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Re: nfs/local performance with software raid5 and xfs and SMP

To: Steve Lord <lord@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: nfs/local performance with software raid5 and xfs and SMP
From: Tru Huynh <tru@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 16:27:29 +0200
Cc: Jani Jaakkola <jjaakkol@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Organization: Institut Pasteur
References: <200107231407.f6NE7iW10457@jen.americas.sgi.com>
Sender: owner-linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
Steve Lord wrote:
> 
<...>
> An external log should
> go faster, on the delete end though, there is a synchronous write to the
> log in there, so the number of ops per second your journal device can
> do is important for delete performance.

Hello,

Updated data with e) /dev/md0 raid5 xfs with an external log
on /dev/md4 (a 128MB raid1 array on hda and hdc) and f) over nfs.
Everything being the same as in the previous mails.

> How long does it take to extract the 2.4.6 linux kernel and delete it?
> 
>     | create   | delete
>     -------------------
> a)  |   0:17   |   0:07
> b)  |   0:24   |   0:25
> c)  |   1:51'  |  16:45
> d)  |   2:54   |   8:08
     ---------------------
e)    |   0:10   |   0:02 to be compared with c)
f)    |   0:41   |   0:23 to be compared with d)

> 
> [tru@adm ~/tmp]$ du -sk /tmp/linux-2.4.6.tar.gz ./linux/
> 26312   /tmp/linux-2.4.6.tar.gz
> 130412  ./linux
> 
> a) local xfs partition on the will become nfs client
> b) local xfs raid5 array on a single disk (/dev/md1) on the will become
> nfs server
> c) local xfs raid5 array on 3ware card 7disks (/dev/md0) on the will
> become nfs server
> d) nfs

e) local xfs raid5 array on 3ware card 7disks (/dev/md0) WITH external
xfslog /dev/md5 (raid1)
f) nfs exported /dev/md0 

>  bonnie block (K/sec)
>    |output|input
>    |------------
> c) |47340 |77559
> d) | 4390 |10777
---------------------
e)    45753 |10304
f)     4410 |10693

e)
[tru@sheridan /raid5]$ date ; time tar xzf /tmp/linux-2.4.6.tar.gz ;
date; time  /bin/rm -rf linux ; date
Mon Jul 23 15:03:02 CEST 2001
4.890u 3.920s 0:09.82 89.7%     0+0k 0+0io 327pf+0w
Mon Jul 23 15:03:12 CEST 2001
0.060u 1.880s 0:02.21 87.7%     0+0k 0+0io 138pf+0w
Mon Jul 23 15:03:14 CEST 2001

[tru@sheridan ~]$ ~/bonnie++-1.00g/bonnie++ -d /raid5
Writing with putc()...done
Writing intelligently...done
Rewriting...done
Reading with getc()...done
Reading intelligently...done
start 'em...done...done...done...
Create files in sequential order...done.
Stat files in sequential order...done.
Delete files in sequential order...done.
Create files in random order...done.
Stat files in random order...done.
Delete files in random order...done.
Version 1.00g       ------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
sheridan.bis.pas 2G 10753  97 45753  81 23834  56 10304  97 76821  68
469.3   3
                    ------Sequential Create------ --------Random
Create--------
                    -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read---
-Delete--
              files  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP 
/sec %CP
                 16  2257  93 +++++ +++  2032  84  2245  95 +++++ +++ 
1624  87
sheridan.bis.pasteur.fr,2G,10753,97,45753,81,23834,56,10304,97,76821,68,469.3,3,16,2257,93,+++++,+++,2032,84,2245,95,+++++,+++,1624,87


f)
[tru@adm tru]$ date ; time tar xzf /tmp/linux-2.4.6.tar.gz ; date; time 
/bin/rm -rf linux ; date
Mon Jul 23 15:03:24 CEST 2001
2.770u 2.340s 0:41.12 12.4%     0+0k 0+0io 325pf+0w
Mon Jul 23 15:04:05 CEST 2001
0.020u 0.380s 0:22.71 1.7%      0+0k 0+0io 138pf+0w
Mon Jul 23 15:04:28 CEST 2001
[tru@adm tru]$ ~/rh71/build/bonnie++-1.00g/bonnie++ -d /home/Bis/tru/
Writing with putc()...done
Writing intelligently...done
Rewriting...done
Reading with getc()...done
Reading intelligently...done
start 'em...done...done...done...
Create files in sequential order...done.
Stat files in sequential order...done.
Delete files in sequential order...done.
Create files in random order...done.
Stat files in random order...done.
Delete files in random order...done.
Version 1.00g       ------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
adm.cluster      1G  4393  32  4410   2  3092   3 10585  88 10693   4
644.3   3
                    ------Sequential Create------ --------Random
Create--------
                    -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read---
-Delete--
              files  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP 
/sec %CP
                 16  1094   3  4499  14  1219   4  1147   4  4968   6 
1084   4
adm.cluster,1G,4393,32,4410,2,3092,3,10585,88,10693,4,644.3,3,16,1094,3,4499,14,1219,4,1147,4,4968,6,1084,4


Tru
-- 
Dr Tru Huynh          | Bioinformatique Structurale
mailto:tru@xxxxxxxxxx | tel/fax +33 1 45 68 87 37/19
Institut Pasteur, 25-28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris CEDEX 15 France


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