SPECsfs97.v2 Result =============================================================================== Network Appliance, Inc. : NetApp F630 (TCP, 28x9GB FCAL, FDD SPECsfs97.v2 = 4201 Ops/Sec (Overall Response Time = 3.36 msec) =============================================================================== Throughput Response ops/sec msec 399 1.8 797 2.0 1201 2.3 1613 2.6 2011 2.9 2407 3.3 2827 3.9 3229 4.7 3634 5.3 3966 6.4 4050 6.4 4096 6.7 4201 7.3 =============================================================================== Server Configuration and Availability Vendor Network Appliance, Inc. Hardware Available March 1998 Software Available March 1998 Date Tested February 1998 SFS License number 33 Licensee Location Santa Clara, CA CPU, Memory and Power Model Name NetApp F630 (TCP, 28x9GB FCAL, FDDI) Processor 500MHz Alpha 21164A # of Processors 1 Primary Cache 8KBI+8KBD on chip Secondary Cache 96KB(I+D) on chip Other Cache 2MB(I+D) off chip UPS N/A Other Hardware N/A Memory Size 512MB NVRAM Size 32MB NVRAM Type NVRAM SIMMs on PCI card NVRAM Description 6-month battery-backed shelf-life Server Software OS Name and Version NetApp OS version 5.0 beta2 Other Software N/A File System WAFL NFS version 2 Server Tuning Buffer Cache Size Dynamic # NFS Processes see notes Fileset Size 40.6 GB Network Subsystem Network Type FDDI Network Controller Desc. x1102 (SA TP) MLT3 FDDI Adaptor Number Networks 3 (N1-N3) Number Network Controllers 3 Protocol Type TCP Switch Type N/A Bridge Type N/A Hub Type N/A Other Network Hardware DEC Concentrator Disk Subsystem and Filesystems Number Disk Controllers 1 Number of Disks 28 Number of Filesystems 1 File System Creation Ops default File System Config two RAID groups of 14 disks each Disk Controller # of Controller Type Number of Disks Disk Type File Systems on Disks Special Config Notes Disk Controller FibreChannel Card, QLA 2100 # of Controller Type 1 Number of Disks 28 (4x7-disk JBOD shelves) Disk Type 9GB Seagate Barracuda (ST19171FC) File Systems on Disks F1 Special Config Notes none Load Generator (LG) Configuration Number of Load Generators 9 Number of Processes per LG 7 Biod Max Read Setting 2 Biod Max Write Setting 2 LG Type LG1 LG Model Sun Microsystems Ultra 1/170 Number and Type Processors 1 167-MHz UltraSPARC Memory Size 256MB Operating System Solaris 2 version 2.5.1 Compiler gcc 2.6.3 Compiler Options see SPEC-supplied wrapper & makefile Network Type FDDI LG Type LG2 LG Model Sun Microsystems Ultra 2 Number and Type Processors 1 168-MHz UltraSPARC-II Memory Size 256MB Operating System Solaris 2 version 2.5.1 Compiler gcc 2.6.3 Compiler Options see SPEC-supplied wrapper & makefile Network Type FDDI Testbed Configuration LG # LG Type Network Target File Systems Notes ---- ------- ------- ------------------- ----- 1 LG1 N1 F1 N/A 2 LG2 N1 F1 N/A 3 LG1 N2 F1 N/A 3 LG1 N3 F1 N/A =============================================================================== Notes and Tuning <> The NetApp F630 filer uses RAID to combine sets of disks <> into one or more RAID groups used by one or more file systems. <> As configured for this benchmark, two RAID groups of 14 disks <> were created and assigned to the same single large file system. <> <> The NetApp F630 uses a real-time embedded kernel that processes <> NFS requests right from the network layer without any NFS daemons. <> It uses NVRAM (non-volatile memory) to improve performance. <> <> To run the SFS benchmark, configure the F630 by adding: <> options minra 1 nosnap 1 nosnapdir 1 nfs.tcp.enable 1 <> to /etc/rc. <> These option settings are for reproducibility and do not impact <> performance except for minra, which minimizes file read-ahead, and <> nfs.tcp.enable, which enable NFS over TCP.