Ubuntu Linux RAID 0/1/5/6/10 Disk Testing

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

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Native Btrfs: RAID 0
October 28 2014
 
Native Btrfs: RAID 1
October 28 2014
 
Native Btrfs: RAID 10
October 28 2014
 
Native Btrfs: RAID 5
October 28 2014
 
Native Btrfs: 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
 
mdadm EXT4: RAID 0
October 29 2014
 
mdadm EXT4: RAID 1
October 29 2014
 
mdadm EXT4: RAID 10
October 29 2014
 
mdadm EXT4: RAID 5
October 29 2014
 
mdadm EXT4: RAID 6
October 29 2014
 
mdadm XFS: RAID 0
October 29 2014
 
mdadm XFS: RAID 1
October 29 2014
 
mdadm XFS: RAID 10
October 29 2014
 
mdadm XFS: RAID 5
October 29 2014
 
mdadm XFS: RAID 6
October 30 2014
 
mdadm F2FS: RAID 0
October 30 2014
 
mdadm F2FS: RAID 1
October 30 2014
 
mdadm F2FS: RAID 10
October 30 2014
 
mdadm F2FS: RAID 5
October 30 2014
 
mdadm F2FS: RAID 6
October 30 2014
 
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Ubuntu Linux RAID 0/1/5/6/10 Disk TestingOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteIntel 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 4.9.1btrfsext4xfsf2fs2560x1600ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemsScreen ResolutionUbuntu Linux RAID 0/1/5/6/10 Disk 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 - Native Btrfs: RAID 0: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd- Native Btrfs: RAID 1: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd- Native Btrfs: RAID 10: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd- Native Btrfs: RAID 5: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd- Native Btrfs: 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_cache- mdadm EXT4: RAID 0: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw,stripe=512- mdadm EXT4: RAID 1: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw- mdadm EXT4: RAID 10: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw,stripe=256- mdadm EXT4: RAID 5: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw,stripe=384- mdadm EXT4: RAID 6: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw,stripe=256- mdadm XFS: RAID 0: DEADLINE / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw,sunit=1024,swidth=4096 - mdadm XFS: RAID 1: DEADLINE / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw- mdadm XFS: RAID 10: DEADLINE / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw,sunit=1024,swidth=2048 - mdadm XFS: RAID 5: DEADLINE / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw,sunit=1024,swidth=3072 - mdadm XFS: RAID 6: DEADLINE / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw,sunit=1024,swidth=2048 - mdadm F2FS: RAID 0: DEADLINE / acl,active_logs=6,background_gc=on,relatime,rw,user_xattr - mdadm F2FS: RAID 1: DEADLINE / acl,active_logs=6,background_gc=on,relatime,rw,user_xattr - mdadm F2FS: RAID 10: DEADLINE / acl,active_logs=6,background_gc=on,relatime,rw,user_xattr - mdadm F2FS: RAID 5: DEADLINE / acl,active_logs=6,background_gc=on,relatime,rw,user_xattr - mdadm F2FS: RAID 6: DEADLINE / acl,active_logs=6,background_gc=on,relatime,rw,user_xattr - Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.8.

fio: Seq Write - Libaio - No - 16KB - Default Test Directory - MB/sfio: Rand Write - Libaio - No - 16KB - Default Test Directory - MB/sfio: Rand Read - Libaio - No - 16KB - Default Test Directory - MB/siozone: 4Kb - 8GB - Write Performancefio: Seq Read - Libaio - No - 16KB - Default Test Directory - MB/sfs-mark: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Sizefs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Sizefs-mark: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threadscompilebench: Initial CreateNative Btrfsmdadm Btrfsmdadm EXT4mdadm XFSmdadm F2FS RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5 RAID 6319.41497.23758.261142.43824.9740.7341.4383.73206.74130.32128.00233.00584.85323.8035.6335.1069.03187.72272.19267.48469.10599.32450.7838.5038.3377.07177.54242.55248.93742.06876.77869.6839.1738.8779.87189.59208.96214.56653.54598.43960.8937.7338.2075.47195.02385.34381.45816.021141.1839.4339.6092.00178.31109.97109.22224.69280.39854.9833.4334.0364.00160.58161.90159.53695.44478.65843.6836.9337.8075.60156.97209.60214.31792.61438.55879.0932.1033.3764.73156.21172.72179.73909.98315.85925.0530.6330.4356.80151.64508.73421.37818.331111.2638.7338.9790.40325.18115.34110.32214.45302.75303.3034.8033.9099.57303.04199.95163.86684.95585.3036.8037.0378.13306.37192.80146.07689.39441.27957.593131.1084.07316.17155.78134.18854.92385.3932.0032.2770.43320.82398.74393.49841.971111.5640.7342.4388.73264.38115.82115.51236.43303.50301.1632.7734.0768.90228.19214.94166.75384.53588.4235.8339.5781.70228.20197.19151.05751.77580.9530.3332.1058.10255.99154.10129.62928.27473.1729.2330.9353.83271.62419.29387.04872.841100.4266.4065.8786.57331.33113.35109.58239.73303.32299.5853.5753.5080.63328.79200.36177.32741.30566.1461.3062.8777.97352.47196.78149.41736.18421.8652.4756.3775.50377.77152.53131.26916.30350.84997.5351.4050.7367.83348.76OpenBenchmarking.org

Flexible IO Tester

MinAvgMaxNative Btrfs130.3234.7319.4mdadm Btrfs110.0207.9385.3mdadm EXT4115.3234.5508.7mdadm XFS115.8216.2398.7mdadm F2FS113.4216.5419.3OpenBenchmarking.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 6130260390520650

MinAvgMaxNative Btrfs128.0271.2497.2mdadm Btrfs109.2208.8381.5mdadm EXT4110.3195.2421.4mdadm XFS115.5191.3393.5mdadm F2FS109.6190.9387.0OpenBenchmarking.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

MinAvgMaxNative Btrfs233571758mdadm Btrfs225688910mdadm EXT4214652855mdadm XFS236629928mdadm F2FS240701916OpenBenchmarking.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

IOzone

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

MinAvgMaxNative Btrfs5857601142mdadm Btrfs2805311141mdadm EXT43035651111mdadm XFS3046121112mdadm F2FS3035491100OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceRAID 0RAID 1RAID 10RAID 5RAID 62004006008001000

Flexible IO Tester

MinAvgMaxNative Btrfs324686961mdadm Btrfs844876925mdadm EXT4303630958mdadm XFS301301301mdadm F2FS300649998OpenBenchmarking.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

FS-Mark

MinAvgMaxNative Btrfs35.638.440.7mdadm Btrfs30.634.539.4mdadm EXT431.034.738.7mdadm XFS29.233.840.7mdadm F2FS51.457.066.4OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB SizeRAID 0RAID 1RAID 10RAID 5RAID 620406080100

MinAvgMaxNative Btrfs35.138.441.4mdadm Btrfs30.435.039.6mdadm EXT431.134.739.0mdadm XFS30.935.842.4mdadm F2FS50.757.965.9OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB SizeRAID 0RAID 1RAID 10RAID 5RAID 620406080100

MinAvgMaxNative Btrfs69.077.083.7mdadm Btrfs56.870.692.0mdadm EXT470.484.599.6mdadm XFS53.870.388.7mdadm F2FS67.877.786.6OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 ThreadsRAID 0RAID 1RAID 10RAID 5RAID 620406080100

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.

MinAvgMaxNative Btrfs177.5191.3206.7mdadm Btrfs151.6160.7178.3mdadm EXT4303.0314.3325.2mdadm XFS228.2249.7271.6mdadm F2FS328.8347.8377.8OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateRAID 0RAID 1RAID 10RAID 5RAID 6100200300400500