SPECstorage(TM) Solution 2020_ai_image Result Qumulo, Inc. : Qumulo - Public Cloud Reference SPECstorage Solution = 400 AI_Jobs (Overall Response Time = 1.22 msec) 2020_ai_image =============================================================================== Performance =========== Business Average Metric Latency AI_Jobs AI_Jobs (AI_Jobs) (msec) Ops/Sec MB/Sec ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ 16 1.4 6960 1565 32 1.3 13921 3127 48 1.3 20882 4691 64 1.2 27843 6255 80 1.2 34804 7822 96 1.1 41765 9385 112 1.2 48726 10950 128 1.1 55687 12514 144 1.1 62648 14082 160 1.1 69609 15644 176 1.1 76570 17208 192 1.1 83530 18774 208 1.1 90491 20340 224 1.1 97452 21899 240 1.1 104413 23470 256 1.3 111374 25037 272 1.1 118335 26598 288 1.2 125296 28161 304 1.2 132257 29729 320 1.2 139218 31289 336 1.3 146178 32859 352 1.3 153139 34418 368 1.4 160100 35984 384 1.5 167061 37552 400 1.6 174022 39112 =============================================================================== Product and Test Information ============================ +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | Qumulo - Public Cloud Reference | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ Tested by Qumulo, Inc. Hardware Available November 2023 Software Available November 2023 Date Tested November 2023 License Number 6738 Licensee Locations Seattle, WA USA Qumulo is a hybrid cloud file storage solution that boasts exabyte-plus scalability in a single namespace, identical features whether on-prem or in the cloud, and full multi-protocol support, ensuring flexibility and compatibility across diverse applications. By seamlessly integrating with public cloud infrastructure, Qumulo delivers unstructured data storage at any scale, with real-time visibility into storage performance and data usage. Qumulo's cloud-native file system empowers organisations to seamlessly migrate file-based applications and workloads to the public cloud environment. With Qumulo, businesses can efficiently manage exabytes of data, whether on-premises or in the cloud. The following findings clearly demonstrate that the Qumulo filesystem excels in delivering outstanding performance when deployed on AWS. Solution Under Test Bill of Materials ===================================== Item No Qty Type Vendor Model/Name Description ---- ---- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------------------------------- 1 16 AWS EC2 AWS c5n.18xlar Qumulo nodes - Amazon c5n EC2 Instances ge instances (c5n.18xlarge instances have 72 vCPU, 192GiB of memory, 100Gbps networking) 2 16 AWS EC2 AWS c5n.18xlar Ubuntu Clients - Qumulo cluster - Instances ge Amazon c5n EC2 instances (c5n.18xlarge instances have 72 vCPU, 192GiB of memory, 100Gbps networking) Configuration Diagrams ====================== 1) storage2020-20231031-00057.config1.png (see SPECstorage Solution 2020 results webpage) Component Software ================== Item Name and No Component Type Version Description ---- ------------ ------------ ------------ ----------------------------------- 1 Qumulo Core File System 6.2.2 Qumulo’s cloud-native file system allows organisations to effortlessly move file-based applications and workloads to the public cloud. 2 Ubuntu Operating 22.04 The Ubuntu operating system is System deployed on the sixteen c5n.18xlarge compute nodes. They are used as clients running the SPEC Storage 2020 benchmarks. Hardware Configuration and Tuning - Physical ============================================ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Component Name | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Parameter Name Value Description --------------- --------------- ---------------------------------------- SR-IOV Enabled Enables CPU virtualization technology Port Speed 100 GbE Each node has 100 GbE connectivity Hardware Configuration and Tuning Notes --------------------------------------- None Software Configuration and Tuning - Virtual =========================================== +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Networking | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Parameter Name Value Description --------------- --------------- ---------------------------------------- Jumbo Frames 9001 Enables Ethernet jumbo frames up to 9001 bytes +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ubuntu Clients NFS Mount Parameters | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Parameter Name Value Description --------------- --------------- ---------------------------------------- vers 3 Use NFSv3 nconnect 16 Increase the number of NFS client connections upto 16 tcp TCP network transport protocol to communicate with the Qumulo cluster local_lock all The client assumes that both flock and POSIX locks are local +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | EBS Volume Parameter | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Parameter Name Value Description --------------- --------------- ---------------------------------------- IOPS 16000 Max IOPS for EBS Volume Throughput 1000 Max Throughput for EBS Volume Software Configuration and Tuning Notes --------------------------------------- None Service SLA Notes ----------------- AWS uses commercially reasonable efforts to make the Included Products and Services each available with a Monthly Uptime Percentage of at least 99.99%, in each case during any monthly billing cycle. The Monthly Uptime Percentage is calculated by subtracting from 100% the percentage of minutes during the month in which any of the Included Products and Services, as applicable, was in the state of “Region Unavailable”. Storage and Filesystems ======================= Item Stable No Description Data Protection Storage Qty ---- ------------------------------------- ------------------ -------- ----- 1 Elastic Block Storage volume, 2 Drive or 1 Node AWS EBS 96 capacity of 1TB gp3. Each Qumulo node Protection with has 6 EBS volume. Erasure Coding Number of Filesystems 1 Total Capacity 78.54 TB Filesystem Type Qumulo Filesystem Creation Notes ------------------------- The Qumulo Core filesystem is deployed on AWS through either a cloud formation template or Terraform. The Qumulo Core AMI is deployed and the file system is configured as a part of either the automated cloud formation process or via Terraform. No additional file system creation steps are required. Storage and Filesystem Notes ---------------------------- Default Transport Configuration - Virtual ================================= Item Number of No Transport Type Ports Used Notes ---- --------------- ---------- ----------------------------------------------- 1 100Gbps 16 Used by client machines Ethernet Virtual NIC 2 100Gbps 16 Used by Qumulo Core for inter-nodal Ethernet communications as well as communications to any Virtual NIC clients. Transport Configuration Notes ----------------------------- None Switches - Virtual ================== Total Used Item Port Port No Switch Name Switch Type Count Count Notes ---- -------------------- --------------- ------ ----- ------------------------ 1 AWS 100Gbps 16 16 Used by client machines Ethernet with Enhanced Networking 2 AWS 100Gbps 16 16 Used by Qumulo Core Ethernet with nodes Enhanced Networking Processing Elements - Virtual ============================= Item No Qty Type Location Description Processing Function ---- ---- -------- -------------- ------------------------- ------------------- 1 1152 vCPU c5n.18xlarge 3.5 GHz intel Xeon Qumulo Core, Qumulo Core Platinum processors Network communication, Storage Functions 2 1152 vCPU c5n.18xlarge 3.5 GHz intel Xeon Spec Storage Client Qumulo Core Platinum processors Benchmark processors Processing Element Notes ------------------------ None Memory - Virtual ================ Size in Number of Description GiB Instances Nonvolatile Total GiB ------------------------- ---------- ---------- ------------ ------------ AWS EC2 c5n.18xlarge 192 16 V 3072 instance memory AWS EC2 c5n.18xlarge 192 16 V 3072 instance memory Grand Total Memory Gibibytes 6144 Memory Notes ------------ None Stable Storage ============== Qumulo Core utilises Elastic Block Storage (EBS) devices; which provide stable storage. Solution Under Test Configuration Notes ======================================= The solution under test was a standard distributed cluster built utilising Qumulo Core. Qumulo Core clusters can handle large and small file I/O along with metadata-intensive applications. No specialised tuning is required for different or mixed-use workloads. Other Solution Notes ==================== None Dataflow ======== None Other Notes =========== None Other Report Notes ================== None =============================================================================== Generated on Tue Oct 31 14:15:16 2023 by SpecReport Copyright (C) 2016-2023 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation