SPECmail2001 Result: Intrastore 2001

1,000 SPECmail2001 messages per minute is equivalent to 200,000 SPECmail2001_users.

Summary Results
Function	Response time limit (seconds)	Required Percentage Compliant	Percentage Compliant
80%	100%	120%
SMTP Connect	5	>95%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
SMTP Data	5	>95%	99.75%	99.80%	99.74%
POP Connect	5	>95%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
POP Status	5	>95%	100.00%	100.00%	48.29%
POP Retrieve	5	>95%	99.97%	99.97%	44.75%
POP Delete	5	>95%	99.99%	99.94%	56.11%
Delivery Time	60	>95%	99.55%	98.42%	99.16%
Error Rate	NA	<1%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

Summary Results

Function

Response
time limit
(seconds)

Required
Percentage
Compliant

Percentage Compliant

80%

100%

120%

SMTP Connect

>95%

100.00%

SMTP Data

>95%

99.75%

99.80%

99.74%

POP Connect

>95%

100.00%

POP Status

>95%

100.00%

48.29%

POP Retrieve

>95%

99.97%

44.75%

POP Delete

>95%

99.99%

99.94%

56.11%

Delivery Time

>95%

99.55%

98.42%

99.16%

Error Rate

<1%

0.00%

Software

Software:

Intrastore 2001

Operating System:

Redhat Linux 7.2 (kernel 2.4.16)

Availability:

Feb-2001

File System:

ext3

Hardware

Vendor:

Compaq

CPU:

Pentium III

Model Name:

DL360

CPU MHz:

1000

Availability:

Jun-2001

CPUs Enabled:

1 core, 1 chip, 1 core/chip

Disk Subsystem:

2 x 18GB SCSI

Primary Cache:

16KbI + 16KbD

Memory (MB):

1024

Secondary Cache:

256KB

Network:

Compaq NC3163 10/100 (2)

Other Cache:

N/A

# of Systems:

Other:

Disks in RAID 1 config

Notes / Tuning Information

Second network card has dedicated route to NetApp

RAID-1 provided by integrated Compaq SmartArray controller

MSL is 30 seconds
TIMEWAIT is 60 seconds

SMTPserver options: -Ca -rt 900 -Cr 200 -CD -na -I SMTP-out -D syntegra.com -Sc 1000 -S
imsd options: -Vd -L /var/adm/imsd.log -tpool 50 -tmax 125

Software

JVM:

Sun HotSpot 1.4.0-beta-b65 (no JIT)

Operating System:

Redhat Linux 7.1 (kernel 2.4.10)

Availability:

Aug-2001

File System:

ext2

Hardware

Vendor:

Gateway

CPU:

Pentium III

Model Name:

6400

CPU MHz:

933

Availability:

Aug-2001

CPUs Enabled:

1 core, 1 chip, 1 core/chip

Disk Subsystem:

1 x 9GB SCSI

Primary Cache:

16KbI + 16KbD

Memory (MB):

640

Secondary Cache:

256Kb

Network:

Intel 10/100

Other Cache:

N/A

# of Systems:

Other:

N/A

Notes / Tuning Information

General Notes / Tuning Information
A Network Appliance F820 with 10 36GB drives in a single raid group was used to store the mailboxes via NFS. It was mounted with the NFS options: udp,noatime. Aphelion 2001 was used for the LDAP server. Linux tuning paremeters: echo 4096 >> /proc/sys/net/core/netdev_max_backlog echo 2000000 >> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_max_tw_buckets echo 0 >> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_window_scaling echo 0 >> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_timestamps echo 0 >> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_sack echo 0 >> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward echo '16384 65535' >> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range echo 1048576 >> /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_default echo 1048576 >> /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_max echo 1048576 >> /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_default echo 1048576 >> /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max A HP Procurve 4000M switch (40 port 10/100Mb) was used for LAN connectivity. Description of imsd options used: -Vd disable DNS lookup for clients -L name of an alternate debug log -tpool minimum number of available processing threads (default = 16) -tmax maximum number of processing threads allowed (default = 16384) Description of SMTPserver options used: -Ca host:service name of imsd administrative service -rt read timeout in seconds -Cr recipient number threshold causing queueing at low priority -CD enable automatic creation of mailbox directories -na Do not send AUTH -I name of the SMTP input queue (default is SMTP-in) -D limit delivery/relaying to allowed deliver/relay domains -Sc per client session threshold -S total session threshold -ar avoid reverse host address lookup

General Notes / Tuning Information

A Network Appliance F820 with 10 36GB drives in a single raid group
was used to store the mailboxes via NFS.
It was mounted with the NFS options: udp,noatime.

Aphelion 2001 was used for the LDAP server.

Linux tuning paremeters:
echo 4096 >> /proc/sys/net/core/netdev_max_backlog
echo 2000000 >> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_max_tw_buckets
echo 0 >> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_window_scaling
echo 0 >> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_timestamps
echo 0 >> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_sack
echo 0 >> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
echo '16384 65535' >> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range
echo 1048576 >> /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_default
echo 1048576 >> /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_max
echo 1048576 >> /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_default
echo 1048576 >> /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max

A HP Procurve 4000M switch (40 port 10/100Mb) was used for LAN connectivity.

Description of imsd options used:
-Vd  disable DNS lookup for clients
-L   name of an alternate debug log
-tpool minimum number of available processing threads (default = 16)
-tmax  maximum number of processing threads allowed (default = 16384)

Description of SMTPserver options used:
-Ca  host:service name of imsd administrative service
-rt  read timeout in seconds
-Cr  recipient number threshold causing queueing at low priority
-CD  enable automatic creation of mailbox directories
-na  Do not send AUTH
-I   name of the SMTP input queue (default is SMTP-in)
-D   limit delivery/relaying to allowed deliver/relay domains
-Sc  per client session threshold
-S   total session threshold
-ar  avoid reverse host address lookup

First published at SPEC.org on 07-Dec-2001

Benchmark run on Tue Nov 27 23:27:03 CST 2001 by SPECmail2001 v1.01
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