SPECvirt_sc2010 Result: IBM Corporation

SPECvirt_sc2010 Result
Copyright © 2010-2012 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

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

SPECvirt_sc2010 2352 @ 144 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%	33.37	53.88	88.70	N/A	97.94	2352
2	100%	33.43	53.71	88.65	N/A	97.88
3	100%	33.53	53.79	89.18	N/A	98.22
4	100%	33.48	53.79	89.08	N/A	98.13
5	100%	33.43	53.81	88.74	N/A	97.97
6	100%	33.49	53.82	88.83	N/A	98.07
7	100%	33.42	53.82	88.90	N/A	98.03
8	100%	33.38	53.76	88.67	N/A	97.87
9	100%	33.41	54.00	88.87	N/A	98.12
10	100%	33.62	53.96	88.76	N/A	98.25
11	100%	33.42	53.97	88.64	N/A	98.02
12	100%	33.45	53.91	88.53	N/A	97.97
13	100%	33.44	53.90	88.85	N/A	98.08
14	100%	33.51	53.40	88.92	N/A	97.86
15	100%	33.38	53.83	89.01	N/A	98.03
16	100%	33.47	53.68	88.79	N/A	97.95
17	100%	33.57	53.78	88.77	N/A	98.10
18	100%	33.46	53.83	88.86	N/A	98.06
19	100%	33.56	53.92	88.50	N/A	98.07
20	100%	33.51	53.28	88.75	N/A	97.72
21	100%	33.41	53.77	88.62	N/A	97.88
22	100%	33.49	53.59	88.67	N/A	97.87
23	100%	33.49	53.84	88.80	N/A	98.07
24	100%	33.49	53.93	88.79	N/A	98.12

Quality Of Service (QOS)
Tile #	Pct Load	Application Server	Web Server	Mail Server	Idle Server	Per-Tile Score	Overall Score
1	100%	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	99.67%
2	100%	0.99	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00
3	100%	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
4	100%	0.99	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00
5	100%	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
6	100%	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
7	100%	0.98	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
8	100%	0.99	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00
9	100%	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
10	100%	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
11	100%	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
12	100%	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
13	100%	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
14	100%	0.99	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00
15	100%	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
16	100%	0.99	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00
17	100%	0.99	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00
18	100%	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
19	100%	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
20	100%	0.99	0.98	1.00	1.00	0.99
21	100%	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
22	100%	0.99	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00
23	100%	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
24	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	13.36	1.40	3.98	1.75	5
Dealer	20.01	0.33/0.63/0.34	3.27/8.70/4.10	0.70/1.40/0.60	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.88	387538	357	18	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.23	102488	102488	0	100.00
Fetch	36.26	261053	261053	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	7.83	0	141

Tile 2

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.42	1.37	5.82	1.75	5
Dealer	20.01	0.34/0.60/0.36	16.66/24.47/14.45	0.60/1.30/0.60	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.71	382838	2801	1057	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.31	103059	103059	0	100.00
Fetch	36.19	260559	260559	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	9.17	1	197

Tile 3

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.39	1.39	6.28	1.75	5
Dealer	20.14	0.33/0.58/0.35	11.32/12.11/10.54	0.60/1.20/0.60	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.79	385627	1384	281	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.29	102910	102910	0	100.00
Fetch	36.34	261666	261666	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	8.45	0	99

Tile 4

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.37	1.36	5.75	1.75	5
Dealer	20.10	0.33/0.59/0.35	5.46/10.94/6.13	0.60/1.30/0.70	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.79	385319	1618	349	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.40	103667	103667	0	100.00
Fetch	36.15	260277	260277	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	7.22	0	64

Tile 5

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.38	1.36	4.46	1.75	5
Dealer	20.05	0.31/0.57/0.32	4.66/6.88/5.08	0.60/1.20/0.60	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.81	385520	1538	357	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.33	103191	103191	0	100.00
Fetch	36.30	261329	261329	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	6.69	1	78

Tile 6

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.41	1.36	8.12	1.75	5
Dealer	20.08	0.32/0.58/0.34	13.39/14.73/12.00	0.60/1.20/0.60	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.82	385761	1484	272	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.26	102659	102659	0	100.00
Fetch	36.40	262089	262089	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	7.43	0	94

Tile 7

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.36	1.46	8.98	2.00	5
Dealer	20.06	0.38/0.67/0.40	13.39/17.13/10.86	0.70/1.40/0.70	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.82	386715	689	86	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.32	103111	103111	0	100.00
Fetch	36.28	261224	261224	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	9.29	0	102

Tile 8

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.40	1.31	9.99	1.75	5
Dealer	19.98	0.24/0.43/0.24	23.84/29.17/21.53	0.40/0.90/0.40	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.76	384954	1772	367	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.21	102309	102309	0	100.00
Fetch	36.22	260804	260804	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	5.09	0	129

Tile 9

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.36	1.28	5.34	1.50	5
Dealer	20.06	0.21/0.39/0.20	5.07/7.84/4.88	0.40/0.90/0.40	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	54.00	388136	674	17	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.34	103259	103259	0	100.00
Fetch	36.23	260838	260838	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	7.39	1	83

Tile 10

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.39	1.31	12.76	1.75	5
Dealer	20.24	0.22/0.40/0.21	15.29/17.94/14.60	0.40/0.90/0.40	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.96	387733	741	22	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.26	102680	102680	0	100.00
Fetch	36.27	261131	261131	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	5.12	1	57

Tile 11

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.38	1.30	8.50	1.75	5
Dealer	20.05	0.26/0.44/0.26	22.71/22.85/19.56	0.50/1.00/0.40	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.97	387333	901	370	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.12	101690	101690	0	100.00
Fetch	36.37	261841	261840	1	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	7.94	0	66

Tile 12

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.40	1.29	4.48	1.75	5
Dealer	20.05	0.23/0.42/0.23	4.56/8.12/4.18	0.50/1.00/0.50	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.91	387224	862	94	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.30	102981	102981	0	100.00
Fetch	36.30	261325	261325	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	5.60	0	63

Tile 13

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.37	1.43	5.14	1.75	5
Dealer	20.07	0.34/0.67/0.35	2.82/9.24/3.04	0.60/1.40/0.60	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.90	387684	371	37	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.28	102819	102819	0	100.00
Fetch	36.24	260897	260897	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	7.63	1	83

Tile 14

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.36	1.38	2.94	1.75	5
Dealer	20.15	0.31/0.60/0.32	1.71/8.07/1.86	0.60/1.30/0.60	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.40	378815	3192	2498	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.25	102584	102584	0	100.00
Fetch	36.26	261052	261052	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	6.09	0	77

Tile 15

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.33	1.38	4.66	1.75	5
Dealer	20.05	0.32/0.60/0.33	7.72/9.89/7.57	0.60/1.30/0.60	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.83	385828	1254	504	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.36	103357	103357	0	100.00
Fetch	36.23	260888	260888	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	5.76	0	183

Tile 16

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.39	1.37	4.69	1.75	5
Dealer	20.08	0.31/0.60/0.32	2.65/7.70/3.68	0.60/1.30/0.60	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.68	384009	1512	966	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.30	102983	102983	0	100.00
Fetch	36.16	260355	260355	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	4.97	1	67

Tile 17

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.40	1.39	3.51	1.75	5
Dealer	20.17	0.33/0.62/0.34	2.59/7.90/2.57	0.60/1.30/0.60	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.78	384751	1491	967	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.26	102696	102696	0	100.00
Fetch	36.33	261580	261580	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	7.36	0	95

Tile 18

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.35	1.40	3.86	1.75	5
Dealer	20.11	0.33/0.63/0.34	4.98/8.97/4.09	0.60/1.30/0.60	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.83	385861	1187	543	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.21	102338	102338	0	100.00
Fetch	36.35	261755	261755	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	9.15	1	127

Tile 19

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.39	1.45	6.98	1.75	5
Dealer	20.17	0.37/0.71/0.37	7.78/11.70/6.58	0.70/1.50/0.70	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.92	387837	377	14	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.21	102343	102343	0	100.00
Fetch	36.29	261264	261264	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	6.34	1	128

Tile 20

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.43	1.40	6.66	1.75	5
Dealer	20.08	0.34/0.64/0.37	17.44/16.44/14.88	0.60/1.30/0.60	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.28	377601	3138	2901	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.30	102938	102938	0	100.00
Fetch	36.25	260967	260967	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	2.50	0	38

Tile 21

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.35	1.37	4.46	1.75	5
Dealer	20.07	0.30/0.58/0.31	4.52/7.74/6.35	0.50/1.30/0.50	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.77	385199	1349	572	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.24	102548	102548	0	100.00
Fetch	36.24	260956	260956	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	8.40	1	105

Tile 22

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.39	1.39	3.28	1.75	5
Dealer	20.10	0.34/0.63/0.35	2.37/9.79/2.80	0.60/1.30/0.60	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.59	382991	1556	1318	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.29	102862	102862	0	100.00
Fetch	36.17	260409	260409	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	6.08	0	117

Tile 23

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.33	1.39	3.11	1.75	5
Dealer	20.16	0.33/0.62/0.35	3.00/9.03/3.42	0.60/1.30/0.60	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.84	386337	1134	146	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.30	102986	102986	0	100.00
Fetch	36.22	260814	260814	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	6.47	0	106

Tile 24

Application Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Avg Resp. Time	Max Resp. Time	90th%	Required 90th%
Manufacturing	13.34	1.27	5.68	1.50	5
Dealer	20.14	0.20/0.36/0.20	10.52/9.79/10.47	0.40/0.80/0.40	2/2/2

Web Server
Web Wkload	Req/sec	Good	Tolerable	Fail	Valid. Errors
Support	53.93	387877	425	3	0

Mail Server
Req. Type	Req/sec	Total Count	Pass Count	Fail Count	Pass Pct
Append	14.29	102880	102880	0	100.00
Fetch	36.27	261144	261144	0	100.00

Idle Server
Req. Type	Total	Avg. Resp. Msec	Min Resp. Msec	Max Resp. Msec
Heartbeats	719	7.97	1	98

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

Clients
Model	x3650M2
# of Clients	2
Processor	Intel E5520
Processor Speed (MHz)	2270
# Processors	2
Memory	48 GB SDRAM
Network Controller	2 x Broadcom NetXtreme II (dual port, integrated), 1 x Chelsio Communications T310 (single port PCI-E)
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)	12544
# 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	Dec-2011
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=32,32,32,32 and blacklist=ioatdma
120 virtual functions were used for the Web, App, DB, Mail, and Infra VMs. On the host, Ethernet devices
eth4 - eth7 are the 4 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 1-12 are bound to NUMA node 0
All VMs of tiles 13-24 are bound to NUMA node 1
10Gb network virtual function IRQs used for all VMs of tiles 1-12 are bound to all CPUs in node 0
10Gb network virtual function IRQs used for all VMs of tiles 13-24 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. Both physical client systems host up to 12 prime client VMs. The second physical client system also 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, the first Ethernet port (Broadcom 1Gb) is used for host access and NFS. The Chelsio 10Gb Ethernet port has one software bridge and all VMs hosted use this 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_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

Other Notes

One Blade Network Technologies G8124 switch is equipped with 7 x SFP+ 10GBase-SR transceivers which are used for all 10Gb physical network connections. One Blade Network Technologies G8052 switch provides all 1Gb connectivity and is equipped with 1 x SFP+ 10Gbase-SR transceiver to link directly to the G8124 switch. One QLogic 5600 FC switch is used for all fibre channel access.

For questions about this result, please contact the submitter: IBM Corporation

First published at SPEC.org on 02-May-2012