SPECsfs97_R1.v2 Result

Hewlett-Packard :	HP surestore NAS VA 105L
SPECsfs97_R1.v2 =	13587 Ops/Sec (Overall Response Time = 2.74 msec)

Performance

Throughput (ops/sec)	Response (msec)
1352	0.6
2737	0.9
4122	1.1
5502	1.4
6863	1.7
8246	2.4
9637	3.5
11007	4.4
12390	6.1
13587	12.1

Configuration

Server Configuration and Availability
Vendor	Hewlett-Packard
Hardware Available	Sept 2001
Software Available	Sept 2001
Date Tested	Sept 2001
SFS License Number	3
Licensee Locations	Richardson, Texas

CPU, Memory and Power

Model Name HP surestore NAS VA 105L

Processor PA-8600@552Mhz

# of Processors 2

Primary Cache 512KB Instruction, 1MB data on chip

Secondary Cache N/A

Other Cache N/A

UPS N/A

Other Hardware Brocade Silkworm 2800 Fibre channel switch

Memory Size 16 GB

NVRAM Size 2GB (1GB per controller)

NVRAM Type Double buffered

NVRAM Description 3-days battery protection

Server Software

OS Name and Version HP-UX 11.11

Other Software N/A

File System JFS

NFS version 2

Server Tuning

Buffer Cache Size Dynamic 45-55% (see notes below)

# NFS Processes 100

Fileset Size 131.5 GB

Network Subsystem
Network Type	Gigabit Ethernet
Network Controller Desc.	PCI 1000Base-SX (A4926A)
Number Networks	1
Number Network Controllers	2
Protocol Type	UDP

Switch Type HP Procurve Gigabit Switch 4108GL

Bridge Type N/A

Hub Type N/A

Other Network Hardware N/A

Disk Subsystem and Filesystems

Number Disk Controllers 3

Number of Disks 31

Number of Filesystems 10 (FS01-FS10)

File System Creation Ops See notes below

File System Config See notes below

Disk Controller Ultra2 Wide SCSI (builtin)

# of Controller Type 1

Number of Disks 1

Disk Type Seagate ST39204LC

File Systems on Disks OS, swap, dump

Special Config Notes N/A

Disk Controller PCI Fiber Channel A5158A

# of Controller Type 1

Number of Disks 15

Disk Type 18GB, 15000rpm ST318451FC

File Systems on Disks FS01,FS03,FS05,FS07,FS09

Special Config Notes See notes below ...

Disk Controller PCI Fiber Channel A5158A

# of Controller Type 1

Number of Disks 15

Disk Type 18GB, 15000rpm ST318451FC

File Systems on Disks FS02,FS04,FS06,FS08,FS10

Special Config Notes See notes below ...

Load Generator (LG) Configuration
Number of Load Generators	4
Number of Processes per LG	40
Biod Max Read Setting	2
Biod Max Write Setting	2

LG Type J6000

LG Model J6000

Number and Type Processors 2X PA-8600 @ 551Mhz

Memory Size 10GB

Operating System HP-UX 11.0

Compiler HP ANSI C

Compiler Options +O2 -Ae

Network Type PCI 1000Base-SX Adapter A4926A

Testbed Configuration

LG # LG Type Network Target File Systems Notes

1 J6000 1 /FS01../FS10 N/A

2 J6000 1 /FS01../FS10 N/A

3 J6000 1 /FS01../FS10 N/A

4 J6000 1 /FS01../FS10 N/A

Testbed Configuration
LG #	LG Type	Network	Target File Systems	Notes
1	J6000	1	/FS01../FS10	N/A
2	J6000	1	/FS01../FS10	N/A
3	J6000	1	/FS01../FS10	N/A
4	J6000	1	/FS01../FS10	N/A

Other Notes

NSTREVENT=1056,NSTRSCHED=16,STRMSGSZ=65535,bufcache_hash_locks=4096
dbc_max_pct=55,dbc_min_pct=45,default_disk_ir=1,dnlc_hash_locks=4096
ftable_hash_locks=4096,max_fcp_reqs=1024,max_thread_proc=4000
maxdsiz=0XC0000000,maxdsiz_64bit=0X400000000,maxfiles=2048
maxfiles_lim=2048,maxssiz=0X4FB3000,maxssiz_64bit=0X10000000
maxswapchunks=16384,maxtsiz=0X40000000,maxtsiz_64bit=0X100000000
maxuprc=2048,maxusers=512,maxvgs=50,ncallout=4096,ncsize=500000
nfile=16384,ninode=2000,nkthread=12000,nproc=4096,npty=200
nstrpty=200,nswapdev=25,scsi_max_qdepth=32,shmmax=0X40000000
swchunk=16384,vnode_hash_locks=4096,vps_ceiling=64,vx_fancyra_enable=1
vx_ninode=1500000
vxtunefs -o read_pref_io=$bs,read_nstream=10,read_unit_io=$bs,
write_pref_io=$bs,default_indir_size=$bs,write_unit_io=$bs,
default_indir_size=$bs write_nstream=20,max_diskq=104857600,
max_buf_data_size=8K /FS$i with bs=8192
One Disk array with 30 disks RAID 0/1 (hardware) with 10 filesystems.
Each filesystem is striped across 15 disks hardware
There are 2 FC controllers plugged into the Brocade FC switch
and 2 ports from the Brocade FC switch going to the disk arrays.
mkfs -F vxfs -o logsize=2048,bsize=8192,largefiles

First published at SPEC.org on 16-Oct-2001

LG Type	J6000
LG Model	J6000
Number and Type Processors	2X PA-8600 @ 551Mhz
Memory Size	10GB
Operating System	HP-UX 11.0
Compiler	HP ANSI C
Compiler Options	+O2 -Ae
Network Type	PCI 1000Base-SX Adapter A4926A