SPECsfs97_R1.v3 Result

Montilio Inc. :	Penguin Computing Relion 2600 with RapidFile FCX2400
SPECsfs97_R1.v3 =	70318 Ops/Sec (Overall Response Time = 1.39 msec)

Performance

Throughput (ops/sec)	Response (msec)
7251	0.8
14570	0.9
21916	1.0
29219	1.2
36560	1.3
43957	1.5
51298	1.8
58687	2.0
66128	2.4
70318	3.0

Configuration

Server Configuration and Availability
Vendor	Montilio Inc.
Hardware Available	November 2006
Software Available	November 2006
Date Tested	November 2006
SFS License Number	2762
Licensee Locations	USA

CPU, Memory and Power

Model Name Penguin Computing Relion 2600 with RapidFile FCX2400

Processor Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5140 @ 2.33GHz

# of Processors 4 cores, 2 chips, 2 cores/chip

Primary Cache 32 KB(I) +32 KB(D) on chip (per core)

Secondary Cache 4096KB(I+D) on chip (per chip)

Other Cache 1 GB on RapidFile FCX2400

UPS N/A

Other Hardware N/A

Memory Size 16 GB

NVRAM Size N/A

NVRAM Type N/A

NVRAM Description N/A

Server Software

OS Name and Version RedHat RHEL4, x86_64, update 3

Other Software RapidFile NFS server

File System Ext2 (F1-F192), Ext3 (os)

NFS version 3

Server Tuning

Buffer Cache Size Dynamic

# NFS Processes 240

Fileset Size 696.3 GB

Network Subsystem
Network Type	RapidFile FCX2400
Network Controller Desc.	RapidFile FCX2400 with 2 ports 1Gbps each
Number Networks	2 (N1-N2)
Number Network Controllers	1
Protocol Type	TCP

Switch Type 2 NetGear 16 port Model GS516T

Bridge Type N/A

Hub Type N/A

Other Network Hardware Bay Networks 24 port Model BayStack 450-24T switch (used for management)

Disk Subsystem and Filesystems

Number Disk Controllers 2

Number of Disks 193

Number of Filesystems 193 (F1-F192, os)

File System Creation Ops default

File System Config default

Disk Controller Intel Corporation Enterprise Southbridge SATA RAID (rev 09)

# of Controller Type 1

Number of Disks 1

Disk Type Barracuda 7200.9, 160 GB, 7200 rpm, SATA

File Systems on Disks os, pagefile

Special Config Notes N/A

Disk Controller RapidFile FCX2400

# of Controller Type 1 controller with 2 FC ports 2Gbps each

Number of Disks 192

Disk Type Seagate Cheetah 18 GB 15K RPM

File Systems on Disks F1-F192 (Alternating accross each port)

Special Config Notes Odd numbered file systems are connected through port A and Even numbered are connected through port B

Load Generator (LG) Configuration
Number of Load Generators	8
Number of Processes per LG	24
Biod Max Read Setting	2
Biod Max Write Setting	2

LG Type LG1

LG Model IntelEntry Server Platform SR1325TP1-E

Number and Type Processors Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.40GHz

Memory Size 512 MB

Operating System Fedora Core release 4 (Stentz)

Compiler gcc (GCC) 4.0.0 20050519 (Red Hat 4.0.0-8)

Compiler Options Default

Network Type Intel Pro 100, Intel 82547GI Gigabit Ethernet Controller

Testbed Configuration

LG # LG Type Network Target File Systems Notes

1 LG1 N1 F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F7, F8, F9, F10, F11, F12, F13, F14, F15, F16, F17, F18, F19, F20, F21, F22, F23, F24 N/A

2 LG1 N2 F25, F26, F27, F28, F29, F30, F31, F32, F33, F34, F35, F36, F37, F38, F39, F40, F41, F42, F43, F44, F45, F46, F47, F48 N/A

3 LG1 N1 F49, F50, F51, F52, F53, F54, F55, F56, F57, F58, F59, F60, F61, F62, F63, F64, F65, F66, F67, F68, F69, F70, F71, F72 N/A

4 LG1 N2 F73, F74, F75, F76, F77, F78, F79, F80, F81, F82, F83, F84, F85, F86, F87, F88, F89, F90, F91, F92, F93, F94, F95, F96 N/A

5 LG1 N1 F97, F98, F99, F100, F101, F102, F103, F104, F105, F106, F107, F108, F109, F110, F111, F112, F113, F114, F115, F116, F117, F118, F119, F120 N/A

6 LG1 N2 F121, F122, F123, F124, F125, F126, F127, F128, F129, F130, F131, F132, F133, F134, F135, F136, F137, F138, F139, F140, F141, F142, F143, F144 N/A

7 LG1 N1 F145, F146, F147, F148, F149, F150, F151, F152, F153, F154, F155, F156, F157, F158, F159, F160, F161, F162, F163, F164, F165, F166, F167, F168 N/A

8 LG1 N2 F169, F170, F171, F172, F173, F174, F175, F176, F177, F178, F179, F180, F181, F182, F183, F184, F185, F186, F187, F188, F189, F190, F191, F192 N/A

Testbed Configuration
LG #	LG Type	Network	Target File Systems	Notes
1	LG1	N1	F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F7, F8, F9, F10, F11, F12, F13, F14, F15, F16, F17, F18, F19, F20, F21, F22, F23, F24	N/A
2	LG1	N2	F25, F26, F27, F28, F29, F30, F31, F32, F33, F34, F35, F36, F37, F38, F39, F40, F41, F42, F43, F44, F45, F46, F47, F48	N/A
3	LG1	N1	F49, F50, F51, F52, F53, F54, F55, F56, F57, F58, F59, F60, F61, F62, F63, F64, F65, F66, F67, F68, F69, F70, F71, F72	N/A
4	LG1	N2	F73, F74, F75, F76, F77, F78, F79, F80, F81, F82, F83, F84, F85, F86, F87, F88, F89, F90, F91, F92, F93, F94, F95, F96	N/A
5	LG1	N1	F97, F98, F99, F100, F101, F102, F103, F104, F105, F106, F107, F108, F109, F110, F111, F112, F113, F114, F115, F116, F117, F118, F119, F120	N/A
6	LG1	N2	F121, F122, F123, F124, F125, F126, F127, F128, F129, F130, F131, F132, F133, F134, F135, F136, F137, F138, F139, F140, F141, F142, F143, F144	N/A
7	LG1	N1	F145, F146, F147, F148, F149, F150, F151, F152, F153, F154, F155, F156, F157, F158, F159, F160, F161, F162, F163, F164, F165, F166, F167, F168	N/A
8	LG1	N2	F169, F170, F171, F172, F173, F174, F175, F176, F177, F178, F179, F180, F181, F182, F183, F184, F185, F186, F187, F188, F189, F190, F191, F192	N/A

Other Notes

The server has a single RapidFile FCX2400 card, hosting dual 2 Gb/sec FC ports, dual 1 Gb/sec Ethernet
ports, and 1GB onboard cache.
Cache on RapidFile is unstable, and is used as read/write data cache.
Complying with NFSv3 standard, RapidFile NFS server software will reply with UNSTABLE to a WRITE procedure,
and will delay reply to a COMMIT procedure, until the data was successfully written to the disk array
Both FC ports on the server and a port from each JBOD are attached to the FC switch.
There are 8 load generators with 24 PROCS each.
4 Ethernet ports from LGs 1,3,5,7 and first Ethernet port from server are connected to one Ethernet switch.
4 Ethernet ports from LGs 2,4,6,8 and second Ethernet port from server are connected to second Ethernet switch.
Each LG mounts 24 FS's.
Jumbo frames were not used.
Disks are mounted using '-noatime' option and exported with 'rw,sync,insecure,no_wdelay' options.
Storage array notes:
12 Xyratex RS-1600/2-FC JBODS of 16 disks each connected through an EMC DS-24M2 Fiber Channel 24 port switch
Switch is configured to have 2 zones, 6 JBODs and a server port connected to each zone.
All FC connections are 2Gbps.
There was 1 file system per disk.
Each file system was formatted as EXT2 with the default 4K allocation size.

First published at SPEC.org on 21-Nov-2006

LG Type	LG1
LG Model	IntelEntry Server Platform SR1325TP1-E
Number and Type Processors	Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.40GHz
Memory Size	512 MB
Operating System	Fedora Core release 4 (Stentz)
Compiler	gcc (GCC) 4.0.0 20050519 (Red Hat 4.0.0-8)
Compiler Options	Default
Network Type	Intel Pro 100, Intel 82547GI Gigabit Ethernet Controller