SPECstorage(TM) Solution 2020_ai_image Result Super Micro Computer : SYS-221H-TN24R Hyper Storage Sever SPECstorage Solution = 40 AI_Jobs (Overall Response Time = 0.57 msec) 2020_ai_image =============================================================================== Performance =========== Business Average Metric Latency AI_Jobs AI_Jobs (AI_Jobs) (msec) Ops/Sec MB/Sec ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ 4 0.5 1740 391 8 0.5 3480 782 12 0.6 5220 1174 16 0.5 6960 1566 20 0.6 8701 1956 24 0.6 10441 2347 28 0.6 12181 2739 32 0.6 13921 3130 36 0.6 15662 3520 40 0.6 17402 3912 =============================================================================== Product and Test Information ============================ +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | SYS-221H-TN24R Hyper Storage Sever | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ Tested by Super Micro Computer Hardware Available Jan 10 2023 Software Available Dec 2022 Date Tested Dec 2022 License Number 91 Licensee Locations San Jose, CA, USA The SYS-221H-TN24R is the new generation of 24x 2.5” hot-swap NVMe/SAS/SATA hybrid SuperServer that delivers a massive improvement in storage performance over systems based on NVMe, SATA, and SAS. The new servers are also more power efficient and flexible than the traditional systems. The new servers have hot-plug capability to provide more serviceability and availability. Solution Under Test Bill of Materials ===================================== Item No Qty Type Vendor Model/Name Description ---- ---- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------------------------------- 1 1 Storage Super SYS-221H-T The current SYS-221H-TN24R is - 2 Micro N24R Intel dual Sapphire Rapids Xeon Computer scalable 48 core processor, total 1 TiB memory, and dual socket MB - using NFSv4.2 protocol over a 100 GbE. SYS-221H-TN24R server provides IO/s from 2 file systems. The SYS-221H-TN24R server uses a dual socket processor and 14 NVMe SSD. SYS-221H-TN24R is running RHEL8.7 on 2 SATA SSD (RAID-1) using NFSv4.2 and 1 100GbE Ethernet networking. 2 1 100Gbps or Super SSE-C3632S The SSE-C3632S Layer 2/3 Ethernet 40Gbps Micro Switch is the latest entry from Computer Supermicro in the Open Networking arena. Open Networking provides customers with the ability to maximize the efficient and flexible use of valuable data center resources while providing an ideal platform for managing and maintaining those resources in a manner in tune with the needs of the organization. 3 8 Clients Super SYS-621BT- A single 2U SYS-621BT-HNC8R is Micro HNC8R supporting 4 nodes. In each node, Computer there are 2 Intel dual Sapphire Rapids Xeon scalable 28 core processors, total 256GB 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 9 100GbE HBA Super AOC-S100GC The Supermicro AOC-S100GC-i2C is a Card Micro -i2C high-performance leading-edge Computer 100Gb/s Ethernet adapter featuring Intel® E810-CAM2 with PCI-E Gen 4 support with backward compatibility to PCI-E Gen 3. 5 14 SSD Samsung MZWLO15THB PCIe Gen5 NVMe installed in storage LA node (SYS-221H-TN24R). 6 1 Gigabit TP-Link TL-SG1016D 16 port Gigabit Switch for Switch management connectivity. 7 2 SSD Micron MTFDDAK1T9 SATA SSD installed in storage node TDD (SYS-221H-TN24R) for OS. 8 32 DDR5 Samsung M321R4GA3D 32GB memory module is populated in B0 storage node (SYS-221H-TN24R). Configuration Diagrams ====================== 1) storage2020-20221212-00045.config1.png (see SPECstorage Solution 2020 results webpage) Component Software ================== Item Name and No Component Type Version Description ---- ------------ ------------ ------------ ----------------------------------- 1 Prime Client Linux RHEL8.7 Operating System (OS) for 1 load generator (one of the client nodes - Prime) in SYS-621BT-HNC8R 2 Storage Node Storage OS RHEL8.7 Storage Operating System (SYS-221H-TN24R) 3 Clients Client OS RHEL8.7 Operating System (OS) for 8 clients in 2x SYS-621BT-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 100Gb Internal switch port speed with default setting Hardware Configuration and Tuning Notes --------------------------------------- Supermicro SYS-221H-TN24R (AOC-S100GC-i2C) 100Gb ethernet ports are setup to default MTU frames. SYS-621BT-HNC8R (AOC-S100GC-i2C) clients is 100Gb ethernet ports are setup to default MTU frames. Software Configuration and Tuning - Physical ============================================ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Clients | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Parameter Name Value Description --------------- --------------- ---------------------------------------- MTU 1500 Default MTU frames setup Vers 4.2 NFS protocol version 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 14 consists of 6 drives and 1 spare with hot-spare Storage drive. Total 14 drives 2 1x RAID-1 volumes and OS is installed RAID-1 volume Stable 2 on it Storage Number of Filesystems 2 Total Capacity 83.82TiB Filesystem Type xfs Filesystem Creation Notes ------------------------- Filesystem is created with full capacity and default(no) options. Storage and Filesystem Notes ---------------------------- First filesystem on nfs server is mounted on first 4 clients (cn0~cn3) and second filesystem on nfs server is mounted on last 4 clients (cn4~cn7) over nfs. Transport Configuration - Physical ================================== Item Number of No Transport Type Ports Used Notes ---- --------------- ---------- ----------------------------------------------- 1 100GbE network 1 Storage server connects to the 100Gb link. 2 100GbE network 8 Each clients server connects to the 100Gb link Transport Configuration Notes ----------------------------- Configured 32 ports to 100Gb. Only 9x 100Gb ports were used. Switches - Physical =================== Total Used Item Port Port No Switch Name Switch Type Count Count Notes ---- -------------------- --------------- ------ ----- ------------------------ 1 SSE-C3632S 100GbE and 32 9 32x 100GbE ports are 40GbE available. 9x 100GbE ports are used. Supermicro SSE-C3632S 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 8468V @ 2.40GHz, Node hyperthreading enabled 2 16 CPU File System Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum Each system is dual Client Node 8450H @ 2.00GHz, socket and 8 hyperthreading enabled clients in 2x SYS-621BT-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 in 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 64 V 2048 node Grand Total Memory Gibibytes 3072 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-221H-TN24R storage node is the new generation of all-flash SuperServer that delivers 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 100Gbit. No special tuning parameters are used in the connections. The file system is created and shared over NFSv4.2. Please refer to the diagram. Other Notes =========== The Spectre or Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754, CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715) fix were applied to CPU and OS by vendors. Other Report Notes ================== None. =============================================================================== Generated on Wed Jan 4 21:35:00 2023 by SpecReport Copyright (C) 2016-2023 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation