DiskTest 2 x Intel Xeon E5620 testing with a Intel S5520HC and Matrox MGA G200e [Pilot] (SEP1) on Debian 6.0.5 via the Phoronix Test Suite. mother bcache optimised: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5620 @ 2.40GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Intel S5520HC, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 24576MB, Disk: 320GB Western Digital WD3200AAKX-0 + 1500GB Western Digital WD15EARS-22Z + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EURS-63S + 4 x 1500GB Western Digital WD15EARS-00Z + 1500GB Western Digital WD15EARS-00M + 4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CW12 + 2 x 1000GB Western Digital WD10EALX-009, Graphics: Matrox MGA G200e [Pilot] (SEP1), Network: Intel 82575EB Gigabit Connection OS: Debian 6.0.5, Kernel: 3.2.28bcache-02166-g2a29dd2 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4 raid_build_gep: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 2.21GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-7395 v1.0, Chipset: Intel 82G33/G31/P35/P31 + ICH9, Memory: 2048 MB + 2048 MB + 512 MB + 512 MB SDRAM, Disk: 7 x 3001GB Seagate ST3000NC002-1DY1, Graphics: AMD Radeon X1600/X1650 PRO 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: ASUS VH192, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.14.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 raid_build_gep_synced: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 2.21GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-7395 v1.0, Chipset: Intel 82G33/G31/P35/P31 + ICH9, Memory: 2048 MB + 2048 MB + 512 MB + 512 MB SDRAM, Disk: 7 x 3001GB Seagate ST3000NC002-1DY1, Graphics: AMD Radeon X1600/X1650 PRO 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: ASUS VH192, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.14.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 mother 4Gb bcache: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5620 @ 2.40GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Intel S5520HC, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 24576MB, Disk: 320GB Western Digital WD3200AAKX-0 + 1500GB Western Digital WD15EARS-22Z + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EURS-63S + 4 x 1500GB Western Digital WD15EARS-00Z + 1500GB Western Digital WD15EARS-00M + 4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CW12 + 2 x 1000GB Western Digital WD10EALX-009, Graphics: Matrox MGA G200e [Pilot] (SEP1), Network: Intel 82575EB Gigabit Connection OS: Debian 6.0.5, Kernel: 3.2.28bcache-02166-g2a29dd2 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4 mother bcache 24G: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5620 @ 2.40GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Intel S5520HC, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 24576MB, Disk: 320GB Western Digital WD3200AAKX-0 + 1500GB Western Digital WD15EARS-22Z + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EURS-63S + 4 x 1500GB Western Digital WD15EARS-00Z + 1500GB Western Digital WD15EARS-00M + 4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CW12 + 2 x 1000GB Western Digital WD10EALX-009, Graphics: Matrox MGA G200e [Pilot] (SEP1), Network: Intel 82575EB Gigabit Connection OS: Debian 6.0.5, Kernel: 3.2.28bcache-02166-g2a29dd2 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4 mother raid old: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5620 @ 2.40GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Intel S5520HC, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 12 x 2048 MB 1067MHz, Disk: 320GB Western Digital WD3200AAKX-0 + 1500GB Western Digital WD15EARS-22Z + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EURS-63S + 4 x 1500GB Western Digital WD15EARS-00Z + 1500GB Western Digital WD15EARS-00M + 4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CW12 + 2 x 1000GB Western Digital WD10EALX-009, Graphics: Matrox MGA G200e [Pilot] (SEP1), Network: Intel 82575EB Gigabit Connection OS: Debian 6.0.5, Kernel: 3.2.28bcache-02166-g2a29dd2 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4 pipi: Processor: AMD E-350 @ 1.60GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS E35M1-I DELUXE, Chipset: AMD Device 1510, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 4 x 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARS-00M, Graphics: ATI Device 9802, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Atheros AR9285 Wireless OS: Debian 6.0.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4 auriga: Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8P67-M PRO, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB INTEL SSDSC2CT06 + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARX-00P + 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103UJ, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 1024MB (810/2004MHz), Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Gentoo 2.1, Kernel: 3.2.0-bcache+ (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.9.3, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.64, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 304.64, Compiler: GCC 4.5.4 + LLVM 3.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 mother raid NEW: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5620 @ 2.40GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Intel S5520HC, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 12 x 2048 MB 1067MHz, Disk: 8 x 3001GB Seagate ST3000NC002-1DY1 + 4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CW12 + 320GB Western Digital WD3200AAKX-0 + 2 x 1000GB Western Digital WD10EALX-009, Graphics: Matrox MGA G200e [Pilot] (SEP1), Network: Intel 82575EB Gigabit Connection OS: Debian 6.0.5, Kernel: 3.2.28bcache-02166-g2a29dd2 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4 AIO-Stress 0.21 Test: Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better mother bcache optimised . 104.26 |================== mother 4Gb bcache ....... 120.86 |==================== mother bcache 24G ....... 267.75 |============================================= mother raid old ......... 62.61 |=========== pipi .................... 57.36 |========== auriga .................. 101.66 |================= mother raid NEW ......... 93.62 |================ Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Test: Example Network Job Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better mother bcache optimised . 12.41 |=== raid_build_gep .......... 10.22 |=== raid_build_gep_synced ... 11.31 |=== mother 4Gb bcache ....... 13.28 |=== mother bcache 24G ....... 13.01 |=== mother raid old ......... 12.74 |=== pipi .................... 180.09 |============================================= auriga .................. 4.23 |= Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better mother bcache optimised . 16.66 | raid_build_gep .......... 2898.56 |============================= raid_build_gep_synced ... 2896.59 |============================= mother 4Gb bcache ....... 15.78 | mother bcache 24G ....... 16.69 | mother raid old ......... 4452.40 |============================================ pipi .................... 3915.24 |======================================= auriga .................. 62.59 |= SQLite 3.7.3 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better mother bcache optimised . 15.35 | raid_build_gep .......... 1784.78 |============================================ raid_build_gep_synced ... 1804.89 |============================================ mother 4Gb bcache ....... 14.93 | mother bcache 24G ....... 15.47 | mother raid old ......... 373.29 |========= pipi .................... 288.46 |======= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better mother bcache optimised . 150.07 |================================== raid_build_gep .......... 17.97 |==== raid_build_gep_synced ... 18.00 |==== mother 4Gb bcache ....... 164.15 |===================================== mother bcache 24G ....... 166.06 |====================================== mother raid old ......... 20.47 |===== pipi .................... 43.65 |========== auriga .................. 198.15 |============================================= mother raid NEW ......... 64.78 |=============== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better mother bcache optimised . 342.70 |============================================ raid_build_gep .......... 50.00 |====== raid_build_gep_synced ... 50.10 |====== mother 4Gb bcache ....... 344.13 |============================================ mother bcache 24G ....... 350.13 |============================================= mother raid old ......... 58.53 |======== pipi .................... 73.63 |========= auriga .................. 92.32 |============ mother raid NEW ......... 120.13 |=============== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better mother bcache optimised . 157.30 |======================================== raid_build_gep .......... 17.83 |===== raid_build_gep_synced ... 17.87 |===== mother 4Gb bcache ....... 175.93 |============================================= mother bcache 24G ....... 169.78 |=========================================== mother raid old ......... 19.07 |===== pipi .................... 43.17 |=========== auriga .................. 50.60 |============= mother raid NEW ......... 63.33 |================ FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync Files/s > Higher Is Better mother bcache optimised . 295.73 |============ raid_build_gep .......... 310.52 |============ raid_build_gep_synced ... 290.23 |=========== mother 4Gb bcache ....... 296.87 |============ mother bcache 24G ....... 1111.50 |============================================ mother raid old ......... 544.52 |====================== pipi .................... 351.52 |============== auriga .................. 102.50 |==== mother raid NEW ......... 921.75 |==================================== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better mother bcache optimised . 749.02 |========================= raid_build_gep .......... 30.88 |= raid_build_gep_synced ... 30.47 |= mother 4Gb bcache ....... 762.38 |========================= mother bcache 24G ....... 787.79 |========================== mother raid old ......... 46.40 |== pipi .................... 94.86 |=== auriga .................. 1318.23 |============================================ Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better mother bcache optimised . 154.66 | raid_build_gep .......... 2998.39 |======= raid_build_gep_synced ... 3307.09 |======= mother 4Gb bcache ....... 174.46 | mother bcache 24G ....... 17556.38 |====================================== mother raid old ......... 18221.47 |======================================== pipi .................... 2260.55 |===== auriga .................. 10.70 | mother raid NEW ......... 19759.45 |=========================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 1024MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better mother bcache optimised . 138.03 | raid_build_gep .......... 498.18 |= raid_build_gep_synced ... 498.45 |= mother 4Gb bcache ....... 141.07 | mother bcache 24G ....... 12743.98 |=============================== mother raid old ......... 14633.28 |=================================== pipi .................... 235.06 |= auriga .................. 10.18 | mother raid NEW ......... 17941.06 |=========================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better mother bcache optimised . 221.35 |====================================== raid_build_gep .......... 228.83 |======================================= raid_build_gep_synced ... 226.15 |======================================= mother 4Gb bcache ....... 216.90 |===================================== mother bcache 24G ....... 217.75 |===================================== mother raid old ......... 162.09 |============================ pipi .................... 146.81 |========================= auriga .................. 71.38 |============ mother raid NEW ......... 262.91 |============================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 1024MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better mother bcache optimised . 214.55 |============================== raid_build_gep .......... 236.56 |================================= raid_build_gep_synced ... 234.47 |================================ mother 4Gb bcache ....... 214.07 |============================== mother bcache 24G ....... 211.58 |============================= mother raid old ......... 195.13 |=========================== pipi .................... 179.01 |========================= auriga .................. 63.92 |========= mother raid NEW ......... 324.66 |============================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better mother bcache optimised . 2.74 | raid_build_gep .......... 2517.57 |========= raid_build_gep_synced ... 2437.89 |======== mother 4Gb bcache ....... 6.65 | mother bcache 24G ....... 12642.66 |=========================================== mother raid old ......... 11590.20 |======================================= pipi .................... 1800.45 |====== auriga .................. 2.15 | mother raid NEW ......... 12045.33 |========================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 1024MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better mother bcache optimised . 1.76 | raid_build_gep .......... 3.82 | raid_build_gep_synced ... 3.87 | mother 4Gb bcache ....... 2.11 | mother bcache 24G ....... 10887.77 |========================================= mother raid old ......... 10661.49 |========================================= pipi .................... 2.52 | auriga .................. 1.07 | mother raid NEW ......... 11299.17 |=========================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better mother bcache optimised . 262.45 |============================================= raid_build_gep .......... 5.07 |= raid_build_gep_synced ... 4.78 |= mother 4Gb bcache ....... 238.24 |========================================= mother bcache 24G ....... 237.85 |========================================= mother raid old ......... 1.60 | pipi .................... 3.07 |= auriga .................. 182.68 |=============================== mother raid NEW ......... 4.18 |= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 1024MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better mother bcache optimised . 292.09 |=========================================== raid_build_gep .......... 1.88 | raid_build_gep_synced ... 1.88 | mother 4Gb bcache ....... 234.68 |=================================== mother bcache 24G ....... 302.97 |============================================= mother raid old ......... 1.15 | pipi .................... 2.08 | auriga .................. 117.78 |================= mother raid NEW ......... 2.12 | Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better mother bcache optimised . 178.64 |========================== raid_build_gep .......... 176.42 |========================== raid_build_gep_synced ... 165.42 |======================== mother 4Gb bcache ....... 180.89 |========================== mother bcache 24G ....... 278.51 |========================================= mother raid old ......... 186.41 |=========================== pipi .................... 150.87 |====================== auriga .................. 111.45 |================ mother raid NEW ......... 307.75 |============================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better mother bcache optimised . 147.48 |=========================================== raid_build_gep .......... 111.85 |================================= raid_build_gep_synced ... 109.11 |================================ mother 4Gb bcache ....... 147.08 |=========================================== mother bcache 24G ....... 153.04 |============================================= mother raid old ......... 91.29 |=========================== pipi .................... 63.66 |=================== auriga .................. 116.32 |================================== mother raid NEW ......... 139.07 |========================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better mother bcache optimised . 80.47 |==== raid_build_gep .......... 324.85 |================= raid_build_gep_synced ... 317.34 |================= mother 4Gb bcache ....... 90.58 |===== mother bcache 24G ....... 863.89 |============================================= mother raid old ......... 324.71 |================= pipi .................... 53.74 |=== auriga .................. 594.89 |=============================== mother raid NEW ......... 340.88 |================== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better mother bcache optimised . 16.57 |=================== raid_build_gep .......... 23.27 |=========================== raid_build_gep_synced ... 24.40 |============================ mother 4Gb bcache ....... 15.82 |================== mother bcache 24G ....... 15.80 |================== mother raid old ......... 15.45 |================== pipi .................... 39.73 |============================================== auriga .................. 9.64 |=========== mother raid NEW ......... 15.67 |================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better mother bcache optimised . 856 |============================ raid_build_gep .......... 1421 |=============================================== raid_build_gep_synced ... 1373 |============================================= mother 4Gb bcache ....... 954 |================================ pipi .................... 1050 |===================================