SPECsfs97_R1.v3 Result

Procom Technology Inc. :	NetFORCE 4200c (Failover Cluster)
SPECsfs97_R1.v3 =	33175 Ops/Sec (Overall Response Time = 1.94 msec)

Performance

Throughput (ops/sec)	Response (msec)
3560	1.4
7122	1.7
10542	1.7
14107	1.5
17462	1.8
20996	2.1
24334	2.3
27792	2.6
31268	3.1
33175	3.9

Configuration

Server Configuration and Availability
Vendor	Procom Technology Inc.
Hardware Available	May 2003
Software Available	June 2003
Date Tested	July 2003
SFS License Number	80
Licensee Locations	Irvine, CA

CPU, Memory and Power

Model Name NetFORCE 4200c (Failover Cluster)

Processor 3.06GHz Xeon (533 MHz Front_side Bus)

# of Processors 2(one per node)

Primary Cache (12KBI + 8KBD) on chip

Secondary Cache 512KB

Other Cache N/A

UPS N/A

Other Hardware Brocade switch(SilkWorm 3200)

Memory Size 8 GB (system Memory:4GB per node)

NVRAM Size 8 GB (RAID controller:4GB per node)

NVRAM Type SDRAM Cache Memory

NVRAM Description 3-days battery Protection

Server Software

OS Name and Version NetFORCE Ver.4.2 M24B76

Other Software None

File System sfs2

NFS version 3

Server Tuning

Buffer Cache Size Default

# NFS Processes 70

Fileset Size 335.8 GB

Network Subsystem
Network Type	Gigabit Ethernet
Network Controller Desc.	Gigabit Ethernet [PCI,1000Base-SX]
Number Networks	1
Number Network Controllers	2 (one per node)
Protocol Type	TCP

Switch Type Extreme Summit48i

Bridge Type N/A

Hub Type N/A

Other Network Hardware N/A

Disk Subsystem and Filesystems

Number Disk Controllers 4 [Dual ports: two Per node]

Number of Disks 230 (115 per node)

Number of Filesystems 14

File System Creation Ops N/A

File System Config 23 RAID0 group of five disks on each node.

Disk Controller Integrated 2Gb Fibre Channel

# of Controller Type 4 [Model No: BA03052]

Number of Disks 230 (115 per node)

Disk Type Seagate ST3146807FC 146GB 10K RPM

File Systems on Disks Filesystem (vola1 vola2 ... vola7 volb1 volb2 ... volb7)

Special Config Notes See notes below.

Load Generator (LG) Configuration
Number of Load Generators	28
Number of Processes per LG	4
Biod Max Read Setting	2
Biod Max Write Setting	2

LG Type LG1

LG Model Intel Base

Number and Type Processors PIII 700 MHz

Memory Size 256 MB

Operating System Redhat 7.0

Compiler gcc 2.96

Compiler Options -DNO_T_TYPES-DUSE_INTTYPES

Network Type Intel PCI 100Base-T

Testbed Configuration

LG # LG Type Network Target File Systems Notes

1..14 LG_1 1 /vola1, /volb1, /vola2, /volb2; /vola3, /volb3, /vola4, /volb4; /vola5, /volb5, /vola6, /volb6; /vola7, /volb7, /vola1, /volb1; /vola2, /volb2, /vola3, /volb3; ... N/A

Testbed Configuration
LG #	LG Type	Network	Target File Systems	Notes
1..14	LG_1	1	/vola1, /volb1, /vola2, /volb2; /vola3, /volb3, /vola4, /volb4; /vola5, /volb5, /vola6, /volb6; /vola7, /volb7, /vola1, /volb1; /vola2, /volb2, /vola3, /volb3; ...	N/A

Other Notes

The NetFORCE 4200 is cluster system with two nodes. All RAID groups in the system have the same configuration.
Each RAID group is configured as RAID zero with five drives and 8KB stripe.
File system configuration per node:
Each node has seven file systems that are on two RAID zero groups; one RAID zero group contains four file systems and the other contains three file systems.
For each file system there are three additional extensions, each extension is on a separate RAID zero group. The extension is concatenated to the base file system to provide additional capacity.
Total number of disks per node:115
For file systems: 5*2=10
For the partitions: 5*3*7=105
Total disks:10 + 105=115
These are the parameters set in the OS:
Set the number of NFS workers to 70. This specifies the number
of NFS request handlers to run within the NetFORCE operating system.
Disable directory auditing. Directory auditing is an optional file
system validation and integrity check feature that can be enabled or
disabled as required.
Set the NFS UTF8 option to yes
Disable file system readahead.
Disable file system access time updates.
RAID sub-system configuration per node: each node has 4 RAID enclosures.
Each RAID enclosure has a dual-controller with disk drives which is connected to another JBOD with disk drives.
All RAID controllers of the node, and its HBAs, are connected thru fiber channel switches.
The switches are linked together allowing a node to access any RAID controller in the system.

First published at SPEC.org on 05-Aug-2003

LG Type	LG1
LG Model	Intel Base
Number and Type Processors	PIII 700 MHz
Memory Size	256 MB
Operating System	Redhat 7.0
Compiler	gcc 2.96
Compiler Options	-DNO_T_TYPES-DUSE_INTTYPES
Network Type	Intel PCI 100Base-T