SPC Benchmarks

SPC benchmarks provide a source of comparative storage performance information that is objective, relevant, and verifiable. That information will provide value throughout the storage product lifecycle, which includes development of product requirements, product implementation, performance tuning, capacity planning, market positioning, and purchases evaluations. SPC benchmarks are designed to be vendor and platform independent. Any vendor should be able to sponsor and publish an SPC benchmark result, provided their tested configuration satisfies the requirements of the appropriate SPC benchmark specification. SPC benchmarks are applicable across a broad range of storage configuration and topologies.

There are currently two SPC benchmarks: SPC Benchmark 1^TM (SPC-1^TM) and SPC Benchmark 2TM (SPC-2^TM). A brief overview of each benchmark appears below, immediately followed by a table for each benchmark, which contain entries for the current set of SPC benchmark results. The title listed below for each benchmark overview is also a link to the corresponding table of benchmark results.

SPC Benchmark 1 (SPC-1)
SPC-1 consists of a single workload designed to demonstrate the performance of a storage subsystem while performing the typical functions of business critical applications. Those applications are characterized by predominately random I/O operations and require both queries as well as update operations. Examples of those types of applications include OLTP, database operations, and mail server implementations.

SPC Benchmark 2 (SPC-2)
SPC-2 consists of three distinct workloads designed to demonstrate the performance of a storage subsystem during the execution of business critical applications that require the large-scale, sequential movement of data. Those applications are characterized predominately by large I/Os organized into one or more concurrent sequential patterns. A description of each of the three SPC-2 workload is listed below as well as examples of applications characterized by each workload.

Large File Processing: Applications in a wide range of fields, which require simple sequential process of one or more large files such as scientific computing and large-scale financial processing.
Large Database Queries: Applications that involve scans or joins of large relational tables, such as those performed for data mining or business intelligence.
Video on Demand: Applications that provide individualized video entertainment to a community of subscribers by drawing from a digital film library.

SPC-1 Benchmark Results

(updated: 25 August 2006)

Test Sponsor	SPC-1 Submission Identifier - Tested Storage Configuration	SPC-1 Version	Status	Documentation
3PARdata, Inc.	A00027 - 3PAR InServ™ S800 X-Series (8-node) Storage Server	V1.8	Accepted: 7 May 2004	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 8 March 2004
DataCore Software Corporation	A00036 - DataCore SANmelody^TM Disk Server (iSCSI-Std. NIC)	V1.8	Accepted: 11 January 2005	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 12 November 2004
DataCore Software Corporation	A00029 - DataCore SANmelody^TM Disk Server	V1.8	Accepted: 11 June 2004	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 12 April 2004
DataCore Software Corporation	A00015 - DataCore SANsymphony^TM Network Edition	V1.7	Accepted: 28 January 2004	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 8 August 2003
Dell Computer Corporation	A00004 - PERC3/QC SCSI RAID Controller	V1.4	Accepted: 18 August 2002	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 19 June 2002
Fujitsu Limited	A00047 - Fujitsu Storage Systems ETERNUS4000 Model 500	V1.10	Submitted for Review: 25 August 2006	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 25 August 2006
Fujitsu Limited	A00045 - Fujitsu Storage Systems ETERNUS6000 Model 1100	V1.10	Accepted: 28 April 2006	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 27 February 2006
Fujitsu Limited	A00035 - Fujitsu Storage Systems ETERNUS6000 Model 1100	V1.8	Accepted: 19 December 2004	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 20 October 2004
Fujitsu Limited	A00032 - Fujitsu Storage Systems ETERNUS3000 Model 700	V1.8	Accepted: 29 August 2004 Revised: 9 July 2004	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 30 June 2004
Fujitsu Limited	A00031 - Fujitsu Storage Systems ETERNUS3000 Model 100	V1.8	Accepted: 21 August 2004 Revised: 9 July 2004	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 22 June 2004
Fujitsu Limited	A00026 - Fujitsu Storage Systems ETERNUS6000 Model 800	V1.8	Accepted: 5 May 2004 Revised: 9 August 2004	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 4 March 2004
Fujitsu Limited	A00016 - Fujitsu Storage Systems ETERNUS3000 Model 600M	V1.7	Accepted: 11 October 2003 Revised: 9 August 2004	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 11 August 2003
Fujitsu Limited	A00014 - Fujitsu Storage Systems ETERNUS3000 Model 600	V1.7	Accepted: 11 October 2003 Revised: 9 August 2004	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 14 July 2003
Fujitsu Limited	A00010 - Fujitsu Storage Systems ETERNUS3000 Model 400	V1.6	Accepted: 14 April 2003 Revised: 4 March 2004	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 13 February 2003
Hewlett-Packard Company	A00007 - hp StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array Model 2C12D (mirrored write cache)	V1.6	Accepted: 4 February 2003	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 6 December 2002
Hewlett-Packard Company	A00005 - hp StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array Model 2C12D (non-mirrored write cache)	V1.5	Accepted: 1 December 2002 Revised: 6 December 2002	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 2 October 2002
IBM Corporation	A00046 - IBM System Storage DS4700 Express Model	V1.10	Submitted for Review: 21 August 2006	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 21 August 2006
IBM Corporation	A00044 - IBM TotalStorage® DS8300 (Release 6.1.600)	V1.9	Accepted: 26 December 2005	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 27 October 2005
IBM Corporation	A00043 - IBM TotalStorage® SAN Volume Controller 3.1	V1.9	Accepted: 24 December 2005 Revised: 27 October 2005	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 25 October 2005
IBM Corporation	A00042 - IBM TotalStorage® DS4800	V1.9	Accepted: 8 July 2005	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 9 May 2005
IBM Corporation	A00037 - IBM TotalStorage® SAN Volume Controller 1.2.1	V1.8	Accepted: 1 February 2005	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 3 December 2004
IBM Corporation	A00030 - IBM TotalStorage® SAN Volume Controller 1.1.1	V1.8	Accepted: 7 August 2004	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 8 June 2004
IBM Corporation	A00020 - IBM TotalStorage® DS4500 (non-mirrored write cache)	V1.7	Accepted: 25 October 2003 Revised: 5 September 2006	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 26 August 2003
IBM Corporation	A00019 - IBM TotalStorage® DS4500 (mirrored write cache)	V1.7	Accepted: 25 October 2003 Revised: 5 September 2006	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 26 August 2003
IBM Corporation	A00018 - IBM TotalStorage® DS4300 with Turbo option (non-mirrored write cache)	V1.7	Accepted: 25 October 2003 Revised: 5 September 2006	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 26 August 2003
IBM Corporation	A00017 - IBM TotalStorage® DS4300 with Turbo option (mirrored write cache)	V1.7	Accepted: 25 October 2003 Revised: 5 September 2006	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 26 August 2003
IBM Corporation	A00008 - IBM TotalStorage® Enterprise Storage Server Model 800	V1.6	Accepted: 5 February 2003	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 7 December 2002
IBM Corporation	A00001 - IBM Enterprise Storage Server F20	V1.4	Accepted: 19 July 2002 (revised ASU Capacity)	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 20 May 2002
LSI Logic Storage Systems, Inc.	A00002 - LSI E4600 Fibre Channel Storage System	V1.4	Accepted: 19 July 2002	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 20 May 2002
Sun Microsystems, Inc.	A00041 - Sun StorageTek® FlexLine^TM FLX380 Storage System	V1.9	Accepted: 9 July 2005 Revised: 5 September 2006	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 10 May 2005
Sun Microsystems, Inc.	A00040 - Sun StorEdge^TM 6130 Array	V1.9	Accepted: 28 June 2005 Revised: 10 May 2005	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 29 April 2005
Sun Microsystems, Inc	A00039 - Sun StorEdge^TM 6920	V1.8	Accepted: 2 April 2005	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 1 February 2005
Sun Microsystems, Inc	A00038 - Sun StorEdge^TM 3510	V1.8	Accepted: 2 April 2005 Revised: 7 February 2006	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 1 February 2005
Sun Microsystems, Inc.	A00034 - Sun StorEdge^TM 6920 (8 tray)	V1.8	Accepted: 19 November 2004	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 20 September 2004
Sun Microsystems, Inc.	A00033 - Sun StorEdge^TM 6920 (20 tray)	V1.8	Accepted: 15 October 2004	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 16 August 2004
Sun Microsystems, Inc.	A00025 - Sun StorageTek® D280 Disk System (mirrored write cache)	V1.8	Accepted: 17 April 2004 Revised: 5 September 2006	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 17 February 2004
Sun Microsystems, Inc.	A00024 - Sun StorageTek® D280 Disk System (non-mirrored write cache)	V1.8	Accepted: 17 April 2004 Revised: 5 September 2006	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 17 February 2004
Sun Microsystems, Inc.	A00023 - Sun StorageTek® D240 Disk System (mirrored write cache)	V1.8	Accepted: 17 April 2004 Revised: 5 September 2006	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 17 February 2004
Sun Microsystems, Inc.	A00022 - Sun StorageTek® D240 Disk System (non-mirrored write cache)	V1.8	Accepted: 17 April 2004 Revised: 5 September 2006	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 17 February 2004
Sun Microsystems, Inc.	A00013 - Sun StorEdge™ 6320 (22 tray)	V1.6	Accepted: 3 August 2003	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 4 June 2003
Sun Microsystems, Inc.	A00011 - Sun StorEdge™ 6320 (12 tray)	V1.6	Accepted: 5 June 2003	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 7 April 2003
Sun Microsystems, Inc.	A00003 - Sun StorEdge™ 9910	V1.4	Accepted: 19 July 2002 (revised Pricing & ASU Capacity)	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 20 May 2002
Texas Memory Systems, Inc	A00028 - Texas Memory Systems RamSan-320	V1.8	Accepted: 4 June 2004	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 5 April 2004

SPC-2 Benchmark Results

(updated: 29 August 2006)

Test Sponsor	SPC-2 Submission Identifier - Tested Storage Configuration	SPC-2 Version	Status	Documentation
Fujitsu Limited	B00003 - Fujitsu Storage Systems ETERNUS6000 Model 900	V1.0	Accepted: 17 March 2006	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 16 January 2006
Hewlett-Packard Company	B00004 - HP StorageWorks 8000 Enterprise Virtual Array	V1.0	Accepted: 17 March 2006	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 16 January 2006
IBM Corporation	B00011 - IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller 4.1	V1.2	Submitted for Review: 12 September 2006	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 12 September 2006
IBM Corporation	B00006 - IBM TotalStorage® DS8300	V1.0	Accepted: 17 March 2006	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 16 January 2006
IBM Corporation	B00001 - IBM TotalStorage® SAN Volume Controller 3.1	V1.0	Accepted: 17 March 2006	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 16 January 2006
Sun Microsystems, Inc.	B00010 - Sun StorageTek® 6140 Array (RAID-5)	V1.2	Submitted for Review: 29 August 2006	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 29 August 2006
Sun Microsystems, Inc.	B00009 - Sun StorageTek® 9985 System	V1.2	Submitted for Review: 23 August 2006 Revised: 29 August 2006	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 23 August 2006
Sun Microsystems, Inc.	B00008 - Sun StorageTek® 6140 Array (Mirrored)	V1.2	Submitted for Review: 10 August 2006 Revised: 30 August 2006	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 10 August 2006
Sun Microsystems, Inc.	B00007 - Sun StorageTek® 3320 SCSI Array	V1.1	Submitted for Review: 7 August 2006	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 7 August 2006
Sun Microsystems, Inc	B00005 - Sun StorEdge^TM 3510 FC Array	V1.0	Accepted: 17 March 2006 Revised: 7 February 2006	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 16 January 2006
Sun Microsystems, Inc	B00002 - Sun StorEdge^TM 6130 Array	V1.0	Accepted: 17 March 2006	Executive Summary	Full Disclosure Report Submitted: 16 January 2006

Withdrawn Results:
Category 1: Withdrawn by the Test Sponsor without prejudice.
Category 2: Withdrawn by the Test Sponsor during Peer Review after being challenged as non-compliant
Category 3: Withdrawn by the SPC after being ruled a non-compliant result.

Note: All revised Full Disclosure Reports (FDRs), submitted for SPC-1 V1.5 and later, will list all revisions in the "Key Dates and Revision Information" table, which is typically found on page 9.

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