Btrfs vs. Linux Soft RAID Linux 4.7

Btrfs RAID tests on Linux 4.7 kernel. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the Phoronix Test Suite by running the command: phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1608073-LO-SOFTRAID920
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Btrfs: RAID0 2-Disk
August 04 2016
 
Btrfs: RAID1 2-Disk
August 04 2016
 
Btrfs: RAID0 4-Disk
August 05 2016
 
Btrfs: RAID1 4-Disk
August 05 2016
 
Btrfs: RAID10 4-Disk
August 05 2016
 
MDADM: RAID0 2-Disk
August 06 2016
 
MDADM: RAID1 2-Disk
August 06 2016
 
MDADM: RAID0 4-Disk
August 06 2016
 
MDADM: RAID1 4-Disk
August 06 2016
 
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August 07 2016
 
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Btrfs vs. Linux Soft RAID Linux 4.7OpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteIntel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores)MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0Intel Skylake16384MB4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GBLLVMpipeRealtek ALC1150Intel ConnectionUbuntu 16.104.7.0-040700-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.5.0X Server 1.18.4nouveau 1.0.123.3 Mesa 12.0.1 Gallium 0.4GCC 6.1.1 20160724btrfs1024x768ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionBtrfs Vs. Linux Soft RAID Linux 4.7 BenchmarksSystem Logs- LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --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-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - Btrfs: RAID0 2-Disk: CFQ / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd,subvol=/,subvolid=5 / RAID0 - Btrfs: RAID1 2-Disk: CFQ / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd,subvol=/,subvolid=5 / RAID1 - Btrfs: RAID0 4-Disk: CFQ / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd,subvol=/,subvolid=5 / RAID0 - Btrfs: RAID1 4-Disk: CFQ / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd,subvol=/,subvolid=5 / RAID1 - Btrfs: RAID10 4-Disk: CFQ / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd,subvol=/,subvolid=5 / RAID10 - MDADM: RAID0 2-Disk: CFQ / relatime,rw,space_cache,subvol=/,subvolid=5 / raid0 sdb[1] sda[0] - MDADM: RAID1 2-Disk: CFQ / relatime,rw,space_cache,subvol=/,subvolid=5 / raid1 sdb[1] sda[0] - MDADM: RAID0 4-Disk: CFQ / relatime,rw,space_cache,subvol=/,subvolid=5 / raid0 sdd[3] sdc[2] sdb[1] sda[0] - MDADM: RAID1 4-Disk: CFQ / relatime,rw,space_cache,subvol=/,subvolid=5 / raid1 sdd[3] sdc[2] sdb[1] sda[0] - MDADM: RAID10 4-Disk: CFQ / relatime,rw,space_cache,subvol=/,subvolid=5 / raid10 sdd[3] sdc[2] sdb[1] sda[0] - Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance

pgbench: On-Disk - Normal Load - Read Writeblogbench: Writefs-mark: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threadsfs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Sizefio: Seq Write - Libaio - No - Yes - 4KB - Default Test Directory - MB/sfio: Seq Write - Libaio - No - Yes - 4KB - Default Test Directory - IOPSfio: Seq Read - Libaio - No - Yes - 4KB - Default Test Directory - MB/sfio: Seq Read - Libaio - No - Yes - 4KB - Default Test Directory - IOPSfio: Rand Write - Libaio - No - Yes - 4KB - Default Test Directory - MB/sfio: Rand Write - Libaio - No - Yes - 4KB - Default Test Directory - IOPSfio: Rand Read - Libaio - No - Yes - 4KB - Default Test Directory - MB/sfio: Rand Read - Libaio - No - Yes - 4KB - Default Test Directory - IOPSBtrfsMDADM RAID0 2-Disk RAID1 2-Disk RAID0 4-Disk RAID1 4-Disk RAID10 4-Disk RAID0 2-Disk RAID1 2-Disk RAID0 4-Disk RAID1 4-Disk RAID10 4-Disk1389.52627782.0087.03139.2230492483.27105346152.2032384432.83108296983.28422743.1361.9573.6518971349.748702681.1119352214.78542991781.177847141.73128.63162.0238625738.69181495149.8737291667.681642401186.65552160.8787.97116.0126303464.23114380101.3426645283.99719021494.37597467.6039.5090.7124596655.82162847100.5125698431.171080581415.42510371.7085.55152.1133849545.57136969165.7134328430.03107830235026.2813.1727.449890528.9613514433.628689435.531087231496.836300113.02126.80174.4744141722.24185565192.1349222668.47163697310.14192912.5310.8527.756510596.0515216632.237467665.171199251457.99435264.1589.6292.741204271.211657837.981200259.138313OpenBenchmarking.org

PostgreSQL pgbench

MinAvgMaxMDADM31011701497Btrfs98313671781OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read WriteRAID10 4-DiskRAID1 4-DiskRAID0 4-DiskRAID0 2-DiskRAID1 2-Disk5001000150020002500

BlogBench

MinAvgMaxMDADM192940076300Btrfs422759697847OpenBenchmarking.orgFinal Score, More Is BetterBlogBench 1.0Test: WriteRAID10 4-DiskRAID1 4-DiskRAID0 4-DiskRAID1 2-DiskRAID0 2-Disk2K4K6K8K10K

FS-Mark

FS_Mark is designed to test a system's file-system performance. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

MinAvgMaxMDADM12.557.5113.0Btrfs43.179.1141.7OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 ThreadsRAID10 4-DiskRAID1 4-DiskRAID0 4-DiskRAID1 2-DiskRAID0 2-Disk4080120160200

MinAvgMaxMDADM10.965.2126.8Btrfs39.581.0128.6OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB SizeRAID10 4-DiskRAID1 4-DiskRAID0 4-DiskRAID1 2-DiskRAID0 2-Disk4080120160200

Flexible IO Tester

MinAvgMaxMDADM27.494.9174.5Btrfs73.7116.3162.0OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.13Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/sRAID10 4-DiskRAID1 4-DiskRAID0 4-DiskRAID1 2-DiskRAID0 2-Disk50100150200250

MinAvgMaxMDADM65102128644141Btrfs189712779738625OpenBenchmarking.orgIOPS, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.13Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPSRAID10 4-DiskRAID1 4-DiskRAID0 4-DiskRAID1 2-DiskRAID0 2-Disk11K22K33K44K55K

MinAvgMaxMDADM71493722Btrfs350538739OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.13Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/sRAID10 4-DiskRAID1 4-DiskRAID0 4-DiskRAID1 2-DiskRAID0 2-Disk2004006008001000

MinAvgMaxMDADM16578125284185565Btrfs87026130219181495OpenBenchmarking.orgIOPS, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.13Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPSRAID10 4-DiskRAID1 4-DiskRAID0 4-DiskRAID1 2-DiskRAID0 2-Disk50K100K150K200K250K

MinAvgMaxMDADM32.292.3192.1Btrfs81.1117.0152.2OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.13Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/sRAID10 4-DiskRAID1 4-DiskRAID0 4-DiskRAID1 2-DiskRAID0 2-Disk50100150200250

MinAvgMaxMDADM74672234249222Btrfs193522827437291OpenBenchmarking.orgIOPS, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.13Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPSRAID10 4-DiskRAID1 4-DiskRAID0 4-DiskRAID1 2-DiskRAID0 2-Disk13K26K39K52K65K

MinAvgMaxMDADM59452668Btrfs215406668OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.13Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/sRAID10 4-DiskRAID1 4-DiskRAID0 4-DiskRAID1 2-DiskRAID0 2-Disk2004006008001000

MinAvgMaxMDADM8313101698163697Btrfs54299101359164240OpenBenchmarking.orgIOPS, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.13Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPSRAID10 4-DiskRAID1 4-DiskRAID0 4-DiskRAID1 2-DiskRAID0 2-Disk50K100K150K200K250K