid Result SPEC license # 000078, Tested by: CommuniGate Systems Test date: Jul-2005, Hardware Avail: Feb-2005, Software Avail: Jun-2005 12,500 SPECmail2001 messages per minute is equal to 2,500,000 SPECmail2001_users. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary Results --------------- Response Required Percentage Compliant Function time limit Percentage 80% 100% 120% (seconds) Compliant SMTP Connect 5 >95% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% SMTP Data 5 >95% 99.98% 99.98% 99.93% POP Connect 5 >95% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% POP Status 5 >95% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% POP Retrieve 5 >95% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% POP Delete 5 >95% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% Delivery Time 60 >95% 99.05% 99.09% 63.73% Error Rate NA <1% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CommuniGate Pro Dynamic Cluster - Backend Servers (4 systems) Software CommuniGate Pro: CommuniGate Pro v4.3.6 Availability: Jun-2005 Operating System: Sun Solaris 10 x86 File System: UFS for the OS, NFS for the message store Hardware Vendor: Intel Model Name: Intel SR6850HW4 4CPU Xeon (Potomac) Availability: Feb-2005 Disk Subsystem: Internal 36GB SCSI disk for the OS, NFS file server for the message store Memory (MB): 16384 Network: Intel NetXtreme BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet # of Systems: 4 CPU: Intel Xeon x86_64 (Potomac) CPU MHz: 3325 CPUs Enabled: 4 Primary Cache: 16K Secondary Cache: 1024K Other Cache: 8MB Other: HyperThreading is disabled in the BIOS Notes / Tuning Information CommuniGate Pro Backend Servers Sun Solaris 10 x86, patched to current Tuning: ulimit -n 65535 ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_recv_hiwat 65536 ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_xmit_hiwat 65536 ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_conn_req_max_q 512 ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_conn_req_max_q0 5120 ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_fin_wait_2_flush_interval 135000 ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_time_wait_interval 60000 ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_naglim_def 1 ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_keepalive_interval 30000 /etc/system: set rlim_fd_cur=8192 set rlim_fd_max=65536 set maxusers=4096 NFS mount options: 192.168.64.112:/CommuniGate on /data type nfs remote/read/write/setuid/devices/bg/hard/intr/proto=tcp/rsize=32768/wsize=32768/timeo=600/vers=3/xattr/dev=4700008 on Wed Jun 29 22:16:54 2005 Backend Server temporary directory mounted on a 2GB /tmpfs partition. This is a temporary partition on the Backend Servers for temporary files that, in a failure, would be stored to stable storage on the Frontend Servers. This method is a fully safe and RFC-compliant setup for production use. swap on /tmpfs type tmpfs read/write/setuid/devices/xattr/size=2048m/dev=4480005 on Tue Jun 21 16:51:29 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- High Speed Network File Server for Main Mail Storage (1 system) Software BOS: BlueArc OS 4.0.824n Availability: May-2005 Operating System: Firmware 4.0.824n File System: SiliconFS Hardware Vendor: BlueArc Model Name: BlueArc Titan32 Silicon Server Availability: Jan-2004 Disk Subsystem: 140 146GB 10kRPM FC disks Memory (MB): 14GB Network: 4x 1 Gb Ethernet # of Systems: 1 CPU: One MPC 7457B + 7 FPGAs (CPU manufacturer is Freescale/Motorola) CPU MHz: 1264 CPUs Enabled: 1 Primary Cache: 32KBI + 32KBD on chip Secondary Cache: 512KB(I+D) on chip Other Cache: N/A Other: N/A Notes / Tuning Information Five (5) 2882 controller modules (each with two (2) redundant Raid Controllers) and 112 10kRPM FC disks in eight (8) RAID5 stripes including eight (8) hot spares for the CGPro Backend Servers shared storage, exported as 192.168.64.112:/CommuniGate. 28 10kRPM FC disks in two (2) RAID5 stripes including two (2) hot spares for the CGPro Frontend Servers shared storage, exported as 192.168.64.112:/vol1. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CommuniGate Pro Dynamic Cluster - Frontend Servers (5 systems) Software CommuniGate Pro: CommuniGate Pro v4.3.6 Availability: Jun-2005 Operating System: Sun Solaris 10 x86 File System: UFS for the OS, NFS for the message store Hardware Vendor: Amax Model Name: Amax Rackplex 1U 2x Xeon U320 Server Availability: Mar-2004 Disk Subsystem: Internal 40GB 7200RPM IDE for the OS, NFS file server for the message store Memory (MB): 2048 Network: Gb Ethernet # of Systems: 5 CPU: Intel Xeon x86 CPU MHz: 2800 CPUs Enabled: 2 Primary Cache: 8K Secondary Cache: 512K Other Cache: N/A Other: HyperThreading is disabled in the BIOS Notes / Tuning Information CommuniGate Pro Frontend Servers Sun Solaris 10 x86, patched to current Tuning: ulimit -n 65535 ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_recv_hiwat 65536 ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_xmit_hiwat 65536 ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_conn_req_max_q 512 ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_conn_req_max_q0 5120 ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_fin_wait_2_flush_interval 135000 ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_time_wait_interval 60000 ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_naglim_def 1 ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_keepalive_interval 30000 /etc/system: set rlim_fd_cur=8192 set rlim_fd_max=65536 set maxusers=4096 NFS mount options: 192.168.64.112:/vol1 on /data type nfs remote/read/write/setuid/devices/bg/hard/intr/proto=tcp/rsize=32768/wsize=32768/timeo=600/vers=3/xattr/dev=4700003 on Wed Jun 29 22:16:53 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Load generator (10 systems) Software JVM: Sun Java J2RE 1.4.2_08 (no JIT) Availability: Apr-2001 Operating System: SunOS 5.8 Generic_108528-18 File System: UFS Hardware Vendor: Sun Model Name: Sun v210 Availability: Aug-2002 Disk Subsystem: Ultra160 SCSI 36GB Memory (MB): 2048 Network: Gb Ethernet # of Systems: 10 CPU: UltraSPARC IIIi CPU MHz: 1002 CPUs Enabled: 2 Primary Cache: 32K Secondary Cache: 1MB Other Cache: N/A Other: N/A Notes / Tuning Information N/A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sink (3 systems) Software JVM: Sun Java J2RE 1.4.2_08 (no JIT) Availability: Apr-2001 Operating System: Fedora Core 1 File System: ext3 Hardware Vendor: Amax Model Name: Amax Rackplex 1U 2x Xeon U320 Server Availability: Mar-2004 Disk Subsystem: Diskless systems, booted from NFS server Memory (MB): 1024 Network: Gb Ethernet # of Systems: 3 CPU: Intel Xeon x86 CPU MHz: 2800 CPUs Enabled: 2 Primary Cache: 8K Secondary Cache: 512K Other Cache: N/A Other: N/A Notes / Tuning Information N/A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Benchmark Manager/DNS Servers (2 systems) Software JVM: Sun Java J2RE 1.4.2_08 (no JIT) Availability: Apr-2001 Operating System: RedHat Release 9 File System: ext3 Hardware Vendor: Amax Model Name: Amax Rackplex 1U 2x Xeon U320 Server Availability: Mar-2004 Disk Subsystem: 1 x 40GB 7200RPM IDE, ReiserFS filesystem Memory (MB): 1024 Network: Gb Ethernet # of Systems: 2 CPU: Intel Xeon x86 CPU MHz: 2800 CPUs Enabled: 2 Primary Cache: 8K Secondary Cache: 512K Other Cache: N/A Other: N/A Notes / Tuning Information BIND 9.2.1 DNS Server on both systems -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Notes / Tuning Information CommuniGate Pro configuration: Queue Foldering: 100 Enqueuer Processors: 50 Dequeuer Processors: 10 TextMailBox mailbox option (default) Index Mailboxes larger than: 300 Kbytes SMTP Channels: 7500 SMTP Channels/Host: 50 LOCAL Processes: 10 (Backends) LOCAL Processes: 500 (Frontends) LOCAL Flow Control: unlimited POP Channels: 50000 IMAP Channels: 50000 PWD Channels: 50 Cluster Domains->Account Storage->Foldering Method: Hashed 2 Levels Cluster Domains->Account Storage->Generate Index: Yes Backend Servers: Queue Processing->Submit Messages: Remotely (all SMTP submitted to Frontend queues) Frontend Servers: Queue Processing->Submit Messages: Locally for Others (all SMTP delivered from Frontend queues) CommuniGate Pro startup options: --DefaultStackSize 131072 --useNonBlockingSockets --closeStuckSockets --CreateTempFilesDirectly 10 --ClusterBackend # Backends --ClusterFrontend # Frontends Networking: Cisco 3750 Switch for server connectivity Cisco 6506 Switch with Sup 720 for BlueArc Titan connectivity This benchmark was performed at the BlueArc lab in San Jose, California. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For questions about this result, please contact the tester. For other inquiries, please contact webmaster@spec.org Copyright (C) 1999-2001 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation Benchmark run on Thu Jul 07 03:29:09 PDT 2005 by SPECmail2001 v1.01 Report generated on Mon Aug 15 17:30:30 EDT 2005 by SPECmail2001 v1.05 HTML Formatter