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.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1411054-LI-BTRFSRAID55&grw.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionNative 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 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 4.9.1btrfs2560x1600ext4xfsf2fsOpenBenchmarking.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 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_xattrProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveSystem Details- Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.8.

compilebench: Initial Createfio: 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/sfs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Sizefs-mark: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threadsfs-mark: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Sizeiozone: 4Kb - 8GB - Write PerformanceNative 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 6206.74758.26497.23824.97319.4141.4383.7340.731142.43187.72233.00128.00323.80130.3235.1069.0335.63584.85177.54469.10267.48450.78272.1938.3377.0738.50599.32189.59742.06248.93869.68242.5538.8779.8739.17876.77195.02653.54214.56960.89208.9638.2075.4737.73598.43178.31816.02381.45385.3439.6092.0039.431141.18160.58224.69109.22854.98109.9734.0364.0033.43280.39156.97695.44159.53843.68161.9037.8075.6036.93478.65156.21792.61214.31879.09209.6033.3764.7332.10438.55151.64909.98179.73925.05172.7230.4356.8030.63315.85325.18818.33421.37508.7338.9790.4038.731111.26303.04214.45110.32303.30115.3433.9099.5734.80302.75306.37684.95163.86199.9537.0378.1336.80585.30316.17689.39146.07957.59192.8031.1084.0731441.27320.82854.92134.18155.7832.2770.4332.00385.39264.38841.97393.49398.7442.4388.7340.731111.56228.19236.43115.51301.16115.8234.0768.9032.77303.50228.20384.53166.75214.9439.5781.7035.83588.42255.99751.77151.05197.1932.1058.1030.33580.95271.62928.27129.62154.1030.9353.8329.23473.17331.33872.84387.04419.2965.8786.5766.401100.42328.79239.73109.58299.58113.3553.5080.6353.57303.32352.47741.30177.32200.3662.8777.9761.30566.14377.77736.18149.41196.7856.3775.5052.47421.86348.76916.30131.26997.53152.5350.7367.8351.40350.84OpenBenchmarking.org

Compile Bench

Test: Initial Create

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

Flexible IO Tester

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

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

Flexible IO Tester

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

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

Flexible IO Tester

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

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

Flexible IO Tester

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

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

FS-Mark

Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size

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

FS-Mark

Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads

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

FS-Mark

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

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

IOzone

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

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

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