SPECsfs97_R1.v3 Result

Network Appliance, Inc. :	FAS940
SPECsfs97_R1.v3 =	17419 Ops/Sec (Overall Response Time = 0.99 msec)

Performance

Throughput (ops/sec)	Response (msec)
1711	0.5
3445	0.5
5165	0.6
6902	0.7
8623	0.9
10403	1.0
12151	1.2
13932	1.4
15703	1.8
17419	2.5

Configuration

Server Configuration and Availability
Vendor	Network Appliance, Inc.
Hardware Available	August 2002
Software Available	August 2002
Date Tested	September 2002
SFS License Number	33
Licensee Locations	Sunnyvale, CA

CPU, Memory and Power

Model Name FAS940

Processor 1.8-GHz Intel Xeon

# of Processors 1 core, 1 chip, 1 core/chip

Primary Cache 12 K uops I + 8 KB D

Secondary Cache 512 KB on-die

Other Cache N/A

UPS none

Other Hardware none

Memory Size 3072 MB

NVRAM Size 256 MB

NVRAM Type DIMM on PCI card

NVRAM Description minimum 7-day battery-backed shelf-life

Server Software

OS Name and Version Data ONTAP 6.3

Other Software none

File System WAFL

NFS version 3

Server Tuning

Buffer Cache Size default

# NFS Processes N/A

Fileset Size 164.4 GB

Network Subsystem
Network Type	Gigabit Ethernet
Network Controller Desc.	X1025D PCI adapter card
Number Networks	1 (N1)
Number Network Controllers	1
Protocol Type	TCP

Switch Type Extreme BlackDiamond 6808 (N1)

Bridge Type N/A

Hub Type N/A

Other Network Hardware N/A

Disk Subsystem and Filesystems

Number Disk Controllers 2

Number of Disks 58

Number of Filesystems 1

File System Creation Ops default

File System Config 7 RAID-groups of 8 disks each

Disk Controller X2050A FC-AL adapter card (256 KB RAM standard)

# of Controller Type 2

Number of Disks 29/29

Disk Type X235A 72GB FC-AL

File Systems on Disks F1/F1

Special Config Notes see notes

Load Generator (LG) Configuration
Number of Load Generators	20
Number of Processes per LG	2
Biod Max Read Setting	2
Biod Max Write Setting	2

LG Type LG1

LG Model Supermicro SuperServer 6010H

Number and Type Processors 2 x 1.0-GHz Pentium III

Memory Size 1024 MB

Operating System SunOS 5.8 Generic_108529-11 i86pc i386

Compiler cc, used SFS97_R1 Precompiled Binaries

Compiler Options N/A

Network Type Intel Pro/1000 T Server Adapter

Testbed Configuration

LG # LG Type Network Target File Systems Notes

1/2/../20 LG1 N1 F1 N/A

Testbed Configuration
LG #	LG Type	Network	Target File Systems	Notes
1/2/../20	LG1	N1	F1	N/A

Other Notes

NetApp's embedded operating system processes NFS requests from the network layer without any NFS daemons, and uses non-volatile memory to improve performance.
Each disk controller had two FC-AL loops, and all four loops were active.
Each disk was attached to two loops, one from each controller, so that, in the event of a controller- or loop-fault the disk could be controlled by the surviving controller.
The F1 filesystem was striped across both disk controllers.
The F1 filesystem was composed of seven RAID-4 groups; each RAID-group was composed of 7 data disks and 1 parity disk. Two spare disks were present.
Server tunings:
date 0801 -- set clock to 8:01am for reproducibility
options minra 1 -- to minimize file read-ahead
options no_atime_on 1 -- to disable access time update
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First published at SPEC.org on 01-Oct-2002

LG Type	LG1
LG Model	Supermicro SuperServer 6010H
Number and Type Processors	2 x 1.0-GHz Pentium III
Memory Size	1024 MB
Operating System	SunOS 5.8 Generic_108529-11 i86pc i386
Compiler	cc, used SFS97_R1 Precompiled Binaries
Compiler Options	N/A
Network Type	Intel Pro/1000 T Server Adapter