SPECsfs2008_nfs.v3 Result ================================================================================ Huawei Symantec : N8500 Clustered NAS Storage System SPECsfs2008_nfs.v3 = 176728 Ops/Sec (Overall Response Time = 1.67 msec) ================================================================================ Performance =========== Throughput Response (ops/sec) (msec) --------------------- ---------------- 15004 1.0 30025 1.0 45100 1.0 60195 1.1 75228 1.1 90304 1.3 105410 1.6 120631 1.9 135671 2.3 150837 2.8 164606 3.4 176728 4.1 ================================================================================ Product and Test Information ============================ Tested By Huawei Symantec Product Name N8500 Clustered NAS Storage System Hardware Available Jan 2009 Software Available Jan 2009 Date Tested September 2009 SFS License Number 3726 Licensee Locations The West Zone Science Park of UESTC,No.88,Tianchen Road,Chengdu CHINA The N8500 Clustered NAS Storage System is an advanced, modular, and unified storage platform (including NAS, FC-SAN, and IP SAN) designed for high-end and mid-range storage applications. Huawei Symantec fully owns the intellectual property right (IPR) of the Huawei Symantec N8500 Clustered NAS Storage System. N8500 is a professional integrated storage solution that optimally utilizes storage resources. Its superior performance, reliability, ease of management, and flexible scalability maximize its cross-field application potential to span areas such as high-end computing, databases, websites, file servers, streaming media, digital video surveillance, and file backup. Configuration Bill of Materials =============================== Ite m Model/ No Qty Type Vendor Name Description --- --- ---- ------ ------- ----------- 1 12 Engine Node Huawei N8500 N8500 Clustered NAS Server Symantec 2 2 Fiber Brocade 5000 Brocade 5000 32*4G ports fiber channel channel switch switch 3 20 Storage Huawei S2300 Huawei Symantec N8500 Storage Controller Symantec Unit---storage array Controller,4U hard disk frame,24 hard disks 4 20 Storage Huawei D200 Huawei Symantec N8500 Storage Expansion Symantec Unit---storage array Expansion,4U hard disk frame,24 hard disks 5 960 Disk Huawei SAS- 300G Seagate SAS disk Symantec 300GB- 15K.6 Server Software =============== OS Name and Version SFS 5.0.2 Other Software Integrated Storage Management V100R002C01 Filesystem Software VxFS Server Tuning ============= Name Value Description ---- ----- ----------- Default parameters None The system was tested using the default parameters Server Tuning Notes ------------------- N8500 Clustered Storage System default configuration was used Disks and Filesystems ===================== Number of Usable Description Disks Size ----------- ------ -------- 48 disks per storage unit (S2300 + D200), bound into 6 7+1 960 227.4 TB RAID-5 LUNs; every 20 LUNs, one from each storage unit, creates a filesystem with stripe depth of 20 and stripe size of 1024 KB; total six filesystems are setup for this test. Total 960 227.4 TB Number of Filesystems 6 Total Exported Capacity 233748G Filesystem Type VxFS Filesystem Creation Options Default Filesystem Config Default Fileset Size 21081.1 GB Network Configuration ===================== Ite Number m Network of Ports No Type Used Notes --- ---------- -------- ----- 1 Gigabit 42 Each N8500 NAS Engine Node uses 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports Ethernet and each client uses 1 Gigabit Ethernet port both connected to the same 48 port Gigabit Ethernet switch. Network Configuration Notes --------------------------- All clients and NAS Engine Nodes connect to a 48 port Gigabit Ethernet switch. Benchmark Network ================= The Ethernet network is configured using the default setting. The jumbo frame were not enabled during the test. All clients and N8500 nodes are connected to a flat network using the same subnet and using the same ethernet switch. Processing Elements =================== Item No Qty Type Description Processing Function ---- --- ---- ----------- ------------------- 1 24 NAS Engine Node Intel Dual-Core Xeon Processor SFS,VxFS,NFS,TCP/IP CPU 5318,4MB L2 cache 2 40 array Controller 64-bit dual-core CPU block serving CPU Processing Element Notes ------------------------ Each N8500 NAS Engine Node has two physical processors. Each S2300 has two controllers, one CPU per controller, for a total of two CPUs per S2300. Memory ====== Siz Numbe Non e r of Tot vol in Insta al ati Description GB nces GB le ----------- --- ----- --- --- Clustered NAS Engine Nodes memory 16 12 192 V S2300 storage controller provide write cache vault. When power 4 20 80 NV failure is detected, a standby ups will kick in to hold the controller cache contents and controller will flush them back to internal disk. Data in the controller cache is guarantee stable more than 72 hours. Grand Total Memory Gigabytes 272 Memory Notes ------------ Each Storage Unit has dual storage controllers that work as an active-active failover pair. Stable Storage ============== S2300 storage controller provide write cache vault. When power failure is detected, a standby ups will kick in to hold the controller cache contents and controller will flush them back to internal disk. Data in the controller cache is guarantee stable more than 72 hours. System Under Test Configuration Notes ===================================== Default configuration Other System Notes ================== Test Environment Bill of Materials ================================== Item No Qty Vendor Model/Name Description ---- --- ------ ---------- ----------- 1 9 Huawei T8000 Blade Server 16G RAM and Suse 10 SP1 operating system BH23 2 9 Huawei T8000 Blade Server 16G RAM and Suse 10 SP1 operating system BH23C 3 1 Huawei S5600 Huawei Quidway S5600 Series 48 ports Gigabit Ethernet Switch Load Generators =============== LG Type Name T8000 Blade Server BH23 BOM Item # 1 Processor Name Intel(R)Xeon(R)CPU 5318 Processor Speed 2.13GHZ Number of Processors (chips) 2 Number of Cores/Chip 2 Memory Size 16 GB Operating System Suse 10 SP1 Network Type 1 NIC Gigabit Ethernet LG Type Name T8000 Blade Server BH23C BOM Item # 2 Processor Name Intel(R)Xeon(R)CPU L5408 Processor Speed 2.13GHZ Number of Processors (chips) 2 Number of Cores/Chip 4 Memory Size 16 GB Operating System Suse 10 SP1 Network Type 1 NIC Gigabit Ethernet Load Generator (LG) Configuration ================================= Benchmark Parameters -------------------- Network Attached Storage Type NFS V3 Number of Load Generators 18 Number of Processes per LG 48 Biod Max Read Setting 2 Biod Max Write Setting 2 Block Size AUTO Testbed Configuration --------------------- LG LG No Type Network Target Filesystems Notes ----- ------ ------- ------------------ ----- 1..9 LG1 Gigabit /vx/fs1,/vx/fs2,/vx/fs3,/vx/fs4,/vx/fs5,/vx N/A Ethernet /fs6 10..18 LG2 Gigabit /vx/fs1,/vx/fs2,/vx/fs3,/vx/fs4,/vx/fs5,/vx N/A Ethernet /fs6 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 ============================== Every client mounts all six filesystems from N8500 Clustered NAS Storage System.The N8500 Engine nodes and clients are partitioned into 3 groups, each group contains 4 cluster Engine nodes and 6 clients.Among each group, 6 clients mount all six filesystems through 8 service IPs exported by the 4 cluster Engine nodes in the same group. Other Notes =========== None None. ================================================================================ Generated on Fri Oct 09 16:29:36 2009 by SPECsfs2008 ASCII Formatter Copyright (C) 1997-2008 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation