loki01 2 x Intel Xeon E5345 testing with a Intel S5000VSA and 128MB on CentOS 6.4 via the Phoronix Test Suite. cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5345 @ 2.33GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel S5000VSA, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Western Digital WD2500KS-00M + 4995GB RS2BL080, Graphics: 128MB OS: CentOS 6.4, Kernel: 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier.writebackalways: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5345 @ 2.33GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel S5000VSA, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Western Digital WD2500KS-00M + 4995GB RS2BL080, Graphics: 128MB OS: CentOS 6.4, Kernel: 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 AIO-Stress 0.21 Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier ................. 222.81 |=============== cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier.writebackalways . 437.88 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier ................. 5536.64 |============================ cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier.writebackalways . 1076.45 |===== SQLite 3.7.3 12,500 INSERTs Seconds < Lower Is Better cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier ................. 1601.44 |============================ cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier.writebackalways . 17.55 | FS-Mark 3.3 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier ................. 10.63 |== cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier.writebackalways . 161.40 |============================= Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier ................. 31.23 |= cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier.writebackalways . 1451.55 |============================ Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier ................. 35.85 |= cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier.writebackalways . 995.99 |============================= Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier ................. 38.88 |= cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier.writebackalways . 810.46 |============================= Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier ................. 10.94 |= cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier.writebackalways . 290.45 |============================= IOzone 3.405 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier ................. 274.69 |================= cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier.writebackalways . 479.43 |============================= IOzone 3.405 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier ................. 25.79 |== cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier.writebackalways . 442.03 |============================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier ................. 2371.76 |============================ cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier.writebackalways . 2368.01 |============================ Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier ................. 1.57 |======= cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier.writebackalways . 7.00 |=============================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier ................. 90.02 |============= cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier.writebackalways . 195.67 |============================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier ................. 62.17 |================ cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier.writebackalways . 110.92 |============================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier ................. 240.19 |============================= cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier.writebackalways . 237.87 |============================= Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier ................. 16.02 |============================== cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier.writebackalways . 15.84 |============================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier ................. 1847 |============================== cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier.writebackalways . 1903 |=============================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier ................. 19.94 |============================== cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier.writebackalways . 19.96 |============================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier ................. 9362.70 |=========================== cfq.128k.mkfs.nobarrier.writebackalways . 9846.69 |============================