SPECstorage™ Solution 2020_vda Result

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Super Micro Computer SPECstorage Solution 2020_vda = 720 Streams
SYS-121H-TNR Overall Response Time = 1.13 msec


Performance

Business
Metric
(Streams)
Average
Latency
(msec)
Streams
Ops/Sec
Streams
MB/Sec
601.010600275
1201.1171200554
1801.1191801830
2401.12724011105
3001.11730021382
3601.15636021658
4201.15842021934
4801.13948032211
5401.15654032490
6001.14360042763
6601.15866043039
7201.13772043314
Performance Graph


Product and Test Information

SYS-121H-TNR
Tested bySuper Micro Computer
Hardware Available11/2023
Software Available11/2023
Date Tested11/2023
License Number91
Licensee LocationsSan Jose, CA, USA

The SYS-121H-TNR is 1U rackmount server powered by dual Intel Xeon 5th Gen Emerald Rapids 8592+ processor with 128 cores (2x 64 cores). The server provides more processing power with Hyper-Threading enabled by default in BIOS to enable 256 threads. The system has 32 DIMM slots for DDR5 supports up to 4800MHz speed. The server supports 12x 2.5" hot-swap NVMe drives bays, 2x internal M.2 NVMe drive slots and 2x 1200W Redundant Titanium Level power supplies. The server has hot-plug capability to provide more serviceability and availability.

Solution Under Test Bill of Materials

Item NoQtyTypeVendorModel/NameDescription
111U Rackmount serverSuper Micro ComputerSYS-121H-TNRThis is a Supermicro 1U Rackmount server powered by dual Intel 5th generation 8592+ processor (2x 64 cores). This system supports 12x 2.5" hot-swap NVME drive bays that are used for this storage testing. The system has 32 DIMMs of type DDR5 with speed upto 4800GHz.

Configuration Diagrams

  1. Supermicro SYS-121H-TNR Server

Component Software

Item NoComponentTypeName and VersionDescription
1SUTLinuxRHEL9.2Operating system for load generation and benchmark execution.

Hardware Configuration and Tuning - Physical

Component Name
Parameter NameValueDescription
N/AN/AN/A

Hardware Configuration and Tuning Notes

BIOS Settings: Hyper-Threading enables 256 threads support.

Software Configuration and Tuning - Physical

Component Name
Parameter NameValueDescription
vm.swappiness10Reduce the VM swappiness

Software Configuration and Tuning Notes

None

Service SLA Notes

None.

Storage and Filesystems

Item NoDescriptionData ProtectionStable StorageQty
1SSD KIOXIA KCD8XPUG1T92, NVME, Gen5, 1.92TB DisksRAID-0 volumeStable Storage12
Number of Filesystems1
Total Capacity20.96 TiB
Filesystem Typexfs

Filesystem Creation Notes

Software RAID-0 was created by running mdadm command on the 12 NVME disks. Filesystem was created using mkfs.xfs command on the RAID-0 for benchmarking.

Storage and Filesystem Notes

The XFS filesystem was mounted with noatime, defaults options.

Transport Configuration - Physical

Item NoTransport TypeNumber of Ports UsedNotes
1N/AN/AN/A

Transport Configuration Notes

None.

Switches - Physical

Item NoSwitch NameSwitch TypeTotal Port CountUsed Port CountNotes
1N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Processing Elements - Physical

Item NoQtyTypeLocationDescriptionProcessing Function
12CPUSUTIntel Xeon 5th Gen Emerald Rapids 8592+RAID-0, Storage functions

Processing Element Notes

N/A.

Memory - Physical

DescriptionSize in GiBNumber of InstancesNonvolatileTotal GiB
System memory in storage node3232NV1024
Grand Total Memory Gibibytes1024

Memory Notes

System supports 32 DIMMs.

Stable Storage

The XFS file system provides journaling support for filesystem protection.

Solution Under Test Configuration Notes

The benchmark was run on a single Supermicro 1U Rackmount server with local NVMe storage disks. RAID-0 config was created using the drives and XFS file system was setup on the RAID-0. RHEL-9.2 OS was installed on an internal M.2 NVMe drive. There were no additional external clients or storage devices or network devices were connected to this setup. The SYS-121H-TNR system has dual Intel Xeon 5th Gen Emerald Rapids 8592+ processor (2x 64 cores) and 12 NVMe drives were connected to support lots of disk storage and good storage performance. The testing was done with Hyper-Threading enabled in BIOS to enable 256 threads for more processing power.

Other Solution Notes

None.

Dataflow

This single server setup has a RAID-0 partition created on the local storage drives and XFS file system was created on the RAID. Data gets written directly on to the XFS filesystem and on to the NVMe storage devices. No other external storage device was used.

Other Notes

The benchmark was run on a single Supermicro SYS-121H-TNR server using its local NVMe drives. No other client systems, or external storage devices or networking devices were connected to this test system. Benchmarking was done on Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 9.2 (Plow) using the default kernel 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.x86_64.

The Spectre or Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754, CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715) fix were applied to CPU and OS by vendors.

Other Report Notes

Supermicro is a registered trademark of Super Micro Computer, San Jose, CA 95131.


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