Btrfs RAID Testing

Btrfs HDD RAID 0 / RAID 1 file-system benchmarking on Ubuntu 14.10 using two Samsung hard drives. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Btrfs RAID TestingOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteIntel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores)Gigabyte X99-UD4-CFIntel Xeon E5 v3/Core16384MB128GB Crucial_CT128MX1 + 2 x 250GB SAMSUNG HD253GJNVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (405/648MHz)Intel C610/X99SyncMasterIntel ConnectionUbuntu 14.103.16.0-23-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.3.1X Server 1.16.0nouveau 1.0.113.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.9.1btrfs2560x1600ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionBtrfs RAID Testing BenchmarksSystem Logs- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.8.

Single DiskRAID0RAID1Result OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%113%126%139%152%DbenchIOzoneCompile BenchFS-MarkFlexible IO TesterAIO-StressPostMark

Btrfs RAID Testingaio-stress: Rand Writefio: Rand Read - Libaio - No - 16KB - Default Test Directory - IOPSfio: Rand Read - Libaio - No - 16KB - Default Test Directory - MB/sfio: Rand Write - Libaio - No - 16KB - Default Test Directory - IOPSfio: Rand Write - Libaio - No - 16KB - Default Test Directory - MB/sfio: Seq Read - Libaio - No - 16KB - Default Test Directory - IOPSfio: Seq Read - Libaio - No - 16KB - Default Test Directory - MB/sfio: Seq Write - Libaio - No - 16KB - Default Test Directory - IOPSfio: Seq Write - Libaio - No - 16KB - Default Test Directory - MB/sfs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Sizefs-mark: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threadsfs-mark: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Sizedbench: 1dbench: 6iozone: 4Kb - 8GB - Read Performanceiozone: 4Kb - 8GB - Write Performancecompilebench: Compilecompilebench: Initial Createpostmark: Disk Transaction PerformanceSingle DiskRAID0RAID12857.242043.368680141.232133.468413137.9414.9030.9718.179.6937.966385.90121.66632.4486.4848702938.273696.027887125.003445.927719116.3419.4743.9524.7314.7857.356555.79271.69735.10170.0951732743.562354.948743140.552853.568658139.9419.7733.6021.0013.2451.606511.68137.19630.97127.684901OpenBenchmarking.org

AIO-Stress

AIO-Stress is an a-synchronous I/O benchmark created by SuSE. Current this profile uses a 2048MB test file and a 64KB record size. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterAIO-Stress 0.21Test: Random WriteSingle DiskRAID0RAID16001200180024003000SE +/- 11.36, N = 3SE +/- 51.85, N = 3SE +/- 57.63, N = 62857.242938.272743.561. (CC) gcc options: -pthread -laio
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterAIO-Stress 0.21Test: Random WriteSingle DiskRAID0RAID15001000150020002500Min: 2840.57 / Avg: 2857.24 / Max: 2878.95Min: 2875.67 / Avg: 2938.27 / Max: 3041.16Min: 2572.55 / Avg: 2743.56 / Max: 2877.081. (CC) gcc options: -pthread -laio

Flexible IO Tester

OpenBenchmarking.orgIOPS, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.11Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPSSingle DiskRAID0RAID180160240320400SE +/- 2.19, N = 3SE +/- 3.67, N = 3SE +/- 3.51, N = 32043692351. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lm -lpthread -ldl
OpenBenchmarking.orgIOPS, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.11Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPSSingle DiskRAID0RAID170140210280350Min: 200 / Avg: 204.33 / Max: 207Min: 365 / Avg: 368.67 / Max: 376Min: 231 / Avg: 235 / Max: 2421. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lm -lpthread -ldl

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.11Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/sSingle DiskRAID0RAID1246810SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 33.366.024.941. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lm -lpthread -ldl
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.11Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/sSingle DiskRAID0RAID1246810Min: 3.33 / Avg: 3.36 / Max: 3.38Min: 5.88 / Avg: 6.02 / Max: 6.26Min: 4.91 / Avg: 4.94 / Max: 4.981. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lm -lpthread -ldl

OpenBenchmarking.orgIOPS, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.11Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPSSingle DiskRAID0RAID12K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 74.63, N = 3SE +/- 118.17, N = 4SE +/- 65.26, N = 38680788787431. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lm -lpthread -ldl
OpenBenchmarking.orgIOPS, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.11Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPSSingle DiskRAID0RAID115003000450060007500Min: 8534 / Avg: 8680.33 / Max: 8779Min: 7612 / Avg: 7887.25 / Max: 8189Min: 8614 / Avg: 8742.67 / Max: 88261. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lm -lpthread -ldl

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.11Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/sSingle DiskRAID0RAID1306090120150SE +/- 0.81, N = 3SE +/- 1.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3141.23125.00140.551. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lm -lpthread -ldl
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.11Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/sSingle DiskRAID0RAID1306090120150Min: 139.89 / Avg: 141.23 / Max: 142.68Min: 122.62 / Avg: 125 / Max: 127.03Min: 140.44 / Avg: 140.55 / Max: 140.641. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lm -lpthread -ldl

OpenBenchmarking.orgIOPS, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.11Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPSSingle DiskRAID0RAID170140210280350SE +/- 1.15, N = 3SE +/- 2.65, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 32133442851. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lm -lpthread -ldl
OpenBenchmarking.orgIOPS, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.11Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPSSingle DiskRAID0RAID160120180240300Min: 211 / Avg: 213 / Max: 215Min: 339 / Avg: 344 / Max: 348Min: 284 / Avg: 284.67 / Max: 2861. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lm -lpthread -ldl

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.11Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/sSingle DiskRAID0RAID11.3322.6643.9965.3286.66SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 33.465.923.561. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lm -lpthread -ldl
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.11Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/sSingle DiskRAID0RAID1246810Min: 3.45 / Avg: 3.46 / Max: 3.47Min: 5.76 / Avg: 5.92 / Max: 6.08Min: 3.55 / Avg: 3.56 / Max: 3.581. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lm -lpthread -ldl

OpenBenchmarking.orgIOPS, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.11Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPSSingle DiskRAID0RAID12K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 152.12, N = 3SE +/- 114.20, N = 6SE +/- 128.46, N = 58413771986581. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lm -lpthread -ldl
OpenBenchmarking.orgIOPS, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.11Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPSSingle DiskRAID0RAID115003000450060007500Min: 8111 / Avg: 8413.33 / Max: 8594Min: 7442 / Avg: 7719.17 / Max: 8208Min: 8146 / Avg: 8658.4 / Max: 88161. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lm -lpthread -ldl

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.11Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/sSingle DiskRAID0RAID1306090120150SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 2.02, N = 3SE +/- 1.40, N = 3137.94116.34139.941. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lm -lpthread -ldl
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.11Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/sSingle DiskRAID0RAID1306090120150Min: 137.54 / Avg: 137.94 / Max: 138.26Min: 112.96 / Avg: 116.34 / Max: 119.96Min: 137.92 / Avg: 139.94 / Max: 142.631. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lm -lpthread -ldl

FS-Mark

OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB SizeSingle DiskRAID0RAID1510152025SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 314.9019.4719.771. (CC) gcc options: -static
OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB SizeSingle DiskRAID0RAID1510152025Min: 14.7 / Avg: 14.9 / Max: 15Min: 18.8 / Avg: 19.47 / Max: 19.9Min: 19.6 / Avg: 19.77 / Max: 201. (CC) gcc options: -static

OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 ThreadsSingle DiskRAID0RAID11020304050SE +/- 0.61, N = 6SE +/- 1.03, N = 6SE +/- 0.23, N = 330.9743.9533.601. (CC) gcc options: -static
OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 ThreadsSingle DiskRAID0RAID1918273645Min: 28.1 / Avg: 30.97 / Max: 32.4Min: 40.2 / Avg: 43.95 / Max: 46.7Min: 33.2 / Avg: 33.6 / Max: 341. (CC) gcc options: -static

OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB SizeSingle DiskRAID0RAID1612182430SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 318.1724.7321.001. (CC) gcc options: -static
OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB SizeSingle DiskRAID0RAID1612182430Min: 17.9 / Avg: 18.17 / Max: 18.6Min: 24.1 / Avg: 24.73 / Max: 25.1Min: 20.4 / Avg: 21 / Max: 21.41. (CC) gcc options: -static

Dbench

Dbench is a benchmark designed by the Samba project as a free alternative to netbench, but dbench contains only file-system calls for testing the disk performance. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterDbench 4.0Client Count: 1Single DiskRAID0RAID148121620SE +/- 0.27, N = 6SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 39.6914.7813.241. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt -O2
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterDbench 4.0Client Count: 1Single DiskRAID0RAID148121620Min: 8.94 / Avg: 9.69 / Max: 10.75Min: 14.73 / Avg: 14.78 / Max: 14.82Min: 13.01 / Avg: 13.24 / Max: 13.451. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt -O2

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterDbench 4.0Client Count: 6Single DiskRAID0RAID11326395265SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.64, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 337.9657.3551.601. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt -O2
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterDbench 4.0Client Count: 6Single DiskRAID0RAID11122334455Min: 37.61 / Avg: 37.96 / Max: 38.48Min: 56.32 / Avg: 57.35 / Max: 58.52Min: 50.83 / Avg: 51.6 / Max: 52.531. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt -O2

IOzone

The IOzone benchmark tests the hard disk drive / file-system performance. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read PerformanceSingle DiskRAID0RAID114002800420056007000SE +/- 86.49, N = 3SE +/- 42.48, N = 3SE +/- 86.88, N = 36385.906555.796511.681. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read PerformanceSingle DiskRAID0RAID111002200330044005500Min: 6262.34 / Avg: 6385.9 / Max: 6552.53Min: 6470.86 / Avg: 6555.79 / Max: 6599.97Min: 6424.8 / Avg: 6511.68 / Max: 6685.441. (CC) gcc options: -O3

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceSingle DiskRAID0RAID160120180240300SE +/- 0.66, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3121.66271.69137.191. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceSingle DiskRAID0RAID150100150200250Min: 120.42 / Avg: 121.66 / Max: 122.68Min: 271.52 / Avg: 271.69 / Max: 271.82Min: 137.15 / Avg: 137.19 / Max: 137.221. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Compile Bench

Compilebench tries to age a filesystem by simulating some of the disk IO common in creating, compiling, patching, stating and reading kernel trees. It indirectly measures how well filesystems can maintain directory locality as the disk fills up and directories age. This current test is setup to use the makej mode with 10 initial directories Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: CompileSingle DiskRAID0RAID1160320480640800SE +/- 3.18, N = 3SE +/- 7.73, N = 3SE +/- 13.08, N = 6632.44735.10630.97
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: CompileSingle DiskRAID0RAID1130260390520650Min: 629.18 / Avg: 632.44 / Max: 638.79Min: 719.64 / Avg: 735.1 / Max: 742.91Min: 566.81 / Avg: 630.97 / Max: 653.12

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateSingle DiskRAID0RAID14080120160200SE +/- 0.71, N = 3SE +/- 3.20, N = 3SE +/- 3.24, N = 386.48170.09127.68
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateSingle DiskRAID0RAID1306090120150Min: 85.07 / Avg: 86.48 / Max: 87.26Min: 163.8 / Avg: 170.09 / Max: 174.22Min: 122.59 / Avg: 127.68 / Max: 133.69

PostMark

This is a test of NetApp's PostMark benchmark designed to simulate small-file testing similar to the tasks endured by web and mail servers. This test profile will set PostMark to perform 25,000 transactions with 500 files simultaneously with the file sizes ranging between 5 and 512 kilobytes. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceSingle DiskRAID0RAID111002200330044005500SE +/- 31.33, N = 3SE +/- 35.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 34870517349011. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceSingle DiskRAID0RAID19001800270036004500Min: 4807 / Avg: 4869.67 / Max: 4901Min: 5102 / Avg: 5172.67 / Max: 5208Min: 4901 / Avg: 4901 / Max: 49011. (CC) gcc options: -O3