H3C Scores 2438 in SPECvirt Test, Setting New World Record

Recently, the International Standardization Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) announced the results of the latest SPECvirt_sc2013 virtualization benchmark performance test. The H3C CAS virtualization software developed by H3C under Tsinghua Unigroup scored 2438, setting a new record under the same configuration after 2015 and ranking first in the SPECvirt performance test.

SPECvirt test

Comprehensive and accurate simulation of business requirements

Founded in 1988, SPEC is composed of world-renowned universities including Stanford and Tsinghua, research institutes and IT companies. Its main task is to create, maintain and support test standards for all kinds of hardware and software systems data center. All test solutions are continuously updated with the change of application scenarios to fully simulate the requirements of a real business scenario. At the same time, all test results and detailed reports will be announced on the official SPEC website.

SPECvirt_sc2013 is the representative of SPEC's test solutions. It is better suited to users' actual business demands, as it simulates the service performance of the virtualization software under loads in the data center of typical business, covering from hardware, virtualization platform and virtual client operating system to upper-layer application software. The results are used by the users of key industries such as finance and telecommunications as authoritative performance index for the selection of virtualization software.

Excellence comes from profound accumulation

In this SPECvirt_sc2013 virtualization performance test, H3C's CAS virtualization software set a new record with 2438 points under the same hardware conditions, standing out from all others on the "transcript". The highest score for this test was 2,366 before then.

In order to meet the requirements of client business for the virtualization system, H3C's CAS virtualization software has greatly developed and optimized the high-performance virtualization kernel, which involves CPU scheduling algorithm, interrupt pre-handling, and snapshot storage. The high-quality virtualization kernel not only enhances system performance by improving the management efficiency of various resources, but also reduces the consumption caused by the software itself. Secondly, based on years of practice, the CAS virtualization software continuously achieves targeted optimization of the user's actual business model through product iterative development, making the system more and more intelligent to perform resource scheduling and other tasks to meet actual business demands.

The new SPECvirt record set by H3C's CAS virtualization system has established a benchmark for both the company and the industry. H3C will take the record as a starting point to continuously upgrade core technologies and industrial practices in the CAS virtualization system and devote to a higher performance level.