SPECsfs97_R1.v3 Result =============================================================================== BlueArc Inc. : Titan 32 SPECsfs97_R1.v3 = 101571 Ops/Sec (Overall Response Time = 1.78 msec) =============================================================================== Throughput Response ops/sec msec 10022 0.6 20152 0.7 30142 1.0 40513 1.3 50487 1.5 60689 1.8 70990 2.2 81039 2.7 91422 3.4 101571 5.1 =============================================================================== Server Configuration and Availability Vendor BlueArc Inc. Hardware Available January 2004 Software Available October 2004 Date Tested September 2004 SFS License number 000063 Licensee Location SanJose, CA CPU, Memory and Power Model Name Titan 32 Processor 1264 MHz MPC 7457B + FPGAs (CPU manufacturer is Freescale/Motorola) - see notes on FPGA's # of Processors 2 cores, 2 chips, 1 core/chip (1 core, 1 chip per node with 14 FPGAs) Primary Cache 32KBI + 32KBD on chip Secondary Cache 512KB(I+D) on chip Other Cache 17.5 GB (8.75 GB per node) - see notes UPS N/A Other Hardware System Management Unit (SMU) - see notes, Dual Brocade 3850 FC switches Memory Size 28 GB (14 GB per node) NVRAM Size 2 GB (1 GB per node) NVRAM Type DIMM NVRAM Description 72 hour battery Server Software OS Name and Version SU 3.3.759a Other Software N/A File System Silicon FileSystem v5 NFS version 3 Server Tuning Buffer Cache Size N/A # NFS Processes N/A Fileset Size 966.9 GB Network Subsystem Network Type Integrated Network Controller Desc. Quad port 1Gbps Ethernet Number Networks 1 (N1) Number Network Controllers 2 (1 per node) Protocol Type TCP Switch Type Dell 5224 (N1) Bridge Type N/A Hub Type N/A Other Network Hardware separate gigabit Ethernet ports for cluster interconnect - see notes Disk Subsystem and Filesystems Number Disk Controllers 2 (1 per node) Number of Disks 208 Number of Filesystems 2 (F1, F2) File System Creation Ops 4KB block size File System Config 8 RAID5 LUs of 12+P disks each Disk Controller Integrated dual port 2Gbps FC # of Controller Type 2 Number of Disks 104/104 Disk Type Seagate X15 72GB 15K RPM File Systems on Disks F1, F2 Special Config Notes See notes Load Generator (LG) Configuration Number of Load Generators 30 Number of Processes per LG 20 Biod Max Read Setting 2 Biod Max Write Setting 2 LG Type LG1 LG Model Dell PowerEdge 1750 Number and Type Processors 2x2.8 GHz Xeon Memory Size 1 GB Operating System Linux Redhat 8.0 Compiler used SFS97_R1 precompiled binaries Compiler Options N/A Network Type Integrated Intel Pro/1000MT Testbed Configuration LG # LG Type Network Target File Systems Notes ---- ------- ------- ------------------- ----- 1 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A 2 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A 3 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A 4 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A 5 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A 6 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A 7 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A 8 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A 9 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A 10 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A 11 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A 12 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A 13 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A 14 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A 15 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A 16 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A 17 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A 18 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A 19 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A 20 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A 21 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A 22 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A 23 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A 24 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A 25 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A 26 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A 27 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A 28 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A 29 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A 30 LG1 1 F1, F2 N/A =============================================================================== Notes and Tuning <> The tested system was a fully redundant Titan Active/Active dual node <> cluster with all standard protection services enabled, including RAID, <> NVRAM logging, NVRAM mirroring and media error scrubbing. BlueArc's <> Titan SiliconServer employs Field Programable Gate Arrays (FPGA) to <> accelerate NFS and CIFS file services. <> <> There are 7 FPGA's involved in handling NFS requests. <> The FPGA's were loaded with BlueArc's Silicon FileSystem v5 firmware <> <> The 17.5 GB of Other_cache_size is cache used by the FPGA's, <> and is distributed on the various modules of the server as part <> of the distributed processing architecture of Titan. <> <> The test system included eight, dual controller FC-14 disk arrays <> where each FC-14C has a single FC-14E expansion enclosure connected to it. <> Each LU is a 12+P RAID5 pack, one LU assigned to each controller. <> Each disk array contained two hot spare disks. <> <> Each cluster node was the owner of one file system. <> Each filesystem is striped over eight LUs. <> <> The redundant disk array controllers were each attached to two <> separate Brocade FC fabric switches to provide redundant paths. <> The redundant FC Controllers on both cluster nodes were all active <> and attached to the two separate Brocade FC fabric switches. <> In the event of the failure of any component on a data path, traffic <> is automatically routed through the other. <> <> Server tuning: (Standard Customer Tunables) <> - Disable file read-ahead "fsm read-ahead 0 0" <> - Disable shortname generation for CIFS clients "shortname -g off" <> - Server running in "Native Unix" security mode. <> - Set metadata cache bias to small files: "fsm cache-bias --small-files" <> <> The SMU provides a system management interface for the complete Titan storage solution. <> <> The cluster interface is a dual, gigabit Ethernet (GE) interface. <> This cluster GE interface is separate to the quad gigabit Ethernet interfaces listed <> under Network Configuration =============================================================================== Generated on Fri Oct 29 15:46:48 EDT 2004 by SPEC SFS97 ASCII Formatter Copyright (c) 1997-2004 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation