SPECstorage(TM) Solution 2020_eda_blended Result Super Micro Computer : SYS-220U-TNR with 22 NVMe Storage Node SPECstorage Solution = 240 Job_Sets (Overall Response Time = 0.28 msec) 2020_eda_blended =============================================================================== Performance =========== Business Average Metric Latency Job_Sets Job_Sets (Job_Sets) (msec) Ops/Sec MB/Sec ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ 20 0.1 9000 145 40 0.1 18000 290 60 0.2 27001 435 80 0.2 36001 580 100 0.2 45002 726 120 0.2 54003 871 140 0.3 63003 1016 160 0.3 72003 1161 180 0.4 81004 1306 200 0.4 90005 1452 220 0.4 99005 1597 240 0.6 108006 1742 =============================================================================== Product and Test Information ============================ +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | SYS-220U-TNR with 22 NVMe Storage Node | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ Tested by Super Micro Computer Hardware Available Apr 6 2021 Software Available Mar 2021 Date Tested Mar 2021 License Number 91 Licensee Locations San Jose, CA, USA The SYS-220U-TNR is the new generation of all-flash SuperServer deliver a massive improvement in storage performance over systems based on traditional hard disk drives (HDD) and solid state drives (SSD) using legacy storage interfaces including SAS3 and SATA3. The new servers are also more power efficient than the traditional systems and have hot-plug capability for improved serviceability and availability. Solution Under Test Bill of Materials ===================================== Item No Qty Type Vendor Model/Name Description ---- ---- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------------------------------- 1 1 Storage Super SYS-220U-T The current SYS-220U-TNR is - 2 Micro NR Intel Xeon 40 core processor, total Computer 1 TiB memory, and dual socket MB - using NFSv4 protocol over a 100 GbE. SYS-220U-TNR server provides IO/s from 2 file systems. The SYS-220U-TNR server uses a dual socket processor, full 22 PCIe Gen4 SSD. SYS-220U-TNR is running RHEL8.3 on SATA SSD using NFSv4 and 1 100GbE Ethernet networking. 2 1 100Gbit, NVIDIA MSN2410-CB The NVIDIA(Mellanox) Networking 10Gbit or (Mellanox) 2R SN2410 provides the most 25Gbit predictable, highest performance 100GbE ToR switching platform for the growing demands of today’s data centers. The SN2410 switch is an ideal top-of-rack (ToR) solution, allowing maximum flexibility, with port speeds spanning from 10Gb/s to 100Gb/s per port. Its optimized port configuration enables high- speed rack connectivity to any server at 10GbE or 25GbE speeds. 3 8 Clients Super SYS-620BT- A single 2U SYS-620BT-HNC8R is Micro HNC8R supporting 4 nodes. In each node, Computer there are 2 Intel Xeon 36 core processors, total 64GB memory, and dual socket MB. The Supermicro® Super I/O Module (SIOM) delivers up to 50% of I/O cost savings and freedom to select networking options from 1Gb/s to100Gb/s through a Supermicro optimized form factor that is easy to scale, service and manage across a broad range of Supermicro server and storage systems. The SIOM also enables a higher degree of system integration and increased capacity by saving PCI-E slots that are traditionally reserved for add on cards. With SIOM you choose your onboard I/O. 4 1 100GbE HBA Super AOC-S100G- The Supermicro AOC-S100G-m2C Card Micro m2C provides exceptionally high Computer performance at 100Gb/s Ethernet connectivity. Utilizing the Mellanox ConnectX®-4 EN chipset with features that such as VXLAN and NVGRE, this card offers network flexibility, high bandwidth with specific hardware offload for I/O virtualization, and efficiently optimizes bandwidth demand from virtualized infrastructure in the data center or cloud deployments. The AOC-S100G-m2C supports the RoCE specification with CPU offload, delivering low-latency and high- efficiency over Ethernet networks. Supermicro® Asset Management and thermal detection provide an extra layer of controller health management and peace of mind. The Supermicro AOC-S100G-m2C is the building block of choice for the next generation of high speed Ethernet data center networks. 5 8 10GbE HBA Super AOC- The AOC-ATG-i2T2SM is one of the Card Micro ATG-I2T2SM most flexible and scalable 4-port Computer 10Gb network solutions in the market. Based on the Intel® X710-TM4 controller, it is designed to support a mixed network interface 2x RJ45 and 2x SFP+ connectors, with performance- enhancing features and power management technologies. 6 22 SSD SKHynix 7.68TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe installed in storage NVMe SSD H node (SYS-220U-TNR). FS7T6GETFE I 7 1 Gigabit TP-Link TL-SG1016D 16 port Gigabit Switch for Switch management connectivity. 8 2 SSD Micron C400 MTFDD SATA SSD installed in storage node AC128MAM (SYS-220U-TNR) for OS. Configuration Diagrams ====================== 1) storage2020-20210403-00019.config1.pdf (see SPECstorage Solution 2020 results webpage) Component Software ================== Item Name and No Component Type Version Description ---- ------------ ------------ ------------ ----------------------------------- 1 Prime Client Linux RHEL8.3 Operating System (OS) for 1 load generator (one of the client nodes - Prime) in SYS-620BT-HNC8R 2 Storage Node Storage OS RHEL8.3 Storage Operating System (SYS-220U-TNR) 3 Clients Client OS RHEL8.3 Operating System (OS) for 8 clients in 2x SYS-620BT-HNC8R Hardware Configuration and Tuning - Physical ============================================ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Storage Node | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Parameter Name Value Description --------------- --------------- ---------------------------------------- Port speed 100Gb Internal switch port speed with default setting +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Clients | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Parameter Name Value Description --------------- --------------- ---------------------------------------- Port speed 10Gb Internal switch port speed with default setting Hardware Configuration and Tuning Notes --------------------------------------- Supermicro SYS-220U-TNR (AOC-S100G-m2C) 100Gb ethernet ports are setup to default MTU frames. SYS-620BT-HNC8R (AOC-ATG-I2T2S) clients is 10Gb ethernet ports are setup to default MTU frames. Software Configuration and Tuning - Physical ============================================ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Clients | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Parameter Name Value Description --------------- --------------- ---------------------------------------- MTU 1500 Default MTU frames setup Software Configuration and Tuning Notes --------------------------------------- None Service SLA Notes ----------------- None. Storage and Filesystems ======================= Item Stable No Description Data Protection Storage Qty ---- ------------------------------------- ------------------ -------- ----- 1 2x RAID-10 volumes and each volume RAID-10 volume Stable 22 consists of 10 drives and 1 spare with hot-spare Storage drive. Total 22 drives 2 1x RAID-1 volumes and OS is installed RAID-1 volume Stable 2 on it Storage Number of Filesystems 2 Total Capacity 35TiB Filesystem Type xfs Filesystem Creation Notes ------------------------- filesystem is created with default options. Storage and Filesystem Notes ---------------------------- None. Transport Configuration - Physical ================================== Item Number of No Transport Type Ports Used Notes ---- --------------- ---------- ----------------------------------------------- 1 100GbE network 1 Storage server connects to the 100Gb link. 2 10GbE network 8 Each clients server connects to the 10Gb link Transport Configuration Notes ----------------------------- Configured first 8 ports to 10Gb and last 2 ports to 100Gb. Only one of the 2x 100Gb ports were used. Switches - Physical =================== Total Used Item Port Port No Switch Name Switch Type Count Count Notes ---- -------------------- --------------- ------ ----- ------------------------ 1 MSN2410-CB2R 100GbE and 56 9 8x 100GbE and 48x 10GbE 10GbE ports are available. 1x 100GbE and 8x 10GbE ports are used. NVIDIA (Mellanox) SN2410 optimized port configuration enables high-speed rack connectivity to any server Processing Elements - Physical ============================== Item No Qty Type Location Description Processing Function ---- ---- -------- -------------- ------------------------- ------------------- 1 2 CPU File System Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum File System Storage Storage Node 8380 CPU @ 2.30GHz, Node hyperthreading enabled 2 16 CPU File System Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum Each system is dual Client Node 8360Y CPU @ 2.40GHz, socket and 8 hyperthreading enabled clients in 2x SYS-620BT-HNC8R. Processing Element Notes ------------------------ Each node in the system (Client and Storage node) has two physical processors each. Each processor has multiple cores as mentioned int the table above. Memory - Physical ================= Size in Number of Description GiB Instances Nonvolatile Total GiB ------------------------- ---------- ---------- ------------ ------------ System memory in storage 32 32 V 1024 node System memory in client 32 16 V 512 node Grand Total Memory Gibibytes 1536 Memory Notes ------------ None. Stable Storage ============== The storage node does not use write cache to store data so writes are committed to disk immediately. All data is protected in the file system by a RAID-10 volume and spare storage configuration including metadata. The entire SUT is protected with redundant power supplies, both storage node and clients. Storage node have two SATA device for OS redundancy. Solution Under Test Configuration Notes ======================================= The solution is a configuration by Supermicro with managing metadata for the file system. SYS-220U-TNR storage node is the new generation of all-flash SuperServer deliver a massive improvement in storage performance. Other Solution Notes ==================== None. Dataflow ======== The storage node is connected to 100Gbit ethernet switch and 8 clients are connected to 100Gbit Switch via 10Gbit. No special tuning parameters are used in the connections. The file system is created and shared from nfs server to clients. Please refer to the diagram. Other Notes =========== None. Other Report Notes ================== None. =============================================================================== Generated on Fri Apr 9 10:02:54 2021 by SpecReport Copyright (C) 2016-2021 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation