SPECsfs2008_nfs.v3 Result ================================================================================ NetApp, Inc. : FAS6240 SPECsfs2008_nfs.v3 = 190675 Ops/Sec (Overall Response Time = 1.17 msec) ================================================================================ Performance =========== Throughput Response (ops/sec) (msec) --------------------- ---------------- 18835 0.4 37722 0.6 56599 0.7 75503 0.8 94484 0.9 113576 1.0 132569 1.4 151514 1.7 172860 2.4 190675 3.6 ================================================================================ Product and Test Information ============================ Tested By NetApp, Inc. Product Name FAS6240 Hardware Available Nov 2010 Software Available Nov 2010 Date Tested Sept 2010 SFS License Number 33 Licensee Locations Sunnyvale, CA USA The NetApp FAS6240 is high performing storage system that combines performance with scalability, and availability to satisfy the most demanding needs of today's applications and storage consolidation. The FAS6200 series is built on the NetApp industry-leading unified storage architecture for ease of management, increased efficiencies, and reduced storage costs. The FAS6200 series delivers extensive amounts of integrated, high-bandwidth connectivity; multiprotocol support; and range of capacities, performance, and density choices that empower customers to deliver optimized storage now and in the future. The FAS6240 storage system support end-to-end high-speed connectivity, including 10GbE and 8Gb FC to hosts and 6Gb SAS on the storage side. Configuration Bill of Materials =============================== Ite m No Qty Type Vendor Model/Name Description --- --- ---- ------ ---------- ----------- 1 2 Storage Controller NetApp FAS6240 FAS6240 SW-6240-ONTAP8-C 2 4 SAS 4 port Host NetApp SAS Host Adapter 4 port SAS Host adapter Adapter X2065A-R6 3 288 Disk Drives w/Shelf NetApp DS4243-1511-24S- SAS 24x450GB,15K,HDD QS-R5 4 2 Non-volatile Flash NetApp Flash Cache module Flash Cache Module 512GB Cache Module 512GB 5 2 Software license NetApp SW-6240-NFS NFS Software license SW-6240-NFS Server Software =============== OS Name and Version Data ONTAP 8.0.1 Other Software None Filesystem Software Data ONTAP 8.0.1 Server Tuning ============= Name Value Description ---- ----- ----------- vol options 'volume' on Disable atime updates (applied to all no_atime_update volumes) Server Tuning Notes ------------------- N/A Disks and Filesystems ===================== Description Number of Disks Usable Size ----------- --------------- ----------- 450GB SAS 15K RPM Disk Drives 288 97.9 TB Total 288 97.9 TB Number of Filesystems 2 Total Exported Capacity 85.8 TB Filesystem Type WAFL Filesystem Creation Options 64-bit aggregate option was selected during creation of the aggregates that housed the SFS filesystems on each controller. Filesystem Config Each filesystem was striped across 136 disks Fileset Size 22047.5 GB The storage configuration consisted of 12 shelves, each wth 24 disks. (4 stacks of 3 shelves) Each of the 4 stacks were attached to two SAS ports on each storage controller. Each storage controller was the primary owner of 144 disks, with 136 disks in those shelves placed into a single 64-bit aggregate. Each aggregate was composed of 8 RAID-DP groups, each RAID-DP group was composed of 15 data disks and 2 parity disks. Within each aggregate, a flexible volume (utilizing Data ONTAP FlexVol (TM) technology) was created to hold the SFS filesystem for that controller. Each volume was striped across all disks in the aggregate where it resided. Each controller was the owner of a single volume, but the disks in each aggregate were dual-attached so that, in the event of a fault, they could be managed by the other controller via an alternate loop. A separate flexible volume residing in a three-disk root aggregate on each controller was created to hold the Data ONTAP operating system and system files. The remaining disks owned by each controller were reserved for spares. Network Configuration ===================== Item Number of No Network Type Ports Used Notes ------ ------------ -------------- ----- 1 Jumbo Frame 10 Gigabit 8 Quad port 10 gigabit ethernet Ethernet (built-in) Network Configuration Notes --------------------------- There were four ports from the quad-port 10 gigabit ethernet network adapter configured on each storage controller. The active interfaces were configured to use jumbo frames (MTU size of 9000 bytes). All network interfaces were connected to a Cisco 5020 switch, which provided connectivity to the clients. Benchmark Network ================= An MTU size of 9000 was set for all connections to the switch. Each load generator was connected to the network via a single 10 GigE port. Processing Elements =================== Item No Qty Type Description Processing Function ----- --- ---- ----------- ------------------- 1 4 CPU 2.53GHz Intel Xeon(tm) Networking, NFS protocol, WAFL Processor E5540 filesystem, RAID/Storage drivers Processing Element Notes ------------------------ Each storage controller has two physical processors, each with four cores. Memory ====== Size in Number of Nonvola Description GB Instances Total GB tile ----------- -------- ---------- -------- ------- Storage controller mainboard memory) 48 2 96 V Non-volatile memory on NVRAM PCIe adapter 4 2 8 NV Non-volatile memory on Flash Cache module 512 2 1024 NV Grand Total Memory Gigabytes 1128 Memory Notes ------------ Each storage controller has main memory that is used for the operating system and for caching filesystem data. A separate, battery-backed RAM module on a separate PCIe adapter is used to provide stable storage for writes that have not yet been written to disk. Stable Storage ============== The WAFL filesystem logs writes and other filesystem modifying transactions to the NVRAM adapter. In an active-active configuration, as in the system under test, such transacations are also logged to the NVRAM on the partner storage controller so that, in the event of a storage controller failure, any transactions on the failed controller can be completed by the partner controller. Filesystem modifying CIFS/NFS operations are not acknowledged until after the storage system has confirmed that the related data are stored in NVRAM adapters of both storage controllers (when both controllers are active). The battery-backed NVRAM ensures that any uncommitted transactions are preserved for at least 72 hours. System Under Test Configuration Notes ===================================== The system under test consisted of two FAS6240 storage controllers and 12 storage shelves, each with 24 450GB SAS disk drives. The two controllers were executing Data ONTAP 8.0.1 software operating in 7G mode. They were configured in an active-active cluster failover configuration, using the high-availability cluster software option in conjunction with an InfiniBand cluster interconnect provided on the NVRAM adapter. The storage shelves were connected to SAS ports on two of the 8 SAS adapter ports in each controller. The system under test was connected to a 10 gigabit ethernet switch via 8 built-in network ports. Other System Notes ================== All standard data protection features, including background RAID and media error scrubbing, software validated RAID checksumming, and double disk failure protection via double parity RAID (RAID-DP) were enabled during the test. Test Environment Bill of Materials ================================== Item No Qty Vendor Model/Name Description ------ --- ------ ---------- ----------- 1 12 IBM IBM 3650M2 IBM 3650M2 with 16GB RAM and Linux operating system 2 1 Cisco 5020 Cisco Catalyst 5020 Ethernet Switch Load Generators =============== LG Type Name LG1 BOM Item # 1 Processor Name Intel Xeon X5570 Processor Speed 2.93 GHz Number of Processors (chips) 2 Number of Cores/Chip 4 Memory Size 16 GB Operating System RHEL5.3 Kernel 2.6.18-128.el5 Network Type 10 Gigabit Ethernet Load Generator (LG) Configuration ================================= Benchmark Parameters -------------------- Network Attached Storage Type NFS V3 Number of Load Generators 12 Number of Processes per LG 56 Biod Max Read Setting 8 Biod Max Write Setting 8 Block Size AUTO Testbed Configuration --------------------- LG No LG Type Network Target Filesystems Notes ----- ------- ------- ------------------ ----- 1..12 LG1 1 /vol/vol1 /vol/vol2 N/A Load Generator Configuration Notes ---------------------------------- All filesystems were mounted on all clients, which were connected to the same physical and logical network. Uniform Access Rule Compliance ============================== Each load-generating client hosted 56 processes. The assignment of processes to filesystems and network interfaces was done such that they were evenly divided across all filesystems and network paths to the storage controllers. The filesystem data was striped evenly across all disks and SAS adapters and on to the storage backend. Other Notes =========== Other test notes: None. NetApp is a registered trademark and "Data ONTAP", "FlexVol", and "WAFL" are trademarks of NetApp, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners and should be treated as such. ================================================================================ Generated on Tue Nov 09 09:02:05 2010 by SPECsfs2008 ASCII Formatter Copyright (C) 1997-2008 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation