1. Equipment

The single rack of systems was comprised of a set of low-cost 1U and 2U Supermicro servers.

1U Servers	Qty 32
	Supermicro 6015URB server
Processor	Dual Intel E5345 2.33 GHz quad-core
RAM	8GB
Hard Disks	4 x 750GB Western Digital SATA-II
NIC	1 x 10GbE
HBA	1 x QLogic 2462  (in 8 sevrers only)

2U Servers	Qty 4
	Supermicro X7DBE+ motherboard
Processor	Intel E5345 2.33 GHz quad-core
RAM	8GB
Hard Disks	12 x 750GB Western Digital SATA
NIC	1 x 10GbE

Cisco 6509-E	Qty 1
Supervisor	SUP 720 with PFC3B
LR Xenpak	5
LR X2	3
SR Xenpak	15
SR X2	21
Cisco 3560-E	Qty1

Storage System	Data Direct Networks S2A9550,  8 port FiberChannel storage system,  using 80 SATA-II disks in 5 trays
HBA	8 x QLogic 2462, Dual port 4Gb Fiber Channel

Miscellaneous
Rack	1x 42U, 1 x 44U
FO PatchPanel	1
KVM	1 x 16 port

2. Server Configuration

Each system ran the same custom Linux 2.6.20 kernel, with patches for FAST TCP and other TCP performance tunings built in.

Based on the different hardware combination, systems were grouped into four main categories:

A) 1U Servers with Fiber Channel Storage System + Intel Oplin 10 GbE NIC

8 of  the 1U systems were outfitted with Intel Oplin single port 10GbE NIC and a QLogic  fiberchannel HBAs connected to Data Direct Networks storage system. Maximum read/write speeds between 350-400MB/s.

B) 1U Servers with Local Storage + Intel Oplin 10 GbE NIC

4 of the 1U systems were outfitted with Intel Oplin single port 10GbE NIC and local storage with RAID-0 was used to source/sink data.
Maximum read/write speeds at 200MB/s.

C) 1U Servers with Local Storage + Myricom 10 GbE NIC

20 of 1the U systems were configured with Myricom 10GbE NIC while the 4 hard drives were placed in RAID-0 configuration. Maximum read/write speeds at 200MB/s.

D) 2U Servers with Local Storage + Myricom 10 GbE NIC

The 4 x 2U servers were whitebox systems with Myricom 10GbE NIC and each system having 12 hard disks connected through Areca 1231ML RAID Controller and placed in RAID-0. Maximum read/write speeds at 500MB/s.