Btrfs multi-disk tests on the Linux 4.10 kernel with various RAID options. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Btrfs Linux 4.10 RAID 4-Disk SSD
Btrfs multi-disk tests on the Linux 4.10 kernel with various RAID options. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
Single Disk:
Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170126, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440
2-Disk RAID0:
Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170126, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440
2-Disk RAID1:
Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170126, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440
4-Disk RAID0:
Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170126, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440
4-Disk RAID1:
Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170126, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440
4-Disk RAID10:
Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170126, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440
4-Disk RAID5:
Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170126, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440
4-Disk RAID6:
Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170126, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440
seistro-RAID5-8disks-ext4-4.12.1:
Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2630 0 @ 2.80GHz (24 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0XH7F2, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 387072MB, Disk: 6998GB PERC H710P + 1199GB PERC H710P, Graphics: Matrox s G200eR2, Monitor: Smart Cable, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe
OS: Debian 8.8, Kernel: 4.12.1-041201-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160224, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768
4.12.1-seistro-raid10-4disks:
Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2630 0 @ 2.80GHz (24 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0XH7F2, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 387072MB, Disk: 6998GB PERC H710P + 1199GB PERC H710P, Graphics: Matrox s G200eR2, Monitor: Smart Cable, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe
OS: Debian 8.8, Kernel: 4.12.1-041201-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160224, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768
4.12.1-seistro-raid10-4disks-ext4:
Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2630 0 @ 2.80GHz (24 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0XH7F2, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 387072MB, Disk: 6998GB PERC H710P + 1199GB PERC H710P, Graphics: Matrox s G200eR2, Monitor: Smart Cable, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe
OS: Debian 8.8, Kernel: 4.12.1-041201-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160224, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768
Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Single Disk ....................... 816.97 |====================
2-Disk RAID0 ...................... 986.31 |========================
2-Disk RAID1 ...................... 784.53 |===================
4-Disk RAID0 ...................... 1413.04 |==================================
4-Disk RAID1 ...................... 915.54 |======================
4-Disk RAID10 ..................... 903.57 |======================
4-Disk RAID5 ...................... 1001.93 |========================
4-Disk RAID6 ...................... 878.04 |=====================
4.12.1-seistro-raid10-4disks-ext4 . 1140.21 |===========================
Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Single Disk ....................... 126.47 |===============
2-Disk RAID0 ...................... 271.68 |================================
2-Disk RAID1 ...................... 118.82 |==============
4-Disk RAID0 ...................... 296.61 |===================================
4-Disk RAID1 ...................... 226.87 |===========================
4-Disk RAID10 ..................... 246.89 |=============================
4-Disk RAID5 ...................... 263.94 |===============================
4-Disk RAID6 ...................... 237.06 |============================
4.12.1-seistro-raid10-4disks-ext4 . 177.50 |=====================
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
Single Disk ....................... 210.37 |==========
2-Disk RAID0 ...................... 439.91 |=====================
2-Disk RAID1 ...................... 213.46 |==========
4-Disk RAID0 ...................... 720.89 |===================================
4-Disk RAID1 ...................... 413.46 |====================
4-Disk RAID10 ..................... 424.44 |=====================
4-Disk RAID5 ...................... 585.34 |============================
4-Disk RAID6 ...................... 422.97 |=====================
seistro-RAID5-8disks-ext4-4.12.1 .. 2.32 |
4.12.1-seistro-raid10-4disks-ext4 . 245.69 |============
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
Single Disk ....................... 91.71 |====================
2-Disk RAID0 ...................... 126.24 |============================
2-Disk RAID1 ...................... 49.58 |===========
4-Disk RAID0 ...................... 160.19 |===================================
4-Disk RAID1 ...................... 95.64 |=====================
4-Disk RAID10 ..................... 103.63 |=======================
4-Disk RAID5 ...................... 156.98 |==================================
4-Disk RAID6 ...................... 119.44 |==========================
seistro-RAID5-8disks-ext4-4.12.1 .. 6.28 |=
4.12.1-seistro-raid10-4disks-ext4 . 149.18 |=================================
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
Single Disk ....................... 243.91 |============
2-Disk RAID0 ...................... 525.49 |==========================
2-Disk RAID1 ...................... 331.32 |================
4-Disk RAID0 ...................... 719.56 |===================================
4-Disk RAID1 ...................... 267.38 |=============
4-Disk RAID10 ..................... 558.34 |===========================
4-Disk RAID5 ...................... 678.77 |=================================
4-Disk RAID6 ...................... 591.20 |=============================
seistro-RAID5-8disks-ext4-4.12.1 .. 2.40 |
4.12.1-seistro-raid10-4disks-ext4 . 254.28 |============
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
Single Disk ....................... 90.36 |=========
2-Disk RAID0 ...................... 125.88 |=============
2-Disk RAID1 ...................... 49.50 |=====
4-Disk RAID0 ...................... 166.98 |=================
4-Disk RAID1 ...................... 105.29 |===========
4-Disk RAID10 ..................... 116.27 |============
4-Disk RAID5 ...................... 113.33 |============
4-Disk RAID6 ...................... 101.58 |==========
seistro-RAID5-8disks-ext4-4.12.1 .. 103.67 |===========
4.12.1-seistro-raid10-4disks-ext4 . 339.34 |===================================
FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Single Disk ....................... 61.03 |=====
2-Disk RAID0 ...................... 78.17 |=======
2-Disk RAID1 ...................... 59.35 |=====
4-Disk RAID0 ...................... 121.72 |===========
4-Disk RAID1 ...................... 78.57 |=======
4-Disk RAID10 ..................... 63.17 |======
4-Disk RAID5 ...................... 82.83 |=======
4-Disk RAID6 ...................... 83.70 |=======
seistro-RAID5-8disks-ext4-4.12.1 .. 61.90 |=====
4.12.1-seistro-raid10-4disks-ext4 . 399.68 |===================================
FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Single Disk ....................... 50.73 |====
2-Disk RAID0 ...................... 80.60 |=======
2-Disk RAID1 ...................... 42.95 |====
4-Disk RAID0 ...................... 132.25 |===========
4-Disk RAID1 ...................... 61.37 |=====
4-Disk RAID10 ..................... 65.67 |=====
4-Disk RAID5 ...................... 100.83 |========
4-Disk RAID6 ...................... 66.60 |=====
seistro-RAID5-8disks-ext4-4.12.1 .. 184.12 |===============
4.12.1-seistro-raid10-4disks-ext4 . 424.50 |===================================
FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Single Disk ....................... 46.63 |=====
2-Disk RAID0 ...................... 74.55 |=======
2-Disk RAID1 ...................... 42.05 |====
4-Disk RAID0 ...................... 135.77 |=============
4-Disk RAID1 ...................... 61.42 |======
4-Disk RAID10 ..................... 65.63 |======
4-Disk RAID5 ...................... 84.28 |========
4-Disk RAID6 ...................... 57.65 |======
4.12.1-seistro-raid10-4disks-ext4 . 354.45 |===================================
BlogBench 1.0
Test: Write
Final Score > Higher Is Better
Single Disk ....................... 4942 |=========
2-Disk RAID0 ...................... 6617 |============
2-Disk RAID1 ...................... 4939 |=========
4-Disk RAID0 ...................... 7537 |==============
4-Disk RAID1 ...................... 5542 |==========
4-Disk RAID10 ..................... 6420 |============
4-Disk RAID5 ...................... 7079 |=============
4-Disk RAID6 ...................... 5808 |===========
4.12.1-seistro-raid10-4disks-ext4 . 19876 |====================================
SQLite 3.8.10.2
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Single Disk ....................... 85.56 |=========================
2-Disk RAID0 ...................... 87.56 |=========================
2-Disk RAID1 ...................... 105.90 |==============================
4-Disk RAID0 ...................... 85.22 |========================
4-Disk RAID1 ...................... 91.33 |==========================
4-Disk RAID10 ..................... 97.09 |============================
4-Disk RAID5 ...................... 107.49 |===============================
4-Disk RAID6 ...................... 122.07 |===================================
seistro-RAID5-8disks-ext4-4.12.1 .. 12.99 |====
4.12.1-seistro-raid10-4disks-ext4 . 3.98 |=
PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Single Disk ....................... 1196.72 |==============
2-Disk RAID0 ...................... 1626.47 |===================
2-Disk RAID1 ...................... 1147.83 |==============
4-Disk RAID0 ...................... 2887.00 |==================================
4-Disk RAID1 ...................... 972.52 |===========
4-Disk RAID10 ..................... 1427.30 |=================
4-Disk RAID5 ...................... 2012.79 |========================
4-Disk RAID6 ...................... 1303.60 |===============
4.12.1-seistro-raid10-4disks-ext4 . 112.32 |=