SPECsfs2008_nfs.v3 Result

NetApp, Inc. : FAS3250
SPECsfs2008_nfs.v3 = 100922 Ops/Sec (Overall Response Time = 1.76 msec)


Performance

Throughput
(ops/sec)
Response
(msec)
10113 0.6
20225 0.8
30344 1.0
40474 1.2
50672 1.5
60811 1.7
71037 2.1
81170 2.5
91316 3.5
100922 5.6
Performance Graph


Product and Test Information

Tested By NetApp, Inc.
Product Name FAS3250
Hardware Available Nov 2012
Software Available Nov 2012
Date Tested Oct 2012
SFS License Number 33
Licensee Locations Sunnyvale, CA USA

The NetApp(R) FAS3250 is the highest performing platform in the new FAS3200 family with enhanced scalability and flexibility option with NetApp's unified storage architecture. The FAS3200 series performance is driven by a 64-bit architecture that uses high throughput, low latency links and PCI Express for all internal and external data transfers. With the FAS3200 series and Data ONTAP 8.1.2 you can efficiently consolidate SAN, NAS, primary, and secondary storage on a single platform. Data ONTAP 8.1.2 is designed to provide customers with the next generation of features and functionality to ensure they are able to meet the demands of growing workloads. NetApp has designed systems to make them easy for you to install, configure, manage, and upgrade so you can quickly adapt your storage infrastructure to meet your changing business needs. You can minimize the use of data center resources including power, cooling, and floor space-by taking advantage of a comprehensive set of storage-saving software features in Data ONTAP like Deduplication and Thin Provisioning (FlexVols).

Configuration Bill of Materials

Item No Qty Type Vendor Model/Name Description
1 2 Storage Controller NetApp FAS3250 FAS3250 with IO Expansion Module
2 6 4-port SAS IO card NetApp SAS Adapter X2065A-R6 4-port SAS IO Card
3 14 Disk Shelves with SAS Disk Drives NetApp DS4243-1511-24S-QS-R5 DS4243 disk shelf with 24x450GB, 15K, SAS HDD
4 2 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter NetApp X1117A-R6 Dual 10G Ethernet Controller
5 1 Software License NetApp SW-3250-NFS NFS Software license SW-3250-NFS

Server Software

OS Name and Version Data ONTAP 8.1.2
Other Software None
Filesystem Software Data ONTAP 8.1.2

Server Tuning

Name Value Description
vol options <vol_name> no_atime_update on Disable access time updates (applied to all volumes)

Server Tuning Notes

N/A

Disks and Filesystems

Description Number of Disks Usable Size
450GB SAS 15K RPM Disk Drives 336 117.2 TB
Total 336 117.2 TB
Number of Filesystems 4
Total Exported Capacity 104 TB
Filesystem Type WAFL
Filesystem Creation Options The file-systems were created using default values and were then exported to be mounted by clients.
Filesystem Config 14 RAID-DP (Double Parity) groups of 23 disks each were created across all the disks.
Fileset Size 11836.9 GB

The storage configuration consisted of 2 storage controllers connected in an active-active configuration. Each controller was connected to its own and partner's disks in a multi-path HA configuration. Each storage controller was the primary owner of 168 disks or 7 shelves (24 disks per shelf). A single disk pool or "aggregate" was created on each node which comprised of 7 RAID-DP raid groups, each composed of 21 data disks and 2 parity disks which held the data for the file-system. On each controller, a separate aggregate consisting of 3 disks in a single RAID-DP group was created to hold the Data ONTAP operating system files. Each node was allocated 4 spare disks. Two flexible volumes were then created on the data aggregate of each node for a total of 4 volumes. The flexible volumes are presented to clients as mount-points and files written to flexible volumes are striped across all the disks in the data aggregate. Each controller was the primary owner of 2 volumes in the data aggregate on that controller and in the event of a controller failure the partner controller would take over ownership and manage the volumes.

Network Configuration

Item No Network Type Number of Ports Used Notes
1 Jumbo frame 10 Gigabit Ethernet 2 Dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet

Network Configuration Notes

A single port from the dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet network adapter was configured on each storage controller to serve as the data port serving data. The active interfaces were configured to use jumbo frames and were connected to a Cisco Nexus 5548 switch providing connectivity to clients.

Benchmark Network

Each load generator was connected to Cisco Nexus 5548 switch via a single 10GbE port. Jumbo frames was set for all connection to the switch.

Processing Elements

Item No Qty Type Description Processing Function
1 4 CPU 2.33GHz Intel Xeon(tm) Processor L5410 Networking, NFS protocol, WAFL filesystem, RAID/Storage drivers

Processing Element Notes

Each storage controller has two physical processors and each physical processor is made up of four cores.

Memory

Description Size in GB Number of Instances Total GB Nonvolatile
Storage Controller Main Memory 18 2 36 V
Non-Volatile memory NVMEM 2 2 4 NV
Grand Total Memory Gigabytes     40  

Memory Notes

Each storage controller has main memory that is used for the operating system and caching filesystem data. A separate, integrated battery-backed RAM module is used to provide stable storage for writes that may not have been written to disk.

Stable Storage

The WAFL filesystem logs writes and other filesystem data modifying transactions to the NVMEM memory. In an active-active configuration, as in the system under test, such transactions are also logged to the NVMEM on the partner storage controller so that, in the event of a storage controller failure, any transactions on the failed controller can be completed by the partner controller. Filesystem modifying CIFS/NFS operations are not acknowledged until after the storage system has confirmed that the related data are stored in NVMEM memory of both storage controllers (when both controllers are active). The battery-backed NVMEM ensures that any uncommitted transactions are preserved for at least 72 hours.

System Under Test Configuration Notes

The system under test consisted of 2 FAS3250 storage controllers and 14 storage shelves, each with 24 450GB SAS disk drives. The controllers were running Data ONTAP 8.1.2 software operating in 7-mode. The 2 storage controllers were configured in an active-active configuration and connected to their respective disk shelves in a multi-path high-availability (MPHA) configuration. The 14 disk shelves were connected to the storage controllers as 4 stacks of 2 shelves and 2 stacks of 3 shelves using 6 4-port SAS cards across both controllers. The failover was provided by the cluster failover software option provided over built-in 10GbE cluster interconnect. A 10GbE port from a dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter in an expansion slot on each controller was connected to a Cisco Nexus 5548 switch providing access to clients. The ports had jumbo frames enabled.

Other System Notes

All standard data protection features, including background RAID and media error scrubbing, software validated RAID checksum, and double disk failure protection via double parity RAID (RAID-DP) were enabled during the test.

Test Environment Bill of Materials

Item No Qty Vendor Model/Name Description
1 3 Fujitsu Fujitsu Primergy RX300 S6 Fujitsu RX300-S6 rack servers with 48GB memory running RHEL 5.6
2 1 Cisco Nexus 5548 Cisco Nexus 5548UP Switch

Load Generators

LG Type Name LG1
BOM Item # 1
Processor Name Intel Xeon E5645
Processor Speed 2.40GHz
Number of Processors (chips) 2
Number of Cores/Chip 6
Memory Size 48 GB
Operating System RHEL5.6 Kernel 2.6.18-238.44.1.e15
Network Type 10 Gigabit Ethernet

Load Generator (LG) Configuration

Benchmark Parameters

Network Attached Storage Type NFS V3
Number of Load Generators 3
Number of Processes per LG 176
Biod Max Read Setting 2
Biod Max Write Setting 2
Block Size AUTO

Testbed Configuration

LG No LG Type Network Target Filesystems Notes
1..3 LG1 1 /vol/datavol1 /vol/datavol2 /vol/datavol3 /vol/datavol4 See UAR Notes

Load Generator Configuration Notes

All clients accessed all file-systems from all the available network interfaces.

Uniform Access Rule Compliance

Each load-generating client hosted 172 processes, accessing each filesystem from all the network interfaces and network paths to storage controllers. The flexible volumes were striped evenly across all the disks in the aggregate using all the SAS adapters connected to storage backend.

Other Notes

NetApp is a registered trademark and "Data ONTAP", "FlexVol", and "WAFL" are trademarks of NetApp, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners and should be treated as such.

Config Diagrams


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