SPECsfs2008_nfs.v3 Result

Avere Systems, Inc. : FXT 3800 (3 Node Cluster, Amplidata AmpliStor Cloud Storage Config)
SPECsfs2008_nfs.v3 = 180229 Ops/Sec (Overall Response Time = 0.95 msec)


Performance

Throughput
(ops/sec)
Response
(msec)
17807 0.3
35659 0.4
53529 0.5
71387 0.6
89262 0.8
107172 0.9
125280 1.1
143069 1.4
160721 1.9
180229 3.0
Performance Graph


Product and Test Information

Tested By Avere Systems, Inc.
Product Name FXT 3800 (3 Node Cluster, Amplidata AmpliStor Cloud Storage Config)
Hardware Available July 2013
Software Available May 2014
Date Tested February 26 2014
SFS License Number 9020
Licensee Locations Pittsburgh, PA
USA

The Avere Systems FXT 3800 Edge filer running AvereOS V4.0 with FlashCloud™ provides Cloud NAS storage that enables performance scalability at the edge while leveraging object-based Cloud storage capacity at the core. The Amplidata AmpliStor object-based software defined storage platform delivers very high data durability, scalability from petabytes to exabytes, and much higher efficiency than replication. The AvereOS Hybrid NAS software dynamically organizes hot data into RAM, SSD and SAS tiers, retaining active data on the FXT Edge filer, and placing inactive data on the object-based Cloud Core filer. The FXT Edge filer managed by AvereOS software provides a global namespace, clusters to scale to as many as 50 nodes, supports millions of I/O operations per second, and delivers over 100 GB/s of I/O bandwidth. The FXT 3800 is built on a 64-bit architecture that provides sub-millisecond responses to NFSv3 and CIFS client requests consisting of read, write, and directory/metadata update operations. The AvereOS FlashCloud functionality enables the Avere Edge filer to immediately acknowledge all filesystem requests, and flush inactive directory data and user data to the object-based Cloud Core filer. The tested Edge filer configuration consisted of (3) FXT 3800 nodes backed by object-based Cloud Core filer storage. The object-based Cloud Core filer storage config, an Amplidata AmpliStor system, consisted of (3) AC4 Controller Nodes and (8) AS36 Storage Nodes.

Configuration Bill of Materials

Item No Qty Type Vendor Model/Name Description
1 3 Storage Appliance Avere Systems, Inc. FXT 3800 Avere Systems Cloud NAS Edge filer running AvereOS V3.2 software. Includes (13) 600 GB SAS Disks and (2) 400GB SSD Drives.
2 3 AmpliStor Controller Node Amplidata, Inc. AC4 AmpliStor controller node serves http/REST and hosts the BitSpread distributed encoder.
3 8 AmpliStor Storage Node Amplidata, Inc. AS36 AmpliStor storage node provides 36TB raw capacity as the storage component of the AmpliStor Optimized Object Storage (OOS) system. Includes (12) 3TB SATA Disks.

Server Software

OS Name and Version AvereOS V3.2
Other Software Object-based Cloud Core filer is running AmpliStor V3.4
Filesystem Software AvereOS V3.2

Server Tuning

Name Value Description
Writeback Time 12 hours Files may be modified up to 12 hours before being written back to the object-based Cloud Core filer.
buf.autoTune 0 Statically size FXT memory caches.
buf.InitialBalance.smallFilePercent 57 Tune smallFile buffer to use 57 percent of memory pages.
buf.InitialBalance.largeFilePercent 10 Tune largeFile buffers to use 10 percent of memory pages.
cfs.randomWindowSize 32 Increase the size of random IOs from disk.
cluster.dirMgrConnMult 12 Multiplex directory manager network connections.
dirmgrSettings.unflushedFDLRThresholdToStartFlushing 40000000 Increase the directory log size.
dirmgrSettings.maxNumFdlrsPerNode 120000000 Increase the directory log size.
dirmgrSettings.maxNumFdlrsPerLog 1500000 Increase the directory log size.
dirmgrSettings.balanceAlgorithm 1 Balance directory manager objects across the cluster.
tokenmgrs.geoXYZ.fcrTokenSupported no Disable the use of full control read tokens.
tokenmgrs.geoXYZ.trackContentionOn no Disable token contention detection.
tokenmgrs.geoXYZ.lruTokenThreshold 15400000 Set a threshold for token recycling.
tokenmgrs.geoXYZ.maxTokenThreshold 15500000 Set maximum token count.
vcm.readdir_readahead_mask 0x3000 Optimize readdir performance.
vcm.disableAgressiveFhpRecycle 1 Disable optimistic filehandle recycling.
vcm.readdirInvokesReaddirplus 0 Disable optimistic trigger of client readdir calls to readdirplus fetches.
initcfg:cfs.num_inodes 28000000 Increase in-memory inode structures.
initcfg:vcm.fh_cache_entries 16000000 Increase in-memory filehandle cache structures.
initcfg:vcm.name_cache_entries 18000000 Increase in-memory name cache structures.

Server Tuning Notes

None

Disks and Filesystems

Description Number of Disks Usable Size
Each FXT 3800 node contains (13) 600 GB 10K RPM SAS disks. All FXT data resides on these disks. 39 21.3 TB
Each FXT 3800 node contains (2) 400 GB eMLC SSD disks. All FXT data resides on these disks. 6 2.2 TB
Each FXT 3800 node contains (1) 250 GB SATA disk. System disk. 3 698.9 GB
The 8-node AmpliStor AS36 storage system contains (96) 3 TB Variable RPM (WD Green) SATA disks. 96 259.9 TB
The 3-node AmpliStor AC4 controller system contains (6) 1TB mirrored system disks. 6 2.9 TB
Total 150 286.9 TB
Number of Filesystems 1
Total Exported Capacity 186310 GiB (Object-based Cloud Core filer storage system capacity)
Filesystem Type FlashCloud Filesystem
Filesystem Creation Options AvereAPI command:
corefiler.createCloudFiler('Amplidata',{'cloudType': 'amplidata', 'bucket': 'behn-cloudboi', 'serverName': amplidata-ac4.cc.avere.net', 'cloudCredential':ampliCred', 'cryptoMode': 'CBC-AES-256-HMAC-SHA-512'})
The Amplistor system was restored to factory defaults, a new storage pool configured, and a new object container configured for use by the FlashCloud Core Filer.
Filesystem Config Filesystem is configured to encrypt objects as they are written out to the object-based Cloud Core filer.
Amplidata storage is configured with a 20/4 BitSpread durability policy yielding 181.9 TiB usable capacity.
Fileset Size 20862.2 GB

Network Configuration

Item No Network Type Number of Ports Used Notes
1 10 Gigabit Ethernet 3 One 10 Gigabit Ethernet port used for each FXT 3800 Edge filer.
2 10 Gigabit Ethernet 3 The Amplidata AC4 systems each have a 10 Gigabit Ethernet port.
3 1 Gigabit Ethernet 8 The Amplidata AS36 systems each have a 1 Gigabit Ethernet port.

Network Configuration Notes

Each FXT 3800 was attached via a single 10 GbE port to one Gnodal GS7200 72 port 10 GbE switch. The load generator client was attached to the same switch via 10 GbE interface. The Amplidata AmpliStor object-based storage system was connected to both 10 GbE and 1 GbE switches. The AC4 Controller nodes were attached to the network via 10 Gigabit Ethernet. The AS36 Storage nodes were attached to the network via 1 Gigabit Ethernet. A 1500 byte MTU was used on the network.

Benchmark Network

An MTU size of 1500 was set for all connections to the switch. The Gnodal and ProCurve switches were linked connected with a 10 GbE inter-switch link. The load generator was connected to the network via a single 10 GbE port. The SUT was configured with 3 separate IP addresses on one subnet. Each Avere Edge filer node was connected via a 10 GbE NIC and was sponsoring 1 IP address.

Processing Elements

Item No Qty Type Description Processing Function
1 6 CPU Intel Xeon CPU E5645 2.40 GHz Hex-Core Processor FXT 3800 AvereOS, Network, NFS/CIFS, Filesystem, Device Drivers
2 6 CPU Intel 8-Core Xeon E5-2650 2.0 GHz Processor Amplidata AmpliStor AC4 Controller Node - http/REST server and distributed erasure coding.
3 8 CPU Intel Dual-Core Xeon E3-1220LV2 2.3 GHz Processor Amplidata AmpliStor AS36 Storage Node - storage component of the AmpliStor Optimized Object Storage system

Processing Element Notes

Each Avere Edge filer node has two physical processors.
Each AmpliStor AC4 Controller Node has two physical processors.
Each AmpliStor AS36 Storage Node has one physical processor.

Memory

Description Size in GB Number of Instances Total GB Nonvolatile
FXT 3800 System Memory 144 3 432 V
FXT 3800 NVRAM 2 3 6 NV
Amplidata AmpliStor AS36 storage system memory 8 8 64 V
Amplidata AmpliStor AC4 controller system memory 64 3 192 V
Grand Total Memory Gigabytes     694  

Memory Notes

Each FXT node has main memory that is used for the operating system and for caching filesystem data. Each FXT contains two (2) super-capacitor-backed NVRAM modules used to provide stable storage for writes that have not yet been written to disk. Each AmpliStor node has system memory that is used for the operating system and for managing the object name-space.

Stable Storage

The Avere filesystem logs writes and metadata updates to the NVRAM module. Filesystem modifying NFS operations are not acknowledged until the data has been safely stored in NVRAM. The super-capacitor backing the NVRAM ensures that any uncommitted transactions are committed to persistent flash memory on the NVRAM card in the event of power loss. The Amplistor system, configured with 20/4 BitSpread, acknowledges PUT requests once 16 out of 20 parts of the erasure-coded object data have been synchronously committed to disk.

System Under Test Configuration Notes

The system under test consisted of (3) Avere FXT 3800 nodes. Each node was attached to the network via 10 Gigabit Ethernet. Each FXT 3800 node contains (13) 600 GB SAS disks and (2) 400GB eMLC SSD drives. The Amplidata AmpliStor object-based Cloud Core filer storage system consists of AC4 Controller nodes and AS36 Storage nodes. The controller nodes were attached to the network via 10 Gigabit Ethernet. The storage nodes were attached to the network via 1 Gigabit Ethernet.

Other System Notes

N/A

Test Environment Bill of Materials

Item No Qty Vendor Model/Name Description
1 1 Supermicro SYS-1026T-6RFT+ Supermicro Server with 48GB of RAM running CentOS 6.4 (Linux 2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.x86_64)
2 1 Gnodal GS7200 Gnodal 72 Port 10 GbE Switch. 72 SFP/SFP+ ports
3 1 HP 2900-48G HP ProCurve 48 Port 1 GbE Switch. 10GbE uplink module

Load Generators

LG Type Name LG1
BOM Item # 1
Processor Name Intel Xeon E5645 2.40GHz Hex-Core Processor
Processor Speed 2.40 GHz
Number of Processors (chips) 2
Number of Cores/Chip 6
Memory Size 48 GB
Operating System CentOS 6.4 (Linux 2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.x86_64)
Network Type Intel Corporation 82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+

Load Generator (LG) Configuration

Benchmark Parameters

Network Attached Storage Type NFS V3
Number of Load Generators 1
Number of Processes per LG 768
Biod Max Read Setting 2
Biod Max Write Setting 2
Block Size 0

Testbed Configuration

LG No LG Type Network Target Filesystems Notes
1..1 LG1 1 /Amplidata LG1 node is connected to the same Gnodal GS700 network switch.

Load Generator Configuration Notes

All clients were mounted against the single filesystem on all FXT nodes.

Uniform Access Rule Compliance

The load generator client hosted 768 processes. The assignment of 768 processes to 3 network interfaces was done such that they were evenly divided across all network paths to the FXT appliances. The filesystem data was evenly distributed across all disks and Avere Edge filer FXT appliances.

Other Notes

N/A

Config Diagrams


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