More results:
- 2.4.7 with ext3
- 2.4.7_with ext3 and "interactivity" patch
http://www.uow.edu.au/~andrewm/linux/ext3/interactivity.patch
- 2.4.7 (reiserfs) with ext3's "interactivity" patch
- 2.4.7 with Arjan van de Ven highmem patch
http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-mm/2001-08/msg00270.html
- 2.4.9 compiled for 1GB memory
- 2.4.9 compiled for 4GB memory
- 2.4.9 compiled for 4GB memory and Benjamin Redelings I Set Page Referenced
patch http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-mm/2001-08/msg00200.html
- 2.4.9 with jens axboe highmem-13
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/axboe/patches/2.4.9/block-high
mem-all-13.bz2
- 2.4.10pre2 compiled for 1GB memory
2.4.7_ext3
500 497 1.4 149169 300 3 U 5070624 1 48 2 2
2.0
1000 1002 2.4 299710 299 3 U 10141248 1 48 2 2
2.0
1500 1505 2.4 449887 299 3 U 15210624 1 48 2 2
2.0
INVALID
peak IOPS: 43% of 2.4.5pre1
2.4.7_ext3-interactivity
500 495 1.2 148578 300 3 U 5070624 1 48 2 2
2.0
1000 1001 2.0 300294 300 3 U 10141248 1 48 2 2
2.0
1500 1497 2.5 447462 299 3 U 15210624 1 48 2 2
2.0
INVALID
peak IOPS: 42% of 2.4.5pre1
2.4.7 (reiserfs) with ext3's "interactivity" patch
500 499 1.0 149149 299 3 U 5070624 1 48 2 2
2.0
1000 1003 1.2 300026 299 3 U 10141248 1 48 2 2
2.0
1500 1502 1.3 449119 299 3 U 15210624 1 48 2 2
2.0
peak IOPS: 56% of 2.4.5pre1
2.4.7_arjan-highmem
500 498 1.2 149007 299 3 U 5070624 1 48 2 2
2.0
1000 1002 1.5 299680 299 3 U 10141248 1 48 2 2
2.0
1500 1501 1.5 448802 299 3 U 15210624 1 48 2 2
2.0
peak IOPS: 63% of 2.4.5pre1
2.4.9_1GB
500 497 1.3 149088 300 3 U 5070624 1 48 2 2
2.0
1000 1002 1.5 299681 299 3 U 10141248 1 48 2 2
2.0
1500 1497 2.7 449230 300 3 U 15210624 1 48 2 2
2.0
peak IOPS: 34% of 2.4.5pre1
2.4.9_4GB
500 500 1.9 149360 299 3 U 5070624 1 48 2 2
2.0
1000 1046 7.1 312741 299 3 U 10141248 1 48 2 2
2.0
peak IOPS: 14% of 2.4.5pre1
2.4.9_4GB_pagereffix
500 499 1.4 149120 299 3 U 5070624 1 48 2 2
2.0
1000 1005 5.0 300564 299 3 U 10141248 1 48 2 2
2.0
1500 1574 8.9 470658 299 3 U 15210624 1 48 2 2
2.0
peak IOPS: 21% of 2.4.5pre1
2.4.9_axboehighmem13
500 498 1.8 149031 299 3 U 5070624 1 48 2 2
2.0
1000 1003 3.3 300847 300 3 U 10141248 1 48 2 2
2.0
1500 1493 4.3 447802 300 3 U 15210624 1 48 2 2
2.0
INVALID
peak IOPS: 36% of 2.4.5pre1
2.4.10-pre2-1GB
500 497 1.1 149088 300 3 U 5070624 1 48 2 2
2.0
1000 1034 8.7 309283 299 3 U 10141248 1 48 2 2
2.0
1500 1301 12.5 390299 300 3 U 15210624 1 48 2 2
2.0
INVALID
peak IOPS: 18% of 2.4.5pre1
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HABBINGA,ERIK (HP-Loveland,ex1)
> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 10:15 AM
> To: 'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'
> Subject: RE: Performance 2.4.8 is worse than 2.4.x<8 (SPEC NFS results
> show this)
>
>
> More results:
>
> 2.4.7 with Dieter Nutzel's kupdated/bdflush ideas
> http://lists.insecure.org/linux-kernel/2001/Aug/2377.html
> 2.4.7 with ext2
> 2.4.9-pre3
> 2.4.9-pre3 with ext2
> 2.4.9 (not good)
>
> 2.4.7 with Dieter Nutzel's kupdated/bdflush ideas
> http://lists.insecure.org/linux-kernel/2001/Aug/2377.html
> 500 497 1.2 149158 300 3 U 5070624 1 48 2 2 2.0
> 1000 1005 1.4 300591 299 3 U 10141248 1 48 2 2 2.0
> 1500 1504 1.4 449815 299 3 U 15210624 1 48 2 2 2.0
> peak IOPS: 63% of 2.4.5pre1
> performance slightly worse (2%, could be within
> repeatability) than without Dieter's ideas.
>
> 2.4.7 with ext2
> 500 497 0.9 149186 300 3 U 5070624 1 48 2 2 2.0
> 1000 1004 1.0 300202 299 3 U 10141248 1 48 2 2 2.0
> 1500 1500 1.1 448489 299 3 U 15210624 1 48 2 2 2.0
> peak IOPS: 78% of 2.4.5pre1
>
> 2.4.9-pre3
> 500 497 1.3 149177 300 3 U 5070624 1 48 2 2 2.0
> 1000 995 2.0 298633 300 3 U 10141248 1 48 2 2 2.0
> 1500 1487 2.0 446234 300 3 U 15210624 1 48 2 2 2.0
> peak IOPS: 55% of 2.4.5pre1
>
> 2.4.9-pre3 with ext2
> 500 497 1.5 149113 300 3 U 5070624 1 48 2 2 2.0
> 1000 1078 1.5 322280 299 3 U 10141248 1 48 2 2 2.0
> 1500 1512 1.6 452080 299 3 U 15210624 1 48 2 2 2.0
> INVALID
> peak IOPS: 57% of 2.4.5pre1
> This test started having rpc problems late in the test. I
> had stopped the reiserfs 2.4.9-pre3 test before getting that
> far, so I don't know if 2.4.9-pre3 would have the same problems.
>
> 2.4.9 (not good)
> 500 499 1.9 149185 299 3 U 5070624 1 48 2 2 2.0
> 1000 1007 4.8 302210 300 3 U 10141248 1 48 2 2 2.0
> 1500 1561 11.0 466752 299 3 U 15210624 1 48 2 2 2.0
> INVALID
> peak IOPS: 21% of 2.4.5pre1
> response time kept increasing dramatically after the 1500
> IOPS run, failing after a few more tests
>
> Erik
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: HABBINGA,ERIK (HP-Loveland,ex1)
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 3:14 PM
> > To: 'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'
> > Subject: re: Performance 2.4.8 is worse than 2.4.x<8 (SPEC
> NFS results
> > show this)
> >
> >
> > And the results for 2.4.9pre4 (not good)
> >
> > 500 492 2.6 147693 300 3 U 5070624
> > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > 1000 1019 4.4 304713 299 3 U 10141248
> > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > 1500 1475 6.1 442446 300 3 U 15210624
> > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > peak IOPS: 22% of 2.4.5pre1
> > TIMED OUT
> >
> > response time kept going up, only two more SPEC runs (2500
> > IOPS) finished.
> >
> > Erik
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: HABBINGA,ERIK (HP-Loveland,ex1)
> > > Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 10:41 AM
> > > To: 'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'
> > > Subject: re: Performance 2.4.8 is worse than 2.4.x<8 (SPEC
> > NFS results
> > > show this)
> > >
> > >
> > > Here are some SPEC SFS NFS testing
> > > (http://www.spec.org/osg/sfs97) results I've been doing over
> > > the past few weeks that shows NFS performance degrading since
> > > the 2.4.5pre1 kernel. I've kept the hardware constant, only
> > > changing the kernel. I'm prevented by management from
> > > releasing our top numbers, but have given our results
> > > normalized to the 2.4.5pre1 kernel. I've also shown the
> > > results from the first three SPEC runs to show the response
> > > time trend.
> > >
> > > Normally, response time should start out very low, increasing
> > > slowly until the maximum load of the system under test is
> > > reached. Starting with 2.4.8pre8, the response time starts
> > > very high, and then decreases. Very bizarre behaviour.
> > >
> > > The spec results consist of the following data (only the
> > > first three numbers are significant for this discussion)
> > > - load. The load the SPEC prime client will try to get out
> > > of the system under test. Measured in I/O's per second (IOPS).
> > > - throughput. The load seen from the system under test.
> > > Measured in IOPS
> > > - response time. Measured in milliseconds
> > > - total operations
> > > - elapsed time. Measured in seconds
> > > - NFS version. 2 or 3
> > > - Protocol. UDP (U) or TCP (T)
> > > - file set size in megabytes
> > > - number of clients
> > > - number of SPEC SFS processes
> > > - biod reads
> > > - biod writes
> > > - SPEC SFS version
> > >
> > > The 2.4.8pre4 and 2.4.8 tests were invalid. Too many (> 1%)
> > > of the RPC calls between the SPEC prime client and the system
> > > under test failed. This is not a good thing.
> > >
> > > I'm willing to try out any ideas on this system to help find
> > > and fix the performance degradation.
> > >
> > > Erik Habbinga
> > > Hewlett Packard
> > >
> > > Hardware:
> > > 4 processors, 4GB ram
> > > 45 fibre channel drives, set up in hardware RAID 0/1
> > > 2 direct Gigabit Ethernet connections between SPEC SFS prime
> > > client and system under test
> > > reiserfs
> > > all NFS filesystems exported with sync,no_wdelay to insure
> > > O_SYNC writes to storage
> > > NFS v3 UDP
> > >
> > > Results:
> > > 2.4.5pre1
> > > 500 497 0.8 149116 300 3 U 5070624
> > > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > > 1000 1004 1.0 300240 299 3 U 10141248
> > > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > > 1500 1501 1.0 448807 299 3 U 15210624
> > > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > > peak IOPS: 100% of 2.4.5pre1
> > >
> > > 2.4.5pre2
> > > 500 497 1.0 149195 300 3 U 5070624
> > > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > > 1000 1005 1.2 300449 299 3 U 10141248
> > > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > > 1500 1502 1.2 449057 299 3 U 15210624
> > > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > > peak IOPS: 91% of 2.4.5pre1
> > >
> > > 2.4.5pre3
> > > 500 497 1.0 149095 300 3 U 5070624
> > > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > > 1000 1004 1.1 300135 299 3 U 10141248
> > > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > > 1500 1502 1.2 449069 299 3 U 15210624
> > > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > > peak IOPS: 91% of 2.4.5pre1
> > >
> > > 2.4.5pre4
> > > wouldn't run (stale NFS file handle error)
> > >
> > > 2.4.5pre5
> > > wouldn't run (stale NFS file handle error)
> > >
> > > 2.4.5pre6
> > > wouldn't run (stale NFS file handle error)
> > >
> > > 2.4.7
> > > 500 497 1.2 149206 300 3 U 5070624
> > > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > > 1000 1005 1.5 300503 299 3 U 10141248
> > > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > > 1500 1502 1.3 449232 299 3 U 15210624
> > > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > > peak IOPS: 65% of 2.4.5pre1
> > >
> > > 2.4.8pre1
> > > wouldn't run
> > >
> > > 2.4.8pre4
> > > 500 497 1.1 149180 300 3 U 5070624
> > > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > > 1000 1002 1.2 299465 299 3 U 10141248
> > > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > > 1500 1502 1.3 449190 299 3 U 15210624
> > > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > > INVALID
> > > peak IOPS: 54% of 2.4.5pre1
> > >
> > > 2.4.8pre6
> > > 500 497 1.1 149168 300 3 U 5070624
> > > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > > 1000 1004 1.3 300246 299 3 U 10141248
> > > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > > 1500 1502 1.3 449135 299 3 U 15210624
> > > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > > peak IOPS 55% of 2.4.5pre1
> > >
> > > 2.4.8pre7
> > > 500 498 1.5 149367 300 3 U 5070624
> > > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > > 1000 1006 2.2 301829 300 3 U 10141248
> > > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > > 1500 1502 2.2 449244 299 3 U 15210624
> > > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > > peak IOPS: 58% of 2.4.5pre1
> > >
> > > 2.4.8pre8
> > > 500 597 8.3 179030 300 3 U 5070624
> > > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > > 1000 1019 6.5 304614 299 3 U 10141248
> > > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > > 1500 1538 4.5 461335 300 3 U 15210624
> > > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > > peak IOPS: 48% of 2.4.5pre1
> > >
> > > 2.4.8
> > > 500 607 7.1 181981 300 3 U 5070624
> > > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > > 1000 997 7.0 299243 300 3 U 10141248
> > > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > > 1500 1497 2.9 447475 299 3 U 15210624
> > > 1 48 2 2 2.0
> > > INVALID
> > > peak IOPS: 45% of 2.4.5pre1
> > >
> > > 2.4.9pre2
> > > wouldn't run (NFS readdir errors)
> > >
> >
>
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