SPECvirt_sc2010 Result: IBM Corporation

SPECvirt_sc2010 Result
Copyright © 2010-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

IBM Corporation: IBM System x3650 M4
Red Hat: Enterprise Linux 6.2 (KVM)

SPECvirt_sc2010 2158 @ 132 VMs

Tested By:

IBM Corporation

SPEC License #:

Test Date:

Feb-2012

Performance Section
Performance Summary
Performance Details
Validation Errors

SUT Configuration Section
Physical Configuration
Virtual Configuration

Power Section

N/A

Notes Section
Physical System Notes
Virtualization SW Notes
Hosted VM Notes

Performance Summary:

Performance
Tile #	Pct Load	Application Server	Web Server	Mail Server	Idle Server	Per-Tile Score	Overall Score
1	100%	33.43	53.94	88.85	N/A	98.09	2158
2	100%	33.47	53.78	88.77	N/A	98.00
3	100%	33.40	54.00	88.81	N/A	98.08
4	100%	33.50	53.80	88.69	N/A	98.01
5	100%	33.53	53.85	88.69	N/A	98.07
6	100%	33.56	53.98	89.05	N/A	98.31
7	100%	33.48	53.90	88.77	N/A	98.08
8	100%	33.34	53.87	88.88	N/A	97.97
9	100%	33.51	53.93	88.97	N/A	98.21
10	100%	33.60	53.85	88.83	N/A	98.19
11	100%	33.42	54.03	88.71	N/A	98.08
12	100%	33.54	53.81	88.88	N/A	98.13
13	100%	33.45	53.92	88.82	N/A	98.09
14	100%	33.50	53.89	88.68	N/A	98.06
15	100%	33.49	53.82	88.95	N/A	98.11
16	100%	33.50	53.85	88.88	N/A	98.11
17	100%	33.51	54.06	88.76	N/A	98.21
18	100%	33.49	53.79	88.98	N/A	98.10
19	100%	33.51	53.91	88.82	N/A	98.14
20	100%	33.40	53.82	88.57	N/A	97.88
21	100%	33.46	53.88	88.86	N/A	98.09
22	100%	33.53	53.92	88.77	N/A	98.14

Quality Of Service (QOS)
Tile #	Pct Load	Application Server	Web Server	Mail Server	Idle Server	Per-Tile Score	Overall Score
1	100%	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	99.98%
2	100%	1.00	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00
3	100%	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
4	100%	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
5	100%	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
6	100%	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
7	100%	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
8	100%	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
9	100%	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
10	100%	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
11	100%	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
12	100%	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
13	100%	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
14	100%	1.00	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00
15	100%	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
16	100%	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
17	100%	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
18	100%	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
19	100%	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
20	100%	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
21	100%	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
22	100%	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00

Performance Details:

Tile 1

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.34	1.25	3.17	1.50	5
Dealer	20.10	0.24/0.39/0.26	3.68/6.49/3.19	0.50/0.90/0.50	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.94	387710	654	31	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.25	102573	102573	0	100.00
Fetch	36.31	261417	261417	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	9.86	0	250

Tile 2

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.35	1.22	3.50	1.50	5
Dealer	20.11	0.22/0.36/0.24	2.51/7.07/2.72	0.40/0.80/0.50	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.78	385236	1773	225	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.27	102724	102724	0	100.00
Fetch	36.37	261854	261854	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	8.51	0	248

Tile 3

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.34	1.22	3.96	1.50	5
Dealer	20.07	0.19/0.35/0.20	4.84/6.13/4.93	0.40/0.80/0.40	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	54.00	387455	1241	95	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.27	102712	102712	0	100.00
Fetch	36.27	261117	261117	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	5.02	0	230

Tile 4

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.36	1.22	2.27	1.50	5
Dealer	20.14	0.21/0.34/0.23	1.81/5.60/2.17	0.40/0.80/0.50	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.80	385869	1373	131	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.21	102297	102297	0	100.00
Fetch	36.20	260628	260628	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	9.88	0	252

Tile 5

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.34	1.24	3.46	1.50	5
Dealer	20.19	0.23/0.39/0.25	2.52/7.66/2.44	0.50/0.90/0.50	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.85	386295	1315	123	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.22	102349	102349	0	100.00
Fetch	36.26	261042	261042	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	7.18	0	247

Tile 6

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.39	1.23	3.51	1.50	5
Dealer	20.17	0.20/0.37/0.21	4.01/8.63/4.62	0.40/0.80/0.40	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.98	387021	1410	203	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.26	102660	102660	0	100.00
Fetch	36.24	260942	260942	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	5.76	0	233

Tile 7

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.40	1.23	4.28	1.50	5
Dealer	20.08	0.22/0.37/0.25	4.36/6.57/5.01	0.50/0.80/0.50	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.90	386622	1279	145	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.32	103071	103071	0	100.00
Fetch	36.20	260632	260632	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	9.41	0	252

Tile 8

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.28	1.22	2.98	1.50	5
Dealer	20.06	0.21/0.35/0.23	1.99/5.17/3.34	0.40/0.80/0.50	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.87	387026	820	46	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.27	102753	102753	0	100.00
Fetch	36.24	260915	260915	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	8.66	0	247

Tile 9

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.35	1.21	4.17	1.50	5
Dealer	20.16	0.19/0.31/0.21	1.89/5.39/9.45	0.40/0.70/0.50	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.93	387466	804	29	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.19	102164	102164	0	100.00
Fetch	36.30	261383	261383	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	9.59	1	251

Tile 10

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.39	1.19	2.97	1.50	5
Dealer	20.21	0.17/0.28/0.20	2.11/4.39/2.16	0.40/0.60/0.40	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.85	386943	742	24	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.37	103499	103499	0	100.00
Fetch	36.17	260443	260443	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	8.37	0	236

Tile 11

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.35	1.19	6.12	1.50	5
Dealer	20.07	0.17/0.29/0.17	7.52/10.12/3.96	0.30/0.60/0.30	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	54.03	388440	550	11	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.23	102449	102449	0	100.00
Fetch	36.33	261598	261598	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	5.57	0	70

Tile 12

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.36	1.28	2.83	1.50	5
Dealer	20.17	0.25/0.44/0.28	3.43/7.83/3.16	0.50/1.00/0.60	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.81	386827	621	12	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.26	102657	102657	0	100.00
Fetch	36.29	261264	261263	1	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	8.99	1	252

Tile 13

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.33	1.28	4.67	1.50	5
Dealer	20.12	0.27/0.45/0.29	3.05/6.62/3.66	0.50/1.00/0.60	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.92	387579	600	18	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.29	102913	102913	0	100.00
Fetch	36.18	260467	260467	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	10.08	1	249

Tile 14

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.43	1.25	2.85	1.50	5
Dealer	20.07	0.22/0.40/0.23	1.93/4.55/1.90	0.40/0.90/0.40	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.89	385752	1850	412	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.25	102594	102594	0	100.00
Fetch	36.31	261410	261410	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	5.91	1	238

Tile 15

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.39	1.25	2.96	1.50	5
Dealer	20.10	0.23/0.41/0.26	1.95/5.32/2.09	0.50/0.90/0.50	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.82	386064	1274	176	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.31	103051	103051	0	100.00
Fetch	36.26	261069	261069	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	8.82	1	247

Tile 16

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.38	1.27	4.09	1.50	5
Dealer	20.12	0.25/0.43/0.28	2.36/5.89/2.30	0.50/0.90/0.50	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.85	385910	1655	187	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.30	102930	102930	0	100.00
Fetch	36.24	260898	260898	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	8.65	0	241

Tile 17

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.36	1.27	4.51	1.50	5
Dealer	20.15	0.22/0.42/0.23	1.67/8.22/1.78	0.40/0.90/0.40	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	54.06	387991	1102	110	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.30	102978	102978	0	100.00
Fetch	36.22	260763	260763	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	5.67	0	230

Tile 18

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.36	1.25	2.30	1.50	5
Dealer	20.13	0.21/0.40/0.22	1.42/4.75/1.67	0.40/0.90/0.40	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.79	385775	1302	225	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.31	103047	103047	0	100.00
Fetch	36.31	261397	261397	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	5.98	0	237

Tile 19

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.36	1.25	2.43	1.50	5
Dealer	20.16	0.21/0.38/0.22	1.47/4.22/1.58	0.40/0.80/0.40	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.91	386730	1220	206	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.32	103125	103125	0	100.00
Fetch	36.20	260605	260604	1	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	5.49	0	246

Tile 20

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.39	1.25	3.03	1.50	5
Dealer	20.01	0.21/0.40/0.22	1.94/6.15/2.36	0.40/0.90/0.40	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.82	386108	1231	172	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.18	102082	102082	0	100.00
Fetch	36.17	260399	260399	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	6.19	1	234

Tile 21

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.39	1.26	3.16	1.50	5
Dealer	20.07	0.21/0.40/0.22	2.42/6.20/2.15	0.40/0.90/0.40	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.88	386475	1273	191	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.30	102937	102937	0	100.00
Fetch	36.32	261505	261505	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	4.80	0	38

Tile 22

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.40	1.25	3.23	1.50	5
Dealer	20.12	0.22/0.41/0.23	3.68/7.50/3.61	0.40/0.90/0.40	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.92	386691	1365	182	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.32	103073	103073	0	100.00
Fetch	36.25	260981	260981	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	5.31	0	244

Validation Errors:

No Validation Errors Found

Physical Configuration:

System Under Test (SUT)
Virt. Vendor/Product	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 (KVM)
# of SUTs	1
Server Vendor	IBM Corporation
Server Model	IBM System x3650 M4
Processor	Intel E5-2690
Processor Speed (MHz)	2900
Processor Cores	16 cores, 2 chips, 8 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
Primary Cache	32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache	256 KB I+D on chip per core
Other Cache	20 MB I+D on chip per chip
Memory	512 GB (16 x 32 GB, 4Rx4 1.35V PC3L-10600 CL9 ECC DDR3 1333MHz LP LRDIMM)
Operating System	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2
File System	ext4
Other Hardware	None
Other Software	N/A

SUT Storage
Storage Controllers	1 x Dual port QLogic Corp. ISP2432-based 4Gb Fibre Channel
Storage Enclosure	4 x DS3400, 12 x EXP3000
Disk Description	192 x 73 GB 15k RPM SAS
RAID Level	RAID 5
UPS Required?	No

SUT Network
Network Adapters	4 x Intel I350 Gigabit Network Connection (integrated) 1 x Intel x520 (dual port, 10Gb, PCI-express)
SUT Ports Total	4 2
SUT Ports Used	4 2
Network Type	1000BASE-T 10GBASE-SR
Network Speed	1 Gb/s 10 Gb/s

Clients
Model	IBM System x3650 M2 IBM System x3550 M2 IBM System x3650 M3
# of Clients	1 2 1
Processor	Intel E5570 Intel X3350 Intel X3350
Processor Speed (MHz)	2930 2270 2270
# Processors	2 2 2
Memory	32 GB SDRAM 32 GB SDRAM 32 GB SDRAM
Network Controller	2 x Broadcom NetXtreme II (dual port, integrated) 1 x Broadcom NetXtreme II (dual port, integrated), 2 x Intel 82571EB (dual port, PCI-E) 2 x Broadcom NetXtreme II (dual port, integrated)
Operating System	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 (64-bit)
JVM Version	OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.9.8) (rhel-1.39.1.9.8.el6_1-x86_64)
Other Hardware	None
Other Software	N/A

Availability Dates
SUT Hardware	Apr-2012
Virt. Software	Dec-2011
Other Components	N/A

Virtual Configuration:

Web Server

VM Configuration Details
# VCPUS	1
VCPU Speed (MHz)	2900
Memory (MB)	13842
# VNICs	1
VNIC Description	1 x ixgbevf
Storage Description	1 x virtio_blk
Virtual Disk Size (MB)	20480
Datastore Size (MB)	0
VM OS	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 (64-bit)
VM OS Availability	Dec-2011

Web Server Configuration Details
Web Server Vendor	Red Hat
Web Server Name/Version	Apache 2.2.15
Availability Date	Dec-2011
Script Vendor	Red Hat
Script Name/Version	PHP 5.3.2
Script Availability Date	Nov-2010
JVM Version	OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.10.4) (rhel-1.41.1.10.4.el6-x86_64)
Other Software	Alternative PHP Cache APC 3.1.3 (Red Hat) Smarty Template Engine 2.6.26

Application Server

VM Configuration Details
# VCPUS	1
VCPU Speed (MHz)	2900
Memory (MB)	2560
# VNICs	1
VNIC Description	1 x ixgbevf
Storage Description	1 x virtio_blk
Virtual Disk Size (MB)	20480
Datastore Size (MB)	0
VM OS	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 (64-bit)
VM OS Availability	Dec-2011

App Server Configuration Details
Application Server Vendor	IBM
App. Server Name/Version	WebSphere Application Server 7.0.0.19
Availability Date	Oct-2011
Emulator Vendor	IBM
Emulator Name/Version	WebSphere Application Server 7.0.0.19
Emulator Availability Date	Oct-2011
JVM Description	IBM IBM J9 VM (build 2.4, JRE 1.6.0 IBM J9 2.4 Linux amd64-64 jvmxa6460sr9-20110712_86803 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)
JVM Availability	Oct-2011
Other Software	N/A

Mail Server

VM Configuration Details
# VCPUS	1
VCPU Speed (MHz)	2900
Memory (MB)	2048
# VNICs	1
VNIC Description	1 x ixgbevf
Storage Description	1 x virtio_blk
Virtual Disk Size (MB)	35840
Datastore Size (MB)	0
VM OS	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 (64-bit)
VM OS Availability	Dec-2011

Mail Server Configuration Details
Mail Server Vendor	dovecot.org
Mail Server Name/Version	Dovecot 2.0.15
Availability Date	Sep-2011
JVM Version	OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.10.4) (rhel-1.41.1.10.4.el6-x86_64)
Other Software	N/A

Database Server

VM Configuration Details
# VCPUS	1
VCPU Speed (MHz)	2900
Memory (MB)	1536
# VNICs	1
VNIC Description	1 x ixgbevf
Storage Description	1 x virtio_blk
Virtual Disk Size (MB)	25600
Datastore Size (MB)	0
VM OS	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 (64-bit)
VM OS Availability	Dec-2011

Database Configuration Details
Database Vendor	IBM
Database Name/Version	DB2 v9.7
Availability Date	Mar-2010
JVM Version	OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.10.4) (rhel-1.41.1.10.4.el6-x86_64)
Other Software	N/A

Infraserver

VM Configuration Details
# VCPUS	1
VCPU Speed (MHz)	2900
Memory (MB)	1024
# VNICs	1
VNIC Description	1 x ixgbevf
Storage Description	1 x virtio_blk
Virtual Disk Size (MB)	46080
Datastore Size (MB)	0
VM OS	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 (64-bit)
VM OS Availability	Dec-2011

Infraserver Configuration Details
Web Server Vendor	Red Hat
Web Server Name/Version	Apache 2.2.15
Availability Date	Dec-2011
Script Vendor	Fedora Project, release 14 (fedoraproject.org)
Script Name/Version	fcgi-2.4.0
Script Availability Date	Nov-2010
JVM Version	OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.10.4) (rhel-1.41.1.10.4.el6-x86_64)
Other Software	N/A

Idle Server

VM Configuration Details
# VCPUS	1
VCPU Speed (MHz)	2900
Memory (MB)	1024
# VNICs	1
VNIC Description	1 x virtio_net
Storage Description	1 x virtio_blk
Virtual Disk Size (MB)	10240
Datastore Size (MB)	0
VM OS	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 (64-bit)
VM OS Availability	Dec-2011

Idle Server Configuration Details
JVM Version	OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.10.4) (rhel-1.41.1.10.4.el6-x86_64)
Other Software	N/A

Notes:

Physical System Notes

Firmware settings used:
Platform Controlled Type = Maximum Performance

Storage Notes

All storage accessed with 2 x 4 Gb Fibre Channel links. Each of the 4 DS3400 units houses 12 73-GB SAS drives and connects (daisy chained) to 3 EXP3000 SAS enclosures. Each EXP3000 enclosure houses 12 73-GB SAS drives. Total SAS drive count is 192. There are 24 SAS RAID5 arrays, each consisting of 8 drives. For all arrays, each one has one LUN defined for one Tile. On the first array, there is a second LUN defined for hypervisor boot disk. Each LUN that is defined for a Tile is divided in to 6 disk partitions which are used for the 6 VM types in a tile.

Virtualization Software Notes

The following boot options were used:
intel_iommu=on iommu=pt clocksource=tsc idle=halt elevator=deadline console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 selinux=0 audit=0
The following services are disabled:
atd, autofs, avahi-daemon, cron, cups, iptables, ip6tables, irqbalance, iscsi, iscsid, ksm, ksmtuned, postfix, rhnsd, rpcbind, sysstat
After boot up, the following options were used:
echo 12000000 >/proc/sys/kernel/sched_min_granularity_ns
echo 12000000 >/proc/sys/kernel/sched_wakeup_granularity_ns
echo 10000000 >/proc/sys/kernel/sched_shares_ratelimit
sysctl.conf changes:
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh1 = 4096
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh2 = 8192
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh3 = 8192
net.ipv4.neigh.default.base_reachable_time = 86400
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_stale_time = 86400
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh1 = 4096
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh2 = 8192
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh3 = 8192
net.ipv6.neigh.default.base_reachable_time = 86400
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_stale_time = 86400
Network configuration is as follows:
Three software bridges are created (br1-br3) and each have their own 1Gb port assigned
The first 1Gb port (eth0) is for host access.
Configuration file /etc/modprobe.d/ixgbe.conf for 10Gb Ethernet includes:
options ixgbe max_vfs=62,62 and blacklist=ioatdma
110 virtual functions were used for the Web, App, DB, Mail, and Infra VMs. On the host, Ethernet devices
eth4 and eth5 are the 2 physical functions for the Intel 10Gbps Ethernet ports. These are only used by
the host to provide physical transport for the virtual functions.
VM configurations are as follows:
All VMs are managed with libvirt and created using virsh utility
All VMs are created with the following XML template (exceptions noted below template)
<domain type="kvm">
<name>$vm_name</name>
<memory>$vm_memory</memory>
<currentMemory>$vm_memory</currentMemory>
<vcpu cpuset="$host-cpu-list"> 1</vcpu>
<os>
<type arch="x86_64" machine="pc">hvm</type>
<boot dev="hd"/>
</os>
<features>
<acpi/>
<apic/>
<pae/>
</features>
<cpu match="exact">
<model>Westmere</model>
<feature policy="require" name="x2apic"/>
</cpu>
<clock offset="utc">
<timer name="pit" tickpolicy="delay"/>
</clock>
<on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
<on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
<on_crash>restart</on_crash>
<devices>
<emulator>/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm</emulator>
<disk type="block" device="disk">
<driver name="qemu" type="raw" cache="none" io="native"/>
<source dev="$vm_disk"/>
<target dev="vda" bus="virtio"/>
</disk>
<hostdev mode="subsystem" type="pci" managed="no">
<source>
<address domain="0x0000" bus="$bus" slot="$slot" function="$function"/>
</source>
</hostdev>
<serial type="pty">
<target port="0"/>
</serial>
<console type="pty">
<target type="serial" port="0"/>
</console>
<input type="mouse" bus="ps2"/>
<memballoon model="none"/>
</devices>
</domain>
Idle VMs do not use SR-IOV for network adapter, and therefore have the following declaration instead of "hostdev" block above:
<interface type="bridge">
<mac address="$mac"/>
<source bridge="$bridge"/>
<target dev="$target_dev"/>
<model type="virtio"/>
</interface>
App VMs have their CPU shares increased from default of 1024 to 4096 with the following XML:
<cputune> <shares>4096</shares> </cputune>
VMs are bound to host CPUs via their XML configuration in the following manner:
All VMs of tiles 1-11 are bound to NUMA node 0
All VMs of tiles 12-22 are bound to NUMA node 1
10Gb network virtual function IRQs used for all VMs of tiles 1-11 are bound to all CPUs in node 0
10Gb network virtual function IRQs used for all VMs of tiles 12-22 are bound to all CPUs in node 1
First QLogic FC port IRQs are bound to all CPUs in node 0
Second QLogic FC port IRQs are bound to all CPUs in node 1
Configuration file /etc/modprobe.d/qla2xxx.conf for QLogic FC includes:
options qla2xxx ql2xmaxqueues=8 ql2xmultique_tag=1

Web Server VM Notes

The following boot options were used:
selinux=0 elevator=deadline
The following services are disabled:
atd, avahi-daemon, cgconfig, cron, iptables, ip6tables, iscsi, iscsid, postfix, rhnsd, sysstat
ulimits for nofile and noproc set to 102400
httpd.conf changes:
KeepAlive on
KeepAliveTimeout 60
MaxKeepAliveRequest 0
ServerLimit 10240 (for prefork)
MaxRequestsPerChild 4000 (for prefork)
MaxClients 10240 (for prefork)
CustomLog logs/access_log combined
Web VM used NFS to access files from infra VM
No options were specified in the NFS mount
application file-system options: noatime,barrier=0,data=writeback
ixgbevf module option used: InterruptThrottleRate=1000
sysctl.conf changes:
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh1 = 4096
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh2 = 8192
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh3 = 8192
net.ipv4.neigh.default.base_reachable_time = 86400
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_stale_time = 86400
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh1 = 4096
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh2 = 8192
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh3 = 8192
net.ipv6.neigh.default.base_reachable_time = 86400
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_stale_time = 86400

Application Server VM Notes

The following boot options were used:
selinux=0 elevator=deadline
The following services are disabled:
atd, avahi-daemon, cgconfig, cron, iptables, ip6tables, iscsi, iscsid, postfix, rhnsd, sysstat
ulimits for nofile and noproc set to 102400
There are two WebSphere profiles, AppSrv01 for SPECjAppServer2004 and AppSrv02 for SPEC Emulator
Heap size for AppSrv01 has been changed to 1280 MB
root file-system options: barrier=0
application file-system options: noatime,barrier=0,data=writeback
ixgbevf module option used: InterruptThrottleRate=1000
sysctl.conf changes:
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh1 = 4096
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh2 = 8192
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh3 = 8192
net.ipv4.neigh.default.base_reachable_time = 86400
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_stale_time = 86400
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh1 = 4096
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh2 = 8192
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh3 = 8192
net.ipv6.neigh.default.base_reachable_time = 86400
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_stale_time = 86400

Mail Server VM Notes

The following boot options were used:
selinux=0 elevator=deadline
The following services are disabled:
atd, avahi-daemon, cgconfig, cron, iptables, ip6tables, iscsi, iscsid, postfix, rhnsd, sysstat
ulimits for nofile and noproc set to 102400
Dovecot was compiled with default options and the following dovecot.conf was used:
base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/
ssl = no
disable_plaintext_auth = no
listen = *
log_path = /var/log/dovecot
mail_debug = yes
mail_location = dbox:/mailstore/dovecot/maildir/%u
mdbox_rotate_size = 2048
passdb {
args = /etc/passwd.dovecot
driver = passwd-file
}
protocols = imap
service auth {
user = root
}
service imap-login {
inet_listener imap {
port = 143
}
process_min_avail = 10
}
userdb {
driver = passwd
driver = passwd
}
root file-system options: barrier=0
application file-system options: noatime,barrier=0,data=writeback
sysctl.conf changes:
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh1 = 4096
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh2 = 8192
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh3 = 8192
net.ipv4.neigh.default.base_reachable_time = 86400
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_stale_time = 86400
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh1 = 4096
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh2 = 8192
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh3 = 8192
net.ipv6.neigh.default.base_reachable_time = 86400
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_stale_time = 86400

Database Server VM Notes

The following boot options were used:
hugepages=416 selinux=0 elevator=deadline
The following services are disabled:
atd, avahi-daemon, cgconfig, cron, iptables, ip6tables, iscsi, iscsid, postfix, rhnsd, sysstat
ulimits for nofile and noproc set to 102400
Database tuning options:
db2 update db cfg for specdb using DATABASE_MEMORY 200000
db2set DB2_LARGE_PAGE_MEM=DB; db2set DB2_PINNED_BP=ON
alter bufferpool IBMDEFAULTBP size 160000
alter tablespace roll_space NO FILE SYSTEM CACHING
alter tablespace C_cust_space NO FILE SYSTEM CACHING
alter tablespace C_supp_space NO FILE SYSTEM CACHING
alter tablespace C_site_space NO FILE SYSTEM CACHING
alter tablespace C_parts_space NO FILE SYSTEM CACHING
alter tablespace C_custinv_space NO FILE SYSTEM CACHING
alter tablespace M_parts_space NO FILE SYSTEM CACHING
alter tablespace M_bom_space NO FILE SYSTEM CACHING
alter tablespace M_wo_space NO FILE SYSTEM CACHING
alter tablespace M_lo_space NO FILE SYSTEM CACHING
alter tablespace M_inv_space NO FILE SYSTEM CACHING
alter tablespace O_cust_space NO FILE SYSTEM CACHING
alter tablespace O_ords_space NO FILE SYSTEM CACHING
alter tablespace O_ordl_space NO FILE SYSTEM CACHING
alter tablespace O_item_space NO FILE SYSTEM CACHING
alter tablespace S_comp_space NO FILE SYSTEM CACHING
alter tablespace S_sc_space NO FILE SYSTEM CACHING
alter tablespace S_po_space NO FILE SYSTEM CACHING
alter tablespace S_site_space NO FILE SYSTEM CACHING
alter tablespace S_supp_space NO FILE SYSTEM CACHING
alter tablespace U_space NO FILE SYSTEM CACHING
update db cfg for specdb using logprimary 64
root file-system options: barrier=0
application file-system options: noatime,barrier=0,data=writeback
ixgbevf module option used: InterruptThrottleRate=1000
sysctl.conf changes:
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh1 = 4096
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh2 = 8192
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh3 = 8192
net.ipv4.neigh.default.base_reachable_time = 86400
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_stale_time = 86400
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh1 = 4096
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh2 = 8192
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh3 = 8192
net.ipv6.neigh.default.base_reachable_time = 86400
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_stale_time = 86400

Infraserver VM Notes

The following boot options were used:
selinux=0 elevator=deadline
The following services are disabled:
atd, avahi-daemon, cgconfig, cron, iptables, ip6tables, iscsi, iscsid, postfix, rhnsd, sysstat
ulimits for nofile and noproc set to 102400
httpd.conf changes:
Listen port to 81
ServerLimit 10240 (for prefork)
MaxClients 10240 (for prefork)
MaxRequestsPerChild 4000 (for prefork)
CustomLog logs/access_log combined
/etc/httpd/conf.d/fcgi.conf added:
LoadModule fastcgi_module modules/mod_fastcgi.so
ScriptAlias /fcgi-bin/ /var/www/fcgi-bin/
FastCgiIpcDir /etc/httpd/fastcgi
<Directory /var/www/fcgi-bin>
AllowOverride None
Options +ExecCGI -Includes
SetHandler fastcgi-script
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
AddHandler fastcgi-script fcgi
FastCgiServer /var/www/fcgi-bin/besim_fcgi.fcgi -processes 50
Standard Linux NFS server is enabled to serve files to Web VM
/etc/exports file contains:
/support-download *(rw,no_subtree_check,crossmnt,no_root_squash)
root file-system options: barrier=0
application file-system options: noatime,barrier=0,data=writeback
ixgbevf module option used: InterruptThrottleRate=1000
Fcgi package built from Fedora 14 source RPM, which includes patch to compile with GCC 4.4
sysctl.conf changes:
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh1 = 4096
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh2 = 8192
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh3 = 8192
net.ipv4.neigh.default.base_reachable_time = 86400
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_stale_time = 86400
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh1 = 4096
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh2 = 8192
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh3 = 8192
net.ipv6.neigh.default.base_reachable_time = 86400
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_stale_time = 86400

Idle Server VM Notes

The following boot options were used:
selinux=0 elevator=deadline
The following services are disabled:
atd, avahi-daemon, cgconfig, cron, iptables, ip6tables, iscsi, iscsid, postfix, rhnsd, sysstat
ulimits for nofile and noproc set to 102400
root file-system options: barrier=0
application file-system options: noatime,barrier=0,data=writeback
sysctl.conf changes:
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh1 = 4096
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh2 = 8192
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh3 = 8192
net.ipv4.neigh.default.base_reachable_time = 86400
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_stale_time = 86400
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh1 = 4096
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh2 = 8192
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh3 = 8192
net.ipv6.neigh.default.base_reachable_time = 86400
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_stale_time = 86400

Client Driver Notes

All prime clients are VMs hosted with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1. The first 3 physical client systems host up to 8 prime client VMs. The fourth physical client system hosts the prime controller VM. Each prime client VM has 2 vCPUs, 3 GB memory, and a 20 GB disk, and the prime controller VM has 2 vCPUs, 2.75 GB memory, and a 40 GB disk. Paravirtual clock is used for all client VMs. 1 virtio_net device and 1 virtio_blk device are used in all client VMs. On all physical clients, first Ethernet port is used for host access and NFS. The remaining 3 active ports are used for software bridges, up to 3 VMs per bridge. Client VM images are provided from an NFS server.
All physical client systems and virtual clients have the following lines added to /etc/sysctl.conf:
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh2 = 8192
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh3 = 8192
net.ipv4.neigh.default.base_reachable_time = 86400
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_stale_time = 86400
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh1 = 4096
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh2 = 8192
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_thresh3 = 8192
net.ipv6.neigh.default.base_reachable_time = 86400
net.ipv6.neigh.default.gc_stale_time = 86400

Other Notes

One Blade Network Technologies G8052 switch is equipped with 2 x SFP+ 10GBase-SR transceivers and are used for all physical network connections. One QLogic 5600 FC switch is used for all fibre channel access.

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