svcops_m1xlarge Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor testing on Scientific Linux 6.3 via the Phoronix Test Suite. vanilla_ext3: Processor: Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.00GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 1654GB OS: Scientific Linux 6.3, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20120305, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor ext4_16KChunk_stride4_stripewidth16: Processor: Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.00GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 1654GB OS: Scientific Linux 6.3, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20120305, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor ext4_32KChunk_stride8_stripwidth32: Processor: Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.00GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 1654GB OS: Scientific Linux 6.3, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20120305, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor ext4_64KChunk_stride16_stripewidth64: Processor: Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.00GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 1654GB OS: Scientific Linux 6.3, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20120305, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor ext4_128KChunk_stride32_stripewidth128: Processor: Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.00GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 1654GB OS: Scientific Linux 6.3, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20120305, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor ext4_256KChunk_stride64_stripewidth256: Processor: Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.00GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 1654GB OS: Scientific Linux 6.3, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20120305, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor ext4_512KChunk_stride128_stripewidth512: Processor: Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.00GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 1654GB OS: Scientific Linux 6.3, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20120305, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor ext4_1024KChunk_stride256_stripewidth1024: Processor: Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.00GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 1654GB OS: Scientific Linux 6.3, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20120305, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor xfs_m1xl_aligned_parts: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2650 0 @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 1680GB OS: Scientific Linux 6.3, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20120305, File-System: xfs, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor xfs_16KChunk_sunit16384_swidth4: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2650 0 @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 1680GB OS: Scientific Linux 6.3, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20120305, File-System: xfs, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor xfs_32KChunk_sunit32768_swidth4: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2650 0 @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 1680GB OS: Scientific Linux 6.3, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20120305, File-System: xfs, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor xfs_128KChunk_sunit131072_swidth4: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2650 0 @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 1680GB OS: Scientific Linux 6.3, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20120305, File-System: xfs, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor xfs_256KChunk_sunit262144_swidth4: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2650 0 @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 1680GB OS: Scientific Linux 6.3, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20120305, File-System: xfs, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor AIO-Stress 0.21 Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better vanilla_ext3 .............................. 1213.04 |========================= ext4_16KChunk_stride4_stripewidth16 ....... 1239.20 |========================== ext4_32KChunk_stride8_stripwidth32 ........ 1239.92 |========================== ext4_64KChunk_stride16_stripewidth64 ...... 1220.87 |========================== ext4_128KChunk_stride32_stripewidth128 .... 1223.22 |========================== ext4_256KChunk_stride64_stripewidth256 .... 1228.11 |========================== ext4_512KChunk_stride128_stripewidth512 ... 1215.00 |========================= ext4_1024KChunk_stride256_stripewidth1024 . 1216.00 |========================= xfs_m1xl_aligned_parts .................... 1040.03 |====================== xfs_16KChunk_sunit16384_swidth4 ........... 1021.34 |===================== xfs_32KChunk_sunit32768_swidth4 ........... 1013.83 |===================== xfs_128KChunk_sunit131072_swidth4 ......... 1037.32 |====================== xfs_256KChunk_sunit262144_swidth4 ......... 1035.88 |====================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better vanilla_ext3 .............................. 534.18 |========================== ext4_16KChunk_stride4_stripewidth16 ....... 527.34 |========================= ext4_32KChunk_stride8_stripwidth32 ........ 527.92 |========================= ext4_64KChunk_stride16_stripewidth64 ...... 562.57 |=========================== ext4_128KChunk_stride32_stripewidth128 .... 525.38 |========================= ext4_256KChunk_stride64_stripewidth256 .... 539.88 |========================== ext4_512KChunk_stride128_stripewidth512 ... 547.62 |========================== ext4_1024KChunk_stride256_stripewidth1024 . 564.65 |=========================== xfs_m1xl_aligned_parts .................... 433.03 |===================== xfs_16KChunk_sunit16384_swidth4 ........... 436.42 |===================== xfs_32KChunk_sunit32768_swidth4 ........... 442.83 |===================== xfs_128KChunk_sunit131072_swidth4 ......... 447.63 |===================== xfs_256KChunk_sunit262144_swidth4 ......... 462.87 |====================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better vanilla_ext3 .............................. 76.01 |============================ ext4_16KChunk_stride4_stripewidth16 ....... 74.90 |============================ ext4_32KChunk_stride8_stripwidth32 ........ 76.12 |============================ ext4_64KChunk_stride16_stripewidth64 ...... 75.70 |============================ ext4_128KChunk_stride32_stripewidth128 .... 75.86 |============================ ext4_256KChunk_stride64_stripewidth256 .... 76.22 |============================ ext4_512KChunk_stride128_stripewidth512 ... 75.83 |============================ ext4_1024KChunk_stride256_stripewidth1024 . 75.98 |============================ xfs_m1xl_aligned_parts .................... 62.11 |======================= xfs_16KChunk_sunit16384_swidth4 ........... 60.90 |====================== xfs_32KChunk_sunit32768_swidth4 ........... 61.55 |======================= xfs_128KChunk_sunit131072_swidth4 ......... 60.86 |====================== xfs_256KChunk_sunit262144_swidth4 ......... 58.98 |====================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better vanilla_ext3 .............................. 211.56 |=========================== ext4_16KChunk_stride4_stripewidth16 ....... 202.68 |========================== ext4_32KChunk_stride8_stripwidth32 ........ 208.06 |=========================== ext4_64KChunk_stride16_stripewidth64 ...... 211.67 |=========================== ext4_128KChunk_stride32_stripewidth128 .... 209.53 |=========================== ext4_256KChunk_stride64_stripewidth256 .... 210.33 |=========================== ext4_512KChunk_stride128_stripewidth512 ... 206.76 |========================== ext4_1024KChunk_stride256_stripewidth1024 . 210.64 |=========================== xfs_m1xl_aligned_parts .................... 174.86 |====================== xfs_16KChunk_sunit16384_swidth4 ........... 172.52 |====================== xfs_32KChunk_sunit32768_swidth4 ........... 176.93 |======================= xfs_128KChunk_sunit131072_swidth4 ......... 177.61 |======================= xfs_256KChunk_sunit262144_swidth4 ......... 176.77 |======================= Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better vanilla_ext3 .............................. 432.37 |========================= ext4_16KChunk_stride4_stripewidth16 ....... 442.00 |========================= ext4_32KChunk_stride8_stripwidth32 ........ 474.19 |=========================== ext4_64KChunk_stride16_stripewidth64 ...... 461.05 |========================== ext4_128KChunk_stride32_stripewidth128 .... 427.51 |======================== ext4_256KChunk_stride64_stripewidth256 .... 435.02 |========================= ext4_512KChunk_stride128_stripewidth512 ... 431.22 |========================= ext4_1024KChunk_stride256_stripewidth1024 . 437.23 |========================= xfs_m1xl_aligned_parts .................... 339.42 |=================== xfs_16KChunk_sunit16384_swidth4 ........... 212.06 |============ xfs_32KChunk_sunit32768_swidth4 ........... 309.48 |================== xfs_128KChunk_sunit131072_swidth4 ......... 367.73 |===================== xfs_256KChunk_sunit262144_swidth4 ......... 358.56 |==================== Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better vanilla_ext3 .............................. 598.27 |========================== ext4_16KChunk_stride4_stripewidth16 ....... 505.58 |====================== ext4_32KChunk_stride8_stripwidth32 ........ 517.95 |====================== ext4_64KChunk_stride16_stripewidth64 ...... 607.18 |========================== ext4_128KChunk_stride32_stripewidth128 .... 615.07 |========================== ext4_256KChunk_stride64_stripewidth256 .... 619.65 |=========================== ext4_512KChunk_stride128_stripewidth512 ... 627.93 |=========================== ext4_1024KChunk_stride256_stripewidth1024 . 621.97 |=========================== xfs_m1xl_aligned_parts .................... 368.65 |================ xfs_16KChunk_sunit16384_swidth4 ........... 179.88 |======== xfs_32KChunk_sunit32768_swidth4 ........... 293.32 |============= xfs_128KChunk_sunit131072_swidth4 ......... 439.38 |=================== xfs_256KChunk_sunit262144_swidth4 ......... 441.56 |=================== Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better vanilla_ext3 .............................. 648.76 |=========================== ext4_16KChunk_stride4_stripewidth16 ....... 372.24 |=============== ext4_32KChunk_stride8_stripwidth32 ........ 371.05 |=============== ext4_64KChunk_stride16_stripewidth64 ...... 494.85 |==================== ext4_128KChunk_stride32_stripewidth128 .... 614.92 |========================= ext4_256KChunk_stride64_stripewidth256 .... 652.09 |=========================== ext4_512KChunk_stride128_stripewidth512 ... 606.93 |========================= ext4_1024KChunk_stride256_stripewidth1024 . 613.47 |========================= xfs_m1xl_aligned_parts .................... 238.65 |========== xfs_16KChunk_sunit16384_swidth4 ........... 124.14 |===== xfs_32KChunk_sunit32768_swidth4 ........... 213.51 |========= xfs_128KChunk_sunit131072_swidth4 ......... 373.88 |=============== xfs_256KChunk_sunit262144_swidth4 ......... 376.06 |================ Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better vanilla_ext3 .............................. 140.22 |========================== ext4_16KChunk_stride4_stripewidth16 ....... 139.59 |========================== ext4_32KChunk_stride8_stripwidth32 ........ 145.15 |=========================== ext4_64KChunk_stride16_stripewidth64 ...... 146.49 |=========================== ext4_128KChunk_stride32_stripewidth128 .... 137.79 |========================= ext4_256KChunk_stride64_stripewidth256 .... 138.03 |========================= ext4_512KChunk_stride128_stripewidth512 ... 137.68 |========================= ext4_1024KChunk_stride256_stripewidth1024 . 138.86 |========================== xfs_m1xl_aligned_parts .................... 118.22 |====================== xfs_16KChunk_sunit16384_swidth4 ........... 31.83 |====== xfs_32KChunk_sunit32768_swidth4 ........... 124.35 |======================= xfs_128KChunk_sunit131072_swidth4 ......... 110.92 |==================== xfs_256KChunk_sunit262144_swidth4 ......... 96.16 |================== Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better vanilla_ext3 .............................. 1030.08 |=============== ext4_16KChunk_stride4_stripewidth16 ....... 1177.47 |================= ext4_32KChunk_stride8_stripwidth32 ........ 1056.76 |=============== ext4_64KChunk_stride16_stripewidth64 ...... 1020.04 |=============== ext4_128KChunk_stride32_stripewidth128 .... 1012.82 |=============== ext4_256KChunk_stride64_stripewidth256 .... 1000.26 |============== ext4_512KChunk_stride128_stripewidth512 ... 1020.67 |=============== ext4_1024KChunk_stride256_stripewidth1024 . 1005.98 |============== xfs_m1xl_aligned_parts .................... 1630.37 |======================= xfs_16KChunk_sunit16384_swidth4 ........... 1812.11 |========================== xfs_32KChunk_sunit32768_swidth4 ........... 1714.16 |========================= xfs_128KChunk_sunit131072_swidth4 ......... 1622.36 |======================= xfs_256KChunk_sunit262144_swidth4 ......... 1606.71 |======================= FS-Mark 3.3 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better vanilla_ext3 .............................. 78.87 |=========== ext4_16KChunk_stride4_stripewidth16 ....... 73.33 |========== ext4_32KChunk_stride8_stripwidth32 ........ 57.67 |======== ext4_64KChunk_stride16_stripewidth64 ...... 52.67 |======= ext4_128KChunk_stride32_stripewidth128 .... 52.17 |======= ext4_256KChunk_stride64_stripewidth256 .... 200.10 |=========================== ext4_512KChunk_stride128_stripewidth512 ... 191.47 |========================== ext4_1024KChunk_stride256_stripewidth1024 . 68.85 |========= xfs_m1xl_aligned_parts .................... 74.52 |========== xfs_16KChunk_sunit16384_swidth4 ........... 84.60 |=========== xfs_32KChunk_sunit32768_swidth4 ........... 89.53 |============ xfs_128KChunk_sunit131072_swidth4 ......... 104.63 |============== xfs_256KChunk_sunit262144_swidth4 ......... 90.12 |============ Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better vanilla_ext3 .............................. 25.95 |========================= ext4_16KChunk_stride4_stripewidth16 ....... 26.09 |========================== ext4_32KChunk_stride8_stripwidth32 ........ 25.88 |========================= ext4_64KChunk_stride16_stripewidth64 ...... 25.96 |========================= ext4_128KChunk_stride32_stripewidth128 .... 25.94 |========================= ext4_256KChunk_stride64_stripewidth256 .... 25.99 |========================= ext4_512KChunk_stride128_stripewidth512 ... 26.23 |========================== ext4_1024KChunk_stride256_stripewidth1024 . 26.15 |========================== xfs_m1xl_aligned_parts .................... 28.43 |============================ xfs_16KChunk_sunit16384_swidth4 ........... 28.37 |============================ xfs_32KChunk_sunit32768_swidth4 ........... 28.54 |============================ xfs_128KChunk_sunit131072_swidth4 ......... 28.64 |============================ xfs_256KChunk_sunit262144_swidth4 ......... 28.38 |============================ IOzone 3.405 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better vanilla_ext3 .............................. 1332.26 |========================= ext4_16KChunk_stride4_stripewidth16 ....... 1332.00 |========================= ext4_32KChunk_stride8_stripwidth32 ........ 1328.47 |========================= ext4_64KChunk_stride16_stripewidth64 ...... 1335.40 |========================= ext4_128KChunk_stride32_stripewidth128 .... 1331.21 |========================= ext4_256KChunk_stride64_stripewidth256 .... 1332.77 |========================= ext4_512KChunk_stride128_stripewidth512 ... 1332.33 |========================= ext4_1024KChunk_stride256_stripewidth1024 . 1323.10 |========================= xfs_m1xl_aligned_parts .................... 1394.00 |========================== xfs_16KChunk_sunit16384_swidth4 ........... 1347.36 |========================= xfs_32KChunk_sunit32768_swidth4 ........... 1372.06 |========================== xfs_128KChunk_sunit131072_swidth4 ......... 1363.91 |========================= xfs_256KChunk_sunit262144_swidth4 ......... 1374.36 |========================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better vanilla_ext3 .............................. 105.66 |========== ext4_16KChunk_stride4_stripewidth16 ....... 103.36 |========== ext4_32KChunk_stride8_stripwidth32 ........ 102.35 |========== ext4_64KChunk_stride16_stripewidth64 ...... 97.99 |========== ext4_128KChunk_stride32_stripewidth128 .... 99.71 |========== ext4_256KChunk_stride64_stripewidth256 .... 272.87 |=========================== ext4_512KChunk_stride128_stripewidth512 ... 97.17 |========== ext4_1024KChunk_stride256_stripewidth1024 . 96.89 |========== xfs_m1xl_aligned_parts .................... 190.45 |=================== xfs_16KChunk_sunit16384_swidth4 ........... 43.32 |==== xfs_32KChunk_sunit32768_swidth4 ........... 225.39 |====================== xfs_128KChunk_sunit131072_swidth4 ......... 233.34 |======================= xfs_256KChunk_sunit262144_swidth4 ......... 249.01 |========================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better vanilla_ext3 .............................. 1192 |============================ ext4_16KChunk_stride4_stripewidth16 ....... 1194 |============================ ext4_32KChunk_stride8_stripwidth32 ........ 1186 |============================ ext4_64KChunk_stride16_stripewidth64 ...... 1188 |============================ ext4_128KChunk_stride32_stripewidth128 .... 1196 |============================ ext4_256KChunk_stride64_stripewidth256 .... 1196 |============================ ext4_512KChunk_stride128_stripewidth512 ... 1182 |============================ ext4_1024KChunk_stride256_stripewidth1024 . 1188 |============================ xfs_m1xl_aligned_parts .................... 1217 |============================= xfs_16KChunk_sunit16384_swidth4 ........... 1211 |============================= xfs_32KChunk_sunit32768_swidth4 ........... 1221 |============================= xfs_128KChunk_sunit131072_swidth4 ......... 1200 |============================= xfs_256KChunk_sunit262144_swidth4 ......... 1211 |============================= SQLite 3.7.3 12,500 INSERTs Seconds < Lower Is Better vanilla_ext3 .............................. 40.53 |=========================== ext4_16KChunk_stride4_stripewidth16 ....... 33.84 |====================== ext4_32KChunk_stride8_stripwidth32 ........ 35.75 |======================== ext4_64KChunk_stride16_stripewidth64 ...... 37.39 |========================= ext4_128KChunk_stride32_stripewidth128 .... 42.17 |============================ ext4_256KChunk_stride64_stripewidth256 .... 42.11 |============================ ext4_512KChunk_stride128_stripewidth512 ... 42.57 |============================ ext4_1024KChunk_stride256_stripewidth1024 . 40.15 |========================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better vanilla_ext3 .............................. 1648.77 |======================== ext4_16KChunk_stride4_stripewidth16 ....... 1620.77 |======================== ext4_32KChunk_stride8_stripwidth32 ........ 1643.22 |======================== ext4_64KChunk_stride16_stripewidth64 ...... 1641.77 |======================== ext4_128KChunk_stride32_stripewidth128 .... 1642.83 |======================== ext4_256KChunk_stride64_stripewidth256 .... 1654.43 |======================== ext4_512KChunk_stride128_stripewidth512 ... 1648.87 |======================== ext4_1024KChunk_stride256_stripewidth1024 . 1653.18 |======================== xfs_m1xl_aligned_parts .................... 1755.87 |========================== xfs_16KChunk_sunit16384_swidth4 ........... 1622.39 |======================== xfs_32KChunk_sunit32768_swidth4 ........... 1739.65 |========================== xfs_128KChunk_sunit131072_swidth4 ......... 1743.82 |========================== xfs_256KChunk_sunit262144_swidth4 ......... 1733.36 |========================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better vanilla_ext3 .............................. 6.45 |============================ ext4_16KChunk_stride4_stripewidth16 ....... 6.23 |=========================== ext4_32KChunk_stride8_stripwidth32 ........ 6.05 |========================== ext4_64KChunk_stride16_stripewidth64 ...... 6.28 |=========================== ext4_128KChunk_stride32_stripewidth128 .... 6.43 |============================ ext4_256KChunk_stride64_stripewidth256 .... 6.00 |========================== ext4_512KChunk_stride128_stripewidth512 ... 6.67 |============================= ext4_1024KChunk_stride256_stripewidth1024 . 6.20 |=========================== xfs_m1xl_aligned_parts .................... 2.91 |============= xfs_16KChunk_sunit16384_swidth4 ........... 2.45 |=========== xfs_32KChunk_sunit32768_swidth4 ........... 2.91 |============= xfs_128KChunk_sunit131072_swidth4 ......... 2.71 |============ xfs_256KChunk_sunit262144_swidth4 ......... 2.61 |=========== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better vanilla_ext3 .............................. 21.23 |======================= ext4_16KChunk_stride4_stripewidth16 ....... 21.42 |======================= ext4_32KChunk_stride8_stripwidth32 ........ 21.29 |======================= ext4_64KChunk_stride16_stripewidth64 ...... 21.18 |======================= ext4_128KChunk_stride32_stripewidth128 .... 21.15 |======================= ext4_256KChunk_stride64_stripewidth256 .... 21.13 |====================== ext4_512KChunk_stride128_stripewidth512 ... 21.30 |======================= ext4_1024KChunk_stride256_stripewidth1024 . 21.19 |======================= xfs_m1xl_aligned_parts .................... 25.12 |=========================== xfs_16KChunk_sunit16384_swidth4 ........... 24.75 |========================== xfs_32KChunk_sunit32768_swidth4 ........... 24.54 |========================== xfs_128KChunk_sunit131072_swidth4 ......... 26.31 |============================ xfs_256KChunk_sunit262144_swidth4 ......... 23.86 |=========================