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Parallel read performance crawls

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Subject: Parallel read performance crawls
From: KELEMEN Peter <fuji@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 16:20:05 +0200
Organization: ELTE Eotvos Lorand University of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
Reply-to: KELEMEN Peter <fuji@xxxxxxx>
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Dear XFS developers,

While a single bonnie++ benchmarks shows excellent[1] performance
on my test machine, two parallel bonnie++s still excel in write
performance, but crawl[2] in read performance.  What is the effect
I'm seeing here?

Peter

[1]
Version 1.01b       ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-
                    -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks--
Machine        Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP  /sec %CP
xfs_1            3G 11236  99 63619  51 17625  18 10133  88 58129  28  94.9   0
                    ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create--------
                    -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete--
files:max:min        /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP
    16:15000:12/512   785  18 25534 101  1378  29  1582  37 24665  99  1575  29

[2]
Version 1.01b       ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-
                    -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks--
Machine        Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP  /sec %CP
xfs_2_1          2G 10851  98 42060  38  5277   5  4261  37  4040   1  47.8   0
                    ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create--------
                    -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete--
files:max:min        /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP
    16:15000:12/512   313  10 22666  98   763  24   403  15 23511  99   182   7

Version 1.01b       ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-
                    -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks--
Machine        Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP  /sec %CP
xfs_2_2          2G 10620  96 42498  39  5618   5  4296  37  3987   1  47.9   0
                    ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create--------
                    -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete--
files:max:min        /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP
    16:15000:12/512   307   9 20354  99   804  22   428  14 23531 100   176   6

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