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SPECsfs2008 User’s Guide Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) 6585 Merchant Place, Suite 100 Warrenton, VA 20187, USA Phone: 540-349-7878 Fax: 540-349-5992 E-Mail: info@ Copyright (c) 2008 by Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) All rights reserved SPEC and SFS are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation NFS is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.  Table of Contents 1 Quick Start Guide 5 1.1 Prerequisites 5 1.2 Installing SPECsfs2008 6 1.3 Editing the configuration file on the Prime client 7 1.4 Configuring the server for testing 8 1.5 Starting the benchmark 8 1.6 Monitoring the benchmark execution 8 1.7 Examining the results after the benchmark execution has completed 9 2 Introduction 10 2.1 What is new in SPECsfs2008 10 2.2 SPECsfs2008 Benchmark Overview 10 2.2.1 NFS Workload 11 2.2.2 CIFS Workload 12 2.2.3 Comparing the NFS and CIFS Workloads 13 3 Installing and Configuring the Benchmark Environment 14 3.1 Setting up the System Under Test (SUT) 14 3.2 Setting up the Load Generators 15 3.2.1 Configuring SFS2008 Windows Clients for Auto-Startup 16 3.3 Configuring the Required Benchmark Parameters 16 3.3.1 Other Variables in the RC File 18 4 Running the Benchmark and Interpreting Results 20 4.1 SFS Benchmark Directory Structure 20 4.2 Pre-Compiled SFS Benchmark Binaries 20 4.3 Using the SFS Manager 21 4.3.1 Example of SUT Validation 22 4.3.2 Example of a Benchmark Run 23 4.4 Interpreting the Benchmark Results 24 5 Submission and Review Process 26 5.1 Creating Reports 26 5.1.1 Creating the Submission File 26 5.1.2 Creating the Submission Reports 29 5.1.3 Submit Tools Example Files 30 5.1.4 Submit Tools Example Scenarios 31 5.1.5 Translation of Free-Form Fields 39 5.2 Submitting Results 40 6 FAQ 41 6.1 SPECsfs2008 Benchmark