Native Btrfs vs. mdadm RAID

Btrfs RAID benchmarks with four Intel SSDs using RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10 levels on Linux 3.18 kernel. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Native Btrfs RAID: RAID 0
October 28 2014
 
Native Btrfs RAID: RAID 1
October 28 2014
 
Native Btrfs RAID: RAID 10
October 28 2014
 
Native Btrfs RAID: RAID 5
October 28 2014
 
Native Btrfs RAID: RAID 6
October 29 2014
 
mdadm Btrfs: RAID 0
October 29 2014
 
mdadm Btrfs: RAID 1
October 29 2014
 
mdadm Btrfs: RAID 10
October 29 2014
 
mdadm Btrfs: RAID 5
October 29 2014
 
mdadm Btrfs: RAID 6
October 29 2014
 
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Native Btrfs vs. mdadm RAID - Phoronix Test Suite

Native Btrfs vs. mdadm RAID

Btrfs RAID benchmarks with four Intel SSDs using RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10 levels on Linux 3.18 kernel. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1410302-LI-BTRFSRAID97&gru&sro.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionNative Btrfs RAIDmdadm Btrfs RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5 RAID 6Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores)Gigabyte X99-UD4-CFIntel Xeon E5 v3/Core16384MB4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MBIntel C610/X99SyncMasterIntel ConnectionUbuntu 14.103.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.3.1X Server 1.16.0radeon 7.4.03.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.9.1btrfs2560x1600OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- --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 Disk Details- Native Btrfs RAID: RAID 0: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd- Native Btrfs RAID: RAID 1: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd- Native Btrfs RAID: RAID 10: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd- Native Btrfs RAID: RAID 5: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd- Native Btrfs RAID: RAID 6: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd- mdadm Btrfs: RAID 0: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache- mdadm Btrfs: RAID 1: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache- mdadm Btrfs: RAID 10: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache- mdadm Btrfs: RAID 5: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache- mdadm Btrfs: RAID 6: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cacheProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveSystem Details- Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.8.

fs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Sizefs-mark: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threadsfs-mark: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Sizefio: Rand Read - Libaio - No - 16KB - Default Test Directory - MB/sfio: Rand Write - Libaio - No - 16KB - Default Test Directory - MB/sfio: Seq Read - Libaio - No - 16KB - Default Test Directory - MB/sfio: Seq Write - Libaio - No - 16KB - Default Test Directory - MB/siozone: 4Kb - 8GB - Write Performancecompilebench: Initial CreateNative Btrfs RAIDmdadm Btrfs RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5 RAID 641.4383.7340.73758.26497.23824.97319.411142.43206.7435.1069.0335.63233.00128.00323.80130.32584.85187.7238.3377.0738.50469.10267.48450.78272.19599.32177.5438.8779.8739.17742.06248.93869.68242.55876.77189.5938.2075.4737.73653.54214.56960.89208.96598.43195.0239.6092.0039.43816.02381.45385.341141.18178.3134.0364.0033.43224.69109.22854.98109.97280.39160.5837.8075.6036.93695.44159.53843.68161.90478.65156.9733.3764.7332.10792.61214.31879.09209.60438.55156.2130.4356.8030.63909.98179.73925.05172.72315.85151.64OpenBenchmarking.org

FS-Mark

Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size

MinAvgMaxNative Btrfs RAID35.138.441.4mdadm Btrfs30.435.039.6OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB SizeRAID 0RAID 1RAID 10RAID 5RAID 61122334455

FS-Mark

Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads

MinAvgMaxNative Btrfs RAID69.077.083.7mdadm Btrfs56.870.692.0OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 ThreadsRAID 0RAID 1RAID 10RAID 5RAID 620406080100

FS-Mark

Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size

MinAvgMaxNative Btrfs RAID35.638.440.7mdadm Btrfs30.634.539.4OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB SizeRAID 0RAID 1RAID 10RAID 5RAID 61122334455

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s

MinAvgMaxNative Btrfs RAID233571758mdadm Btrfs225688910OpenBenchmarking.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/sRAID 0RAID 1RAID 10RAID 5RAID 62004006008001000

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s

MinAvgMaxNative Btrfs RAID128.0271.2497.2mdadm Btrfs109.2208.8381.5OpenBenchmarking.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/sRAID 0RAID 1RAID 10RAID 5RAID 6130260390520650

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s

MinAvgMaxNative Btrfs RAID324686961mdadm Btrfs844876925OpenBenchmarking.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/sRAID 0RAID 1RAID 10RAID 5RAID 62004006008001000

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s

MinAvgMaxNative Btrfs RAID130.3234.7319.4mdadm Btrfs110.0207.9385.3OpenBenchmarking.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/sRAID 0RAID 1RAID 10RAID 5RAID 6100200300400500

IOzone

Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance

MinAvgMaxNative Btrfs RAID5857601142mdadm Btrfs2805311141OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceRAID 0RAID 1RAID 10RAID 5RAID 62004006008001000

Compile Bench

Test: Initial Create

MinAvgMaxNative Btrfs RAID177.5191.3206.7mdadm Btrfs151.6160.7178.3OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateRAID 0RAID 1RAID 10RAID 5RAID 660120180240300

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