SPECsfs2008_nfs.v3 Result ================================================================================ Hitachi Data Systems : Hitachi Unified Storage File, Model 4060, Dual Node Cluster SPECsfs2008_nfs.v3 = 147957 Ops/Sec (Overall Response Time = 2.76 msec) ================================================================================ Performance =========== Throughput Response (ops/sec) (msec) --------------------- ---------------- 14807 1.3 29634 1.6 44487 1.9 59377 2.2 74272 2.6 89086 2.9 104183 3.7 118916 3.8 133903 4.5 147957 6.4 ================================================================================ Product and Test Information ============================ Tested By Hitachi Data Systems Product Name Hitachi Unified Storage File, Model 4060, Dual Node Cluster Hardware Available July 2013 Software Available July 2013 Date Tested June 2013 SFS License Number 276 Licensee Locations Santa Clara, CA, USA The Hitachi Unified Storage (HUS) and Hitachi NAS (HNAS) Platform family of products provide multiprotocol support to store and share block, file and object data types. The 4000 series delivers best-in-class performance, scalability, clustering with automated failover, 99.999% availability, non-disruptive upgrades, smart primary deduplication, intelligent file tiering, automated migration, 256TB file system pools, a single namespace up to the maximum usable capacity and are integrated with the Hitachi Command suite of management and data protection software. The HUS file module uses a hardware-accelerated "Hybrid Core" architecture that accelerates network and file protocol processing to achieve the industry's best performance in terms of both throughput and Operations per second. The HUS uses an object-based file system (SiliconFS) and virtualization to deliver the highest scalability in the market, enabling organizations to consolidate file servers and other NAS devices into fewer nodes and storage arrays for simplified management, improved space efficiency and lower energy consumption. Each 4060 node can scale up 8PB of usable data storage ; support 10GbE LAN access and 8Gbps FC storage connectivity. Configuration Bill of Materials =============================== Ite m Vendo No Qty Type r Model/Name Description --- --- ---- ----- ---------- ----------- 1 2 Server HDS SX345371.P Hitachi NAS 4060 Base System 2 1 Server HDS SX345278.P System Management Unit (SMU) 3 2 Software HDS SX365131.P Hitachi NAS SW - Software Bundle 4 8 FC Interface HDS FTLF8528P3BNV.P SFP+ 8Gbps FC 5 12 Network HDS FTLX8571D3BCV.P SFP+ 10GE Interface 6 1 Storage HDS HUS-SOLUTION.S Hitachi Unified Storage System 7 1 Storage HDS HUS150-A0001.S HUS 150 Rack Mount System 8 1 Disk HDS HDF850-CBL.P HUS 150 Base Controller Box Controller 9 2 Disk HDS DF-F850-CTLL.P HUS 150 Controller Controller 10 4 Cache HDS DF-F850-8GB.P HUS 150 8GB Cache Module 11 300 Disk Drives HDS DF-F850-9HGSS.P HUS 900GB SAS 10K RPM HDD SFF for CBSS/DBS-Base 12 13 Chassis HDS DF-F850-DBS.P HUS Drive Box - SFF 2U x 24 13 4 FC Interface HDS DF-F850-HF8G.P HUS 150 4x8Gbps FC Interface Adapter 14 1 Rack HDS A3BF-AMS-US.P AMS 19 in rack Americas MIN 15 1 Software HDS 044-230199-03.P HUS 150 Base Operating System M License 16 2 Switch Broca HD-5320-0008.P Brocade 5320 switch w/48 active de ports,48 SWL 8Gb BR SFPs Server Software =============== OS Name and Version 11.2.3319.04 Other Software None Filesystem Software SiliconFS 11.2.3319.04 Server Tuning ============= Name Value Description ---- ----- ----------- security-mode UNIX Security mode is native UNIX cifs_auth off Disable CIFS security authorization cache-bias small- Set metadata cache bias to small files files fs-accessed-time off Accessed time management was turned off shortname off Disable short name generation for CIFS clients read-ahead 0 Disable file read-ahead Server Tuning Notes ------------------- None Disks and Filesystems ===================== Number Description of Disks Usable Size ----------- -------- ----------- 900GB SAS 10K RPM Disks 300 192.1 TB 250GB SATA Disks. These four drives (two mirrored drives 4 500.0 GB per node) are used for storing the core operating system and management logs. No cache or data storage. Total 304 192.6 TB Number of Filesystems 4 Total Exported Capacity 192 TB Filesystem Type WFS-2 Filesystem Creation Options 4K filesystem block size Filesystem Config Each Filesystem was striped across 15 x 4D+1P RAID-5 LUNs (75 HDDs). Fileset Size 17330.9 GB The storage configuration consisted of one Hitachi Unified 150 storage system (HUS150) configured with dual controllers and 32GB cache memory. There were 300 10K RPM SAS disks in use for these tests. There were 60 LUNs created using RAID-5, 4D+1P. There were eight 8Gbps FC ports in use across two controllers. The FC ports were connected to the 4060 nodes via a redundant pair of Brocade 5320 switches. The 4060 nodes were connected to Brocade 5320 switches via four 8Gbps FC connections, such that a completely redundant path exists from each node to the storage. Hitachi Unified Storage file module nodes have two internal mirrored hard disk drives which are used to store the core operating software and system logs. These drives are not used for cache space or for storing data. Network Configuration ===================== Number of Ports Item No Network Type Used Notes ------- ------------ ----------------- ----- 1 10 Gigabit Ethernet 4 Integrated 10GbE Ethernet controller Network Configuration Notes --------------------------- Two 10GbE network interfaces from each 4060 node were connected to a Brocade TurboIron 24X switch, which provided network connectivity to the clients. The interfaces were configured to use Jumbo frames. Benchmark Network ================= Each LG has an Intel XF SR 10GbE single port PCIe network interface. Each LG connects via a single 10GbE connection to the ports on the Brocade TurboIron 24X network switch. Processing Elements =================== Item No Qty Type Description Processing Function ---- --- ---- ----------- ------------------- 1 2 FPGA Altera Stratix IV EP4SE530 Filesystem 2 4 FPGA Altera Stratix IV EP4SGX360 Network Interface, NFS 3 2 FPGA Altera Stratix IV EP4SGX290 Storage Interface 4 2 CPU Intel Xeon Quad-Core CPU Management 5 2 CPU Intel Xeon Dual-Core CPU HUS150 host I/O management 6 2 ASIC Hitachi Custom ASIC HUS150 I/O data engine Processing Element Notes ------------------------ Each 4060 node has 4 FPGAs that are used for processing functions. Each HUS150 storage system controller has an Intel Xeon Dual-Core CPU and Hitachi custom ASIC for I/O processing. Memory ====== Size in Number of Nonvolatil Description GB Instances Total GB e ----------- --------- ------------ -------- ---------- Server Main Memory 16 2 32 V Server Filesystem and Storage Cache 26 2 52 V Server Battery-backed NVRAM 4 2 8 NV Cache Module 8 4 32 NV Grand Total Memory Gigabytes 124 Memory Notes ------------ Each 4060 node has 16GB of main memory that is used for the operating system and in support of the FPGA functions. 26GB of memory is dedicated to filesystem metadata, sector cache and for other purposes. A separate, integrated battery-backed NVRAM module (4GB) on the filesystem board is used to provide stable storage for writes that have not yet been written to disk. The HUS storage system was configured with 32GB Memory. Stable Storage ============== The Hitachi NAS Platform node writes to the battery based (72 hours) NVRAM internal to the Server first. The data from NVRAM is then written to the backend storage system at the earliest opportunity, but always within a few seconds of arrival in the NVRAM. In an active-active cluster configuration, the contents of the NVRAM are synchronously mirrored to ensure that in the event of a single node failover, any pending transactions can be completed by the remaining node. The data from the node is then written onto the battery backed backend storage system cache (a second layer of NVRAM in the entire solution) and are backed up onto the Cache Flash Memory modules in the event of a power outage. The Cache Flash Memory modules in the backend storage system are part of the total solution, but is used only during power outage and not used as cache space. System Under Test Configuration Notes ===================================== The system under test consisted of two Hitachi Unified Storage file module 4060 nodes, connected to a HUS150 storage system via two Brocade 5320 FC switches. The nodes are configured in an active-active cluster mode, directly connected by a redundant pair of 10GbE connections to the cluster interconnect ports. The HUS150 storage system consisted of 300 10K RPM SAS drives. All the connectivity from server to the storage was via two 8Gbps switched FC fabric. For these tests, there were 2 zones created on each FC switch. Each 4060 server was connected to each zone via 2 integrated 8Gbps FC ports (corresponding to 2 H-ports). The HUS150 storage system was connected to the 2 zones (corresponding to 8 FC ports) providing I/O path from the server to storage. The System Management Unit (SMU) is part of the total system solution, but is used for management purposes only and was not active during the test. Other System Notes ================== None Test Environment Bill of Materials ================================== Item No Qty Vendor Model/Name Description ----- --- ------ ---------- ----------- 1 16 Oracle Sun Fire x2200 RHEL 5 clients, two Dual core processors, 8GB RAM 2 1 Brocade TurboIron Brocade TurboIron 24X, 24 port 10GbE Switch Load Generators =============== LG Type Name LG1 BOM Item # 1 Processor Name AMD Opteron Processor Speed 2.6 GHz Number of Processors (chips) 2 Number of Cores/Chip 2 Memory Size 8 GB Operating System Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 2.6.18-8.e15 kernel Network Type 1 x Intel XF SR PCIe 10GbE Load Generator (LG) Configuration ================================= Benchmark Parameters -------------------- Network Attached Storage Type NFS V3 Number of Load Generators 16 Number of Processes per LG 56 Biod Max Read Setting 2 Biod Max Write Setting 2 Block Size 64 Testbed Configuration --------------------- LG No LG Type Network Target Filesystems Notes ----- ------- ------- ------------------ ----- 78..93 LG1 1 /w/d0, /w/d1, /w/d2, /w/d3 None Load Generator Configuration Notes ---------------------------------- All clients were connected to one common namespace on the server cluster, connected to a single 10GbE network. Uniform Access Rule Compliance ============================== Each load generating client hosted 56 processes, all accessing a single namespace on the 4060 cluster through a common network connection. There were 4 target file systems (/w/d0, /w/d1, /w/d2, /w/d3) that are presented as a single cluster namespace through virtual root (/w), accessible to all clients. Each load generator was mounted to each filesystem target (/w/d0, /w/d1, /w/d2, /w/ d3) and cycled through all the file systems in sequence. Other Notes =========== Other test notes:None Hitachi Unified Storage, Hitachi Unified Storage VM, Hitachi NAS Platform and Virtual Storage Platform are registered trademarks of Hitachi Data Systems, Inc. in the United States, other countries, or both. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners and should be treated as such. ================================================================================ Generated on Tue Jul 23 17:53:53 2013 by SPECsfs2008 ASCII Formatter Copyright (C) 1997-2008 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation