Btrfs RAID tests on Linux 4.7 kernel. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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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.
Btrfs: RAID0 2-Disk:
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.7.0-040700-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160724, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768
Btrfs: RAID1 2-Disk:
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.7.0-040700-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160724, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768
Btrfs: RAID0 4-Disk:
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.7.0-040700-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160724, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768
Btrfs: RAID1 4-Disk:
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.7.0-040700-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160724, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768
Btrfs: RAID10 4-Disk:
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.7.0-040700-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160724, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768
MDADM: RAID0 2-Disk:
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.7.0-040700-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160724, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768
MDADM: RAID1 2-Disk:
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.7.0-040700-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160724, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768
MDADM: RAID0 4-Disk:
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.7.0-040700-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160724, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768
MDADM: RAID1 4-Disk:
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.7.0-040700-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160724, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768
MDADM: RAID10 4-Disk:
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.7.0-040700-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160724, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768
BlogBench 1.0
Test: Write
Final Score > Higher Is Better
Btrfs: RAID0 2-Disk .. 6277 |========================================
Btrfs: RAID1 2-Disk .. 4227 |===========================
Btrfs: RAID0 4-Disk .. 7847 |==================================================
Btrfs: RAID1 4-Disk .. 5521 |===================================
Btrfs: RAID10 4-Disk . 5974 |======================================
MDADM: RAID0 2-Disk .. 5103 |=================================
MDADM: RAID1 2-Disk .. 2350 |===============
MDADM: RAID0 4-Disk .. 6300 |========================================
MDADM: RAID1 4-Disk .. 1929 |============
MDADM: RAID10 4-Disk . 4352 |============================
Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Btrfs: RAID0 2-Disk .. 108296 |================================
Btrfs: RAID1 2-Disk .. 54299 |================
Btrfs: RAID0 4-Disk .. 164240 |================================================
Btrfs: RAID1 4-Disk .. 71902 |=====================
Btrfs: RAID10 4-Disk . 108058 |================================
MDADM: RAID0 2-Disk .. 107830 |================================
MDADM: RAID1 2-Disk .. 108723 |================================
MDADM: RAID0 4-Disk .. 163697 |================================================
MDADM: RAID1 4-Disk .. 119925 |===================================
MDADM: RAID10 4-Disk . 8313 |==
Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Btrfs: RAID0 2-Disk .. 432.83 |===============================
Btrfs: RAID1 2-Disk .. 214.78 |===============
Btrfs: RAID0 4-Disk .. 667.68 |================================================
Btrfs: RAID1 4-Disk .. 283.99 |====================
Btrfs: RAID10 4-Disk . 431.17 |===============================
MDADM: RAID0 2-Disk .. 430.03 |===============================
MDADM: RAID1 2-Disk .. 435.53 |===============================
MDADM: RAID0 4-Disk .. 668.47 |================================================
MDADM: RAID1 4-Disk .. 665.17 |================================================
MDADM: RAID10 4-Disk . 59.13 |====
PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Btrfs: RAID0 2-Disk .. 1389.52 |=====================================
Btrfs: RAID1 2-Disk .. 983.28 |==========================
Btrfs: RAID0 4-Disk .. 1781.17 |===============================================
Btrfs: RAID1 4-Disk .. 1186.65 |===============================
Btrfs: RAID10 4-Disk . 1494.37 |=======================================
MDADM: RAID0 2-Disk .. 1415.42 |=====================================
MDADM: RAID0 4-Disk .. 1496.83 |=======================================
MDADM: RAID1 4-Disk .. 310.14 |========
MDADM: RAID10 4-Disk . 1457.99 |======================================
FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Btrfs: RAID0 2-Disk .. 82.00 |============================
Btrfs: RAID1 2-Disk .. 43.13 |===============
Btrfs: RAID0 4-Disk .. 141.73 |================================================
Btrfs: RAID1 4-Disk .. 60.87 |=====================
Btrfs: RAID10 4-Disk . 67.60 |=======================
MDADM: RAID0 2-Disk .. 71.70 |========================
MDADM: RAID1 2-Disk .. 26.28 |=========
MDADM: RAID0 4-Disk .. 113.02 |======================================
MDADM: RAID1 4-Disk .. 12.53 |====
MDADM: RAID10 4-Disk . 64.15 |======================
FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Btrfs: RAID0 2-Disk .. 87.03 |================================
Btrfs: RAID1 2-Disk .. 61.95 |=======================
Btrfs: RAID0 4-Disk .. 128.63 |================================================
Btrfs: RAID1 4-Disk .. 87.97 |=================================
Btrfs: RAID10 4-Disk . 39.50 |===============
MDADM: RAID0 2-Disk .. 85.55 |================================
MDADM: RAID1 2-Disk .. 13.17 |=====
MDADM: RAID0 4-Disk .. 126.80 |===============================================
MDADM: RAID1 4-Disk .. 10.85 |====
MDADM: RAID10 4-Disk . 89.62 |=================================
Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Btrfs: RAID0 2-Disk .. 139.22 |======================================
Btrfs: RAID1 2-Disk .. 73.65 |====================
Btrfs: RAID0 4-Disk .. 162.02 |=============================================
Btrfs: RAID1 4-Disk .. 116.01 |================================
Btrfs: RAID10 4-Disk . 90.71 |=========================
MDADM: RAID0 2-Disk .. 152.11 |==========================================
MDADM: RAID1 2-Disk .. 27.44 |========
MDADM: RAID0 4-Disk .. 174.47 |================================================
MDADM: RAID1 4-Disk .. 27.75 |========
MDADM: RAID10 4-Disk . 92.74 |==========================
Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Btrfs: RAID0 2-Disk .. 30492 |==================================
Btrfs: RAID1 2-Disk .. 18971 |=====================
Btrfs: RAID0 4-Disk .. 38625 |===========================================
Btrfs: RAID1 4-Disk .. 26303 |=============================
Btrfs: RAID10 4-Disk . 24596 |===========================
MDADM: RAID0 2-Disk .. 33849 |======================================
MDADM: RAID1 2-Disk .. 9890 |===========
MDADM: RAID0 4-Disk .. 44141 |=================================================
MDADM: RAID1 4-Disk .. 6510 |=======
MDADM: RAID10 4-Disk . 12042 |=============
Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Btrfs: RAID0 2-Disk .. 483.27 |===============================
Btrfs: RAID1 2-Disk .. 349.74 |=======================
Btrfs: RAID0 4-Disk .. 738.69 |================================================
Btrfs: RAID1 4-Disk .. 464.23 |==============================
Btrfs: RAID10 4-Disk . 655.82 |===========================================
MDADM: RAID0 2-Disk .. 545.57 |===================================
MDADM: RAID1 2-Disk .. 528.96 |==================================
MDADM: RAID0 4-Disk .. 722.24 |===============================================
MDADM: RAID1 4-Disk .. 596.05 |=======================================
MDADM: RAID10 4-Disk . 71.21 |=====
Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Btrfs: RAID0 2-Disk .. 105346 |===========================
Btrfs: RAID1 2-Disk .. 87026 |=======================
Btrfs: RAID0 4-Disk .. 181495 |===============================================
Btrfs: RAID1 4-Disk .. 114380 |==============================
Btrfs: RAID10 4-Disk . 162847 |==========================================
MDADM: RAID0 2-Disk .. 136969 |===================================
MDADM: RAID1 2-Disk .. 135144 |===================================
MDADM: RAID0 4-Disk .. 185565 |================================================
MDADM: RAID1 4-Disk .. 152166 |=======================================
MDADM: RAID10 4-Disk . 16578 |====
Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Btrfs: RAID0 2-Disk .. 152.20 |======================================
Btrfs: RAID1 2-Disk .. 81.11 |====================
Btrfs: RAID0 4-Disk .. 149.87 |=====================================
Btrfs: RAID1 4-Disk .. 101.34 |=========================
Btrfs: RAID10 4-Disk . 100.51 |=========================
MDADM: RAID0 2-Disk .. 165.71 |=========================================
MDADM: RAID1 2-Disk .. 33.62 |========
MDADM: RAID0 4-Disk .. 192.13 |================================================
MDADM: RAID1 4-Disk .. 32.23 |========
MDADM: RAID10 4-Disk . 37.98 |=========
Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Btrfs: RAID0 2-Disk .. 32384 |================================
Btrfs: RAID1 2-Disk .. 19352 |===================
Btrfs: RAID0 4-Disk .. 37291 |=====================================
Btrfs: RAID1 4-Disk .. 26645 |===========================
Btrfs: RAID10 4-Disk . 25698 |==========================
MDADM: RAID0 2-Disk .. 34328 |==================================
MDADM: RAID1 2-Disk .. 8689 |=========
MDADM: RAID0 4-Disk .. 49222 |=================================================
MDADM: RAID1 4-Disk .. 7467 |=======
MDADM: RAID10 4-Disk . 12002 |============