SPECweb99 Result =============================================================================== || IBM : IBM eServer pSeries 640 Model B80 || 3569 SPECweb99 Zeus Technology Ltd. : Zeus 4.0 || || =============================================================================== PERFORMANCE | Conforming Simultaneous Iteration | Connections ---------------+---------------------------- 1 | 3532 2 | 3592 3 | 3569 ---------------+---------------------------- Median | 3569 =============================================================================== Availability Dates All Hardware Oct-2001 HTTP Software Oct-2001 Operating System Dec-2001 Supplemental System Dec-2001 Hardware Vendor IBM Model IBM eServer pSeries 640 Model B80 Processor 450MHz POWER3-II # Processors 4 cores, 4 chips, 1 core/chip Primary Cache 32KBI+64KBD on chip Secondary Cache 8MB(I+D) off chip Other Cache None Memory 16 GB Disk Subsystem 7x18.2 SSA Disk(fast-write enabled) Disk Controllers IBM SSA 160 SerialRAID Adapter Other Hardware 4 x Alteon ACESwitch 180 Software Operating System AIX 5L V5.1 File System JFS Other Software None HTTP Software Vendor Zeus Technology Ltd. HTTP Software Zeus 4.0 API ISAPI Server Cache FRCA (Fast Response Cache Accelerator) Log Mode Binary CLF for Zeus, CLF for FRCA Test Sponsor Test Date Oct-2001 Tested By IBM SPEC License 11 Network # of Controllers 4 Network Controllers 4 IBM Gigabit Ethernet-SX PCI Adapter # of Nets 4 Type of Nets Gigabit Ethernet Network Speed 1 Gb/sec MSL (sec) 30 (Non RFC1122) Time-Wait (sec) 60 (Non RFC1122) MTU 1500 Clients # of Clients 12 Model RS/6000 44P-270 Processor 375 MHz POWER3-II # of Processors 4 Memory 2048MB Network Controller 1 IBM Gigabit Ethernet-SX PCI Adapter Operating System AIX 4.3.3 Compiler IBM Cset++ Version 3.1.3 Benchmark Configuration Requested Connections 3600 Fileset Size (MB) 11638.8 =============================================================================== Notes/Tuning information SUT Notes APAR IY22854 was applied to AIX 5L V5.1 to enable new hardware support bindprocessor [process] [cpu] (Process affinity - bind 4 Zeus instances to 4 cpu's(1 instance to 1 cpu)) bindintcpu [interrupt level] [cpu] (Interrupt affinity - bind 4 Ethernet interrupts to 4 cpu's(1 interrupt to 1 cpu)) maxpgahead=32(the maximum number of pages to be read ahead,default=8) maxfree=152(the number of frames on the free list at which page stealing is to stop,default=256) minperm=5%(the point below which the page-stealer will steal file of computational pages,default=20%) maxperm=95%(the point above which the page stealing algorithm steals only file page,default=80%) Set Gigabit Ethernet driver attribute copy_bytes=256(copy packet into contiguous buffer on transmit if this many or less bytes, default=2048) Set Gigabit Ethernet driver attribute large_send=yes(turn on large_send capability of TCPIP, default=no) 4 different logs for 4 zeus instances (1 log per zeus instance) for dynamic requests frca-log.N (once the frca-log.N reaches 1GB, a new frca-log.N+1 is generated) for static requests frcactrl pctonintr 100 (frca set to allow 100% cpu time on interrupt, default 90) frcactrl revaltimeout 100000 (set frca revalidation timeout to 100,000 seconds, default=300 seconds) Disk layout: 1 disk for OS, 1 disk for webserver, 4 disks for file_set, 1 disk for logfiles no (network option) tuning: no -o send_file duration=180000(cached send_file expiration time, default=300) no -o somaxconn=9216(max listen backlog, default=1024) no -o nbc_max_cache=100(max file size for network buffer cache,default=1048576) no -o nbc_pseg=200000(max file entries in private segment,default=0) no -o tcp_timewait=5(ensure that TIME_WAIT is at least 60 seconds, default=1) no -o tcp_sendspace=65536 (default socket send buffer size, default=16384) no -o tcp_recvspace=65536 (default socket receive buffer size, default=16384) HTTP API Notes Zeus PEPP version 0.6 SPECweb99 toolkit used for dynamic content post.log in /weblog directory instead of doc_root ./Configure --sendfile=no --locking=semop Client Notes APAR IY17356 was applied to AIX 4.3.3 no (network option) tuning: no -o delayack=3(delay ack for connection setup and shutdown,default=0) no -o delayackports={80}(delay ack ports,default={} ) no -o tcp_timewait=5(ensure that TIME_WAIT is at least 60 seconds,default=1) Other Notes Starts 4 unique instances of Zeus sharing a common docroot Each Zeus instance is bound to a unique IP address Zeus 4.0 global.cfg(one per instance): tuning!bind_any no tuning!cache_files 100003 tuning!cache_large_file 9216 tuning!cache_small_file 9216 tuning!cache_stat_expire 180000 tuning!cache_flush_interval 180000 tuning!cache_max_bytes 0 tuning!num_children 1 tuning!keepalive yes tuning!keepalive_timeout 1000 tuning!keepalive_max -1 tuning!listen_queue_size 9216 tuning!cbuff_size 1048576 tuning!multiple_accept yes tuning!sendfile yes tuning!sendfile_maxsize 1048576 tuning!sendfile_minsize 9216 tuning!sendfile_reservefd 32000 tuning!so_nagle_off no tuning!so_rbuff_size 32768 tuning!softservers no tuning!unique_bind yes tuning!use_poll no tuning!cache_cooling_time 0 tuning!modules!cgi!cleansize 0 tuning!modules!stats!enabled no tuning!modules!nsapi!enabled no tuning!accelerator!frca!enabled yes tuning!accelerator!frca!log!enabled yes tuning!accelerator!frca!log!filename /weblog/log/frca-log tuning!accelerator!frca!log!format CLF tuning!accelerator!frca!maxsize 1048576 tuning!accelerator!frca!minsize 100 Zeus_Site_Configuration: modules!cgi!enabled yes modules!isapi!enabled yes Tuning Disclosure: IBM-20011019.txt Dynamic API: IBM-20011019_2-API.tar.gz =============================================================================== Test Run Details Run Conforming Percent | Throughput Response ops/sec/ Kbits/ Num Connections Conform | ops/sec msec loadgen sec 1 3532 98.1% | 9915.0 362.9 2.75 329.6 2 3592 99.8% | 10002.1 359.7 2.78 332.4 => 3 3569 99.1% | 9975.3 360.7 2.77 331.7