On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 03:23:14PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
> From: Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org>
> Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 16:25:45 -0600
>
> On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 03:04:33PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
> > Do you know a common PCI block device that would benefit from this
> > (performs significantly better with short sg lists)? It would be
> > interesting to test.
> >
> > %10 to %15 on sym53c8xx devices found on sparc64 boxes.
>
> Which workload?
>
> dbench type stuff,
Without more specific guidance, dbench looks like a load of crap.
"dbench 50" is claiming 850MB/s throughput on a system with 1 disk @
u320 and 2 disks on a seperate 40 MB/s (Ultra Wide SE SCSI). More details
are appended below. I'll try again with lmbench or bonnie.
Andi, if you could pass me details about the "reaim new dbase" (ie how
many devices I need, where to get it) I could make time to try that in
the next couple of weeks.
> but that's a hard thing to test these days with
> the block I/O schedulers changing so much. Try to keep that part
> constant in the with/vs/without VIO_VMERGE!=0 testing :)
yes - James Bottomley was asking for the same info.
thanks,
grant
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