PM Communication Performance


Following table shows PM level communication performance on several hardware platforms.

PM/Myrinet Performance


Round Trip Time
Bandwidth
Myrinet XP Fiber on 100 MHz 64bit PCI-X
Xeon 2.4GHz, E7505, Linux 2.4.20
8.2 usec
243.9 MB/s
Myrinet2000 Serial Link on 66MHz 64bit PCI
P3 800MHz, Serverworks ServerSet III HE, Linux 2.4.10
11.3 usec
240.3 MB/s
Myrinet1280 SAN Link on 66MHz 64bit PCI
P3 800MHz, Serverworks ServerSet III LE, Linux 2.4.10
13.7 usec
157.2 MB/s


PM/Ethernet Performance on Gigabit Ethernet


Round Trip Time
Bandwidth
Syskonnect SK9843 on 66MHz 64bit PCI
P3 800MHz, Serverworks ServerSet III HE, Linux 2.4.15
31.0 usec
118.4 MB/s
Intel PRO1000/T Gigabit Ethernet on 66MHz 64bit PCI
P3 800MHz, Serverworks ServerSet III HE, Linux 2.4.15
34.2 usec
118.9 MB/s
Intel PRO1000/XT Gigabit Ethernet on 66MHz 64bit PCI
P3 1GHz, Serverworks ServerSet III LE, Linux 2.4.18
23.4 usec
119.1 MB/s
Broadcom BCM5701 Gigabit Ethernet on 66MHz 64bit PCI
P3 933MHz, Serverworks ServerSet III LE, Linux 2.4.18
3Com 996B-T, On-board NIC of Fujitsu BX-300
37.2 usec
115.2 MB/s


PM/Ethernet Performance on Fast Ethernet


Round Trip Time
Bandwidth
Digital Tulip 33MHz 32bit PCI, P2 400MHz, Intel 440BX, Linux 2.2.12
84.5 usec
11.8 MB/s
Intel eepro100 33MHz 32bit PCI, P2 400MHz, Intel 440BX, Linux 2.2.12
97.6 usec
11.8 MB/s
3Com 3C905B 33MHz 32bit PCI, P2 400MHz, Intel 440BX, Linux 2.2.12
89.8 usec
10.7 MB/s

Performance of PM/Ethernet Network Trunking


NIC x 1 Bandwidth
NIC x 2
NIC x 3
NIC x 4
Digital Tulip 33MHz 32bit PCI, P2 400MHz, Intel 440BX
11.8 MB/s
23.2 MB/s
35.1 MB/s
44.5 MB/s
Intel eepro100, P2 400MHz, Intel 440BX
11.8 MB/s
23.2 MB/s
35.2 MB/s
41.5 MB/s
3Com 3C905B, P2 400MHz, Intel 440BX
10.7 MB/s
23.1 MB/s
35.2 MB/s
29.8 MB/s
SK9843 Gigabit Ethernet (JUMBO FRAME)
P3 800MHz, 66MHz 64bit PCI
123.2 MB/s
204.0 MB/s
Broadcom BCM5701 Gigabit Ethernet (JUMBO FRAME) P3 933MHz, on 66MHz 64bit PCI
123.1 MB/s
200.4 MB/s
Intel PRO1000/XT Gigabit Ethernet (JUMBO FRAME) P3 1GHz, on 66MHz 64bit PCI
123.9 MB/s
226.0 MB/s
Intel PRO1000/XT Gigabit Ethernet (JUMBO FRAME) Xeon 2.4GHz, on Three 66MHz 64bit PCI Buses
123.9 MB/s
247.8 MB/s
355.5 MB/s


PCCC logo PC Cluster Consotium

CREDIT
This document is a part of the SCore cluster system software developed at PC Cluster Consortium, Japan. Copyright (C) 2003 PC Cluster Consortium.