RAID, performance tests
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Procedure: | Procedure: | ||
| − | /usr/bin/time -h measuring simultaneous cp of 3.1GB | + | /usr/bin/time -h measuring simultaneous cp of 3.1GB files to /dev/null |
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files generated with dd if=/dev/zero bs=16M count=200 | files generated with dd if=/dev/zero bs=16M count=200 | ||
| + | simultaneous cp processes use physically separate files | ||
| + | sysctl -w vfs.read_max=128 unless otherwise stated | ||
Notes: | Notes: | ||
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Test data: | Test data: | ||
'''write performance (1 process)''' | '''write performance (1 process)''' | ||
| − | 5 250GB/500GB, graid3 : | + | 5 250GB/500GB, graid3 : 153 MB/s |
| − | 5 250GB/500GB, graid3 -r : | + | 5 250GB/500GB, graid3 -r : 142 MB/s |
| + | 1 500GB drive : 72 MB/s | ||
| + | 1 250GB drive : 58 MB/s | ||
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'''1 process''' | '''1 process''' | ||
| − | 5 250GB/500GB, graid3 : | + | 5 250GB/500GB, graid3 : 213 MB/s (dips down to 160MB/sec) |
| − | 5 750GB disks, graid3 : | + | 5 750GB disks, graid3 : 152 MB/s (wildly fluctuating 120MB/s-200MB/s) |
| − | 3 250GB disks, graid3 : | + | 3 250GB disks, graid3 : 114 MB/s (dips down to 90MB/sec) |
| − | 1 750GB drive : | + | 1 500GB drive : 76 MB/s |
| − | 1 250GB drive : | + | 1 750GB drive : 65 MB/s (60MB/s-70MB/s) |
| + | 1 250GB drive : 56 MB/s (very little variation) | ||
'''2 processes''' | '''2 processes''' | ||
| − | 5 250GB/500GB, graid3 : | + | 5 250GB/500GB, graid3 : 128 MB/s (peak: 155+ MB/sec) |
| − | 5 750GB disks, graid3 : | + | 5 750GB disks, graid3 : 125 MB/s (peak: 140+ MB/sec) |
| − | 3 250GB disks, graid3 : | + | 3 250GB disks, graid3 : 98 MB/s (peak: 130+ MB/sec) |
| − | 3 250GB disks, graid3 -r : | + | 3 250GB disks, graid3 -r : 88 MB/s (peak: 120+ MB/sec) |
| − | 2 250GB disks, nVidia onboard RAID1: | + | 2 250GB disks, nVidia onboard RAID1: 81 MB/s (peak: 120+ MB/sec) |
| − | 2 250GB disks, Promise TX2300 RAID1: | + | 2 250GB disks, Promise TX2300 RAID1: 70 MB/s (peak: 100+ MB/sec) |
| − | 3 250GB disks, gmirror round-robin : | + | 3 250GB disks, gmirror round-robin : 64 MB/s (peak: 65+ MB/sec) |
| − | 3 250GB disks, gmirror split 128K : | + | 3 250GB disks, gmirror split 128K : 57 MB/s (peak: 65+ MB/sec) |
| − | 1 250GB disk : | + | 1 250GB disk : 56 MB/s (peak: 60+ MB/sec) |
| − | 2 250GB disks, gmirror round-robin : | + | 2 250GB disks, gmirror round-robin : 55 MB/s (peak: 65+ MB/sec) |
'''3 processes''' | '''3 processes''' | ||
| − | 5 250GB/500GB, graid3 : | + | 5 250GB/500GB, graid3 : 106 MB/s (peak: 130+ MB/sec low: 90+MB/sec) |
| − | 5 250GB/500GB, graid3 -r : | + | 5 250GB/500GB, graid3 -r : 103 MB/s (peak: 120+ MB/sec low: 80+MB/sec) |
'''4 processes''' | '''4 processes''' | ||
| − | 5 250GB/500GB, graid3 : | + | 5 250GB/500GB, graid3 : 105 MB/s (peak: 130+ MB/sec low: 90+MB/sec) |
| − | 5 250GB/500GB, graid3 -r : | + | 5 250GB/500GB, graid3 -r : 105 MB/s (peak: 120+ MB/sec low: 80+MB/sec) |
'''5 processes''' | '''5 processes''' | ||
Revision as of 13:33, 26 December 2007
Equipment:
Athlon X2 5000+
3x Western Digital 250GB drives (WDC WD2500JS-22NCB1 10.02E02 SATA-300)
2x Western Digital 500GB drives (WDC WD5000AAKS-00YGA0 12.01C02)
Nvidia nForce onboard RAID controller, Promise TX2300 RAID controller
Athlon 64 3500+
5x Seagate 750GB drives (Seagate ST3750640NS 3.AEE SATA-150)
Nvidia nForce onboard RAID controller
Procedure:
/usr/bin/time -h measuring simultaneous cp of 3.1GB files to /dev/null files generated with dd if=/dev/zero bs=16M count=200 simultaneous cp processes use physically separate files sysctl -w vfs.read_max=128 unless otherwise stated
Notes:
system default of vfs.read_max=8 testing proved files generated with /dev/random performed no differently on read than files generated with /dev/zero bonnie++ was flirted with, but couldn't figure out how to make it read big enough chunks of data to ever once hit the disk instead of the cache!
Test data:
write performance (1 process) 5 250GB/500GB, graid3 : 153 MB/s 5 250GB/500GB, graid3 -r : 142 MB/s 1 500GB drive : 72 MB/s 1 250GB drive : 58 MB/s
1 process 5 250GB/500GB, graid3 : 213 MB/s (dips down to 160MB/sec) 5 750GB disks, graid3 : 152 MB/s (wildly fluctuating 120MB/s-200MB/s) 3 250GB disks, graid3 : 114 MB/s (dips down to 90MB/sec) 1 500GB drive : 76 MB/s 1 750GB drive : 65 MB/s (60MB/s-70MB/s) 1 250GB drive : 56 MB/s (very little variation)
2 processes 5 250GB/500GB, graid3 : 128 MB/s (peak: 155+ MB/sec) 5 750GB disks, graid3 : 125 MB/s (peak: 140+ MB/sec) 3 250GB disks, graid3 : 98 MB/s (peak: 130+ MB/sec) 3 250GB disks, graid3 -r : 88 MB/s (peak: 120+ MB/sec) 2 250GB disks, nVidia onboard RAID1: 81 MB/s (peak: 120+ MB/sec) 2 250GB disks, Promise TX2300 RAID1: 70 MB/s (peak: 100+ MB/sec) 3 250GB disks, gmirror round-robin : 64 MB/s (peak: 65+ MB/sec) 3 250GB disks, gmirror split 128K : 57 MB/s (peak: 65+ MB/sec) 1 250GB disk : 56 MB/s (peak: 60+ MB/sec) 2 250GB disks, gmirror round-robin : 55 MB/s (peak: 65+ MB/sec)
3 processes 5 250GB/500GB, graid3 : 106 MB/s (peak: 130+ MB/sec low: 90+MB/sec) 5 250GB/500GB, graid3 -r : 103 MB/s (peak: 120+ MB/sec low: 80+MB/sec)
4 processes 5 250GB/500GB, graid3 : 105 MB/s (peak: 130+ MB/sec low: 90+MB/sec) 5 250GB/500GB, graid3 -r : 105 MB/s (peak: 120+ MB/sec low: 80+MB/sec)
5 processes 5 250GB/500GB, graid3 -r : 107MB/s (peak: 120+ MB/sec low: 80+MB/sec) 5 250GB/500GB, graid3 : 105MB/s (peak: 130+ MB/sec low: 90+MB/sec)
Ancillary data:
vfs.read_max=8, 2 parallel cp processes 1 250GB disk: 3m 56s 2 250GB disks, gmirror round-robin: 4m 38s 3 250GB disks, gmirror round-robin: 3m 24s
Preliminary conclusions:
system default of vfs.read_max=8 is insufficient for ANY configuration, including vanilla single-drive gmirror read performance sucks Promise and nVidia RAID1 are better, but oddly still SIGNIFICANTLY slower than graid3: wtf? graid3 is the clear performance king here and offers very significant write performance increase as well SATA-II offers significant performance increases over SATA-I on large arrays
