Btrfs RAID Linux 4.7 vs. Linux 4.8 Kernel

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

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Linux 4.7: Single Disk
August 04 2016
 
Linux 4.7: RAID0 4-Disk
August 05 2016
 
Linux 4.7: RAID1 4-Disk
August 05 2016
 
Linux 4.7: RAID10 4-Disk
August 05 2016
 
Linux 4.8: Single Disk
August 14 2016
 
Linux 4.8: RAID0 4-Disk
August 15 2016
 
Linux 4.8: RAID1 4-Disk
August 15 2016
 
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August 15 2016
 
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ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkMonitorOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionLinux 4.7Linux 4.8 Single Disk RAID0 4-Disk RAID1 4-Disk RAID10 4-Disk Single Disk RAID0 4-Disk RAID1 4-Disk RAID10 4-DiskIntel 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 1.18.4modesetting 1.18.43.3 Mesa 12.0.1 Gallium 0.4GCC 6.1.1 20160724btrfs1024x768nouveau 1.0.12Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MBAcer B286HK4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160813modesetting 1.18.44.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4GCC 6.1.1 201608053840x2160OpenBenchmarking.orgEnvironment Details- Linux 4.7: Single Disk, Linux 4.7: RAID0 4-Disk, Linux 4.7: RAID1 4-Disk, Linux 4.7: RAID10 4-Disk: LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1Compiler Details- --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 Disk Details- Linux 4.7: Single Disk: CFQ / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd,subvol=/,subvolid=5- Linux 4.7: RAID0 4-Disk: CFQ / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd,subvol=/,subvolid=5 / RAID0- Linux 4.7: RAID1 4-Disk: CFQ / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd,subvol=/,subvolid=5 / RAID1- Linux 4.7: RAID10 4-Disk: CFQ / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd,subvol=/,subvolid=5 / RAID10- Linux 4.8: Single Disk: CFQ / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd,subvol=/,subvolid=5- Linux 4.8: RAID0 4-Disk: CFQ / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd,subvol=/,subvolid=5 / RAID0- Linux 4.8: RAID1 4-Disk: CFQ / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd,subvol=/,subvolid=5 / RAID1- Linux 4.8: RAID10 4-Disk: CFQ / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd,subvol=/,subvolid=5 / RAID10Processor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance

fio: Rand Read - Libaio - No - Yes - 4KB - Default Test Directory - IOPSfio: Rand Read - Libaio - No - Yes - 4KB - Default Test Directory - MB/sfio: Seq Read - Libaio - No - Yes - 4KB - Default Test Directory - IOPSfio: Seq Read - Libaio - No - Yes - 4KB - Default Test Directory - MB/sfio: Seq Write - Libaio - No - Yes - 4KB - Default Test Directory - IOPSfio: Seq Write - Libaio - No - Yes - 4KB - Default Test Directory - MB/sfs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Sizefs-mark: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threadsblogbench: Writepgbench: On-Disk - Normal Load - Read WriteLinux 4.7Linux 4.8 Single Disk RAID0 4-Disk RAID1 4-Disk RAID10 4-Disk Single Disk RAID0 4-Disk RAID1 4-Disk RAID10 4-Disk54548217.5461515248.702482098.5357.3550.0043471109.05164240667.68181495738.6938625162.02128.63141.7378471781.1771902283.99114380464.2326303116.0187.9760.8755211186.65108058431.17162847655.822459690.7139.5067.6059741494.3754819217.98115278459.412200998.4962.4349.734930984.49170657685.31182660698.2751224195.51146.72128.8784671488.7671253284.64114843459.3033213137.0954.2859.875898933.61106252425.77137363552.7533819130.0268.9870.4868991401.13OpenBenchmarking.org

Flexible IO Tester

Linux 4.7Linux 4.8OpenBenchmarking.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: IOPSSingle DiskRAID0 4-DiskRAID1 4-DiskRAID10 4-Disk40K80K120K160K200KSE +/- 2.31, N = 3SE +/- 2318.54, N = 6SE +/- 220.01, N = 3SE +/- 136.74, N = 3SE +/- 570.71, N = 3SE +/- 3866.50, N = 6SE +/- 578.25, N = 3SE +/- 584.50, N = 3545481642407190210805854819170657712531062521. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lz -lm -lpthread -ldl

Linux 4.7Linux 4.8OpenBenchmarking.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/sSingle DiskRAID0 4-DiskRAID1 4-DiskRAID10 4-Disk150300450600750SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 6.78, N = 3SE +/- 0.53, N = 3SE +/- 1.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 15.25, N = 6SE +/- 1.69, N = 3SE +/- 1.32, N = 3217.54667.68283.99431.17217.98685.31284.64425.771. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lz -lm -lpthread -ldl

Linux 4.7Linux 4.8OpenBenchmarking.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: IOPSSingle DiskRAID0 4-DiskRAID1 4-DiskRAID10 4-Disk40K80K120K160K200KSE +/- 476.70, N = 3SE +/- 6401.96, N = 6SE +/- 8687.82, N = 6SE +/- 2065.31, N = 3SE +/- 242.39, N = 3SE +/- 14079.95, N = 6SE +/- 393.37, N = 3SE +/- 2723.43, N = 3615151814951143801628471152781826601148431373631. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lz -lm -lpthread -ldl

Linux 4.7Linux 4.8OpenBenchmarking.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/sSingle DiskRAID0 4-DiskRAID1 4-DiskRAID10 4-Disk160320480640800SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 28.61, N = 6SE +/- 34.75, N = 6SE +/- 7.86, N = 3SE +/- 2.13, N = 3SE +/- 32.95, N = 6SE +/- 2.23, N = 3SE +/- 3.83, N = 3248.70738.69464.23655.82459.41698.27459.30552.751. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lz -lm -lpthread -ldl

Linux 4.7Linux 4.8OpenBenchmarking.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: IOPSSingle DiskRAID0 4-DiskRAID1 4-DiskRAID10 4-Disk11K22K33K44K55KSE +/- 1398.72, N = 6SE +/- 2265.53, N = 6SE +/- 3241.71, N = 6SE +/- 3609.36, N = 6SE +/- 435.52, N = 3SE +/- 1479.30, N = 6SE +/- 216.17, N = 3SE +/- 5806.42, N = 624820386252630324596220095122433213338191. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lz -lm -lpthread -ldl

Linux 4.7Linux 4.8OpenBenchmarking.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/sSingle DiskRAID0 4-DiskRAID1 4-DiskRAID10 4-Disk4080120160200SE +/- 6.30, N = 6SE +/- 9.67, N = 6SE +/- 13.74, N = 6SE +/- 14.55, N = 6SE +/- 4.78, N = 6SE +/- 14.89, N = 6SE +/- 14.98, N = 6SE +/- 16.26, N = 698.53162.02116.0190.7198.49195.51137.09130.021. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lz -lm -lpthread -ldl

FS-Mark

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

Linux 4.7Linux 4.8OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB SizeSingle DiskRAID0 4-DiskRAID1 4-DiskRAID10 4-Disk306090120150SE +/- 9.98, N = 6SE +/- 25.56, N = 6SE +/- 23.15, N = 6SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 11.78, N = 6SE +/- 19.26, N = 6SE +/- 2.64, N = 6SE +/- 11.16, N = 657.35128.6387.9739.5062.43146.7254.2868.981. (CC) gcc options: -static

Linux 4.7Linux 4.8OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 ThreadsSingle DiskRAID0 4-DiskRAID1 4-DiskRAID10 4-Disk306090120150SE +/- 0.61, N = 3SE +/- 4.87, N = 6SE +/- 1.37, N = 6SE +/- 0.90, N = 6SE +/- 0.93, N = 3SE +/- 3.19, N = 6SE +/- 1.61, N = 6SE +/- 1.10, N = 550.00141.7360.8767.6049.73128.8759.8770.481. (CC) gcc options: -static

BlogBench

Linux 4.7Linux 4.8OpenBenchmarking.orgFinal Score, More Is BetterBlogBench 1.0Test: WriteSingle DiskRAID0 4-DiskRAID1 4-DiskRAID10 4-Disk2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 27.27, N = 3SE +/- 33.20, N = 3SE +/- 71.94, N = 3SE +/- 107.82, N = 6SE +/- 42.45, N = 3SE +/- 117.49, N = 3SE +/- 33.83, N = 3SE +/- 78.35, N = 3434778475521597449308467589868991. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread

PostgreSQL pgbench

Linux 4.7Linux 4.8OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read WriteSingle DiskRAID0 4-DiskRAID1 4-DiskRAID10 4-Disk400800120016002000SE +/- 3.93, N = 3SE +/- 342.91, N = 4SE +/- 134.16, N = 6SE +/- 144.78, N = 61109.051781.171186.651494.37984.491488.76933.611401.131. (CC) gcc options: -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -O2 -pthread -lpgcommon -lpgport -lpq -lpthread -lrt -lcrypt -ldl -lm