From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 23 03:20:32 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F17246E; Wed, 23 Oct 2013 03:20:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aurfalien@gmail.com) Received: from mail-oa0-x230.google.com (mail-oa0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c02::230]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 58A812C90; Wed, 23 Oct 2013 03:20:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f48.google.com with SMTP id m17so234847oag.35 for ; Tue, 22 Oct 2013 20:20:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=Z8pXP8xsNg1x9RE//4SBv144M5AfajZPXspO8/aH/VA=; b=om90AQd2fADBeMHSG/hrMO5CZqginOghq1lqXfkvdD3lMHjlJFR1B5mC57OLpAq9OU LB/P/R9Ok2K6IGyafsZdxS0cA/ls7VHcouF6z+nWMPNZQDcNKF0+CBzaTU4bux3n8vOK Ho3c5vNcqSfLEbdFrCXXL2PuLW5cT9nHcIKID+mhcVfoxRw8NXsy+QJS4+eMlqN++TG6 qJ65PqmfaOGJqrJZ+8eBOZ3ZWHHFxGzhetLCNR6wqujm4cyF45sxcqDrPY487DrIZA98 9w1Wo1JXXYHkr43PjajPfxnwqDVMyOAYhPDP58xjaryzOU08p/s7vwcGTHLR5ZIsLj+z ulEQ== X-Received: by 10.182.48.130 with SMTP id l2mr9726960obn.44.1382498431039; Tue, 22 Oct 2013 20:20:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.74] (75-63-29-182.lightspeed.irvnca.sbcglobal.net. [75.63.29.182]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id s14sm12270030oeo.1.2013.10.22.20.20.29 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 22 Oct 2013 20:20:30 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: FreeBSD, Centos and ZFS - SOLVED Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: aurfalien In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 20:20:29 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <582DEBF0-5745-4E65-AEEF-36C11A631F4E@gmail.com> References: <1381600575.18393.33219025.5D7B78D0@webmail.messagingengine.com> <8CA809B3-1692-4760-A63F-9D7451EB49BD@gmail.com> <525D143B.50202@gmail.com> <1382285088.2462.36238881.1AA6BB17@webmail.messagingengine.com> <25C055B9-4A19-46C8-B78E-AC8BD6E00CD9@gmail.com> To: Warren Block X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 03:20:32 -0000 On Oct 22, 2013, at 6:59 PM, Warren Block wrote: > On Tue, 22 Oct 2013, aurfalien wrote: >=20 >>=20 >> On Oct 20, 2013, at 9:04 AM, Mark Felder wrote: >>=20 >>> On Sat, Oct 19, 2013, at 14:31, aurfalien wrote: >>>>=20 >>>> ZoL comes with a little interesting feature; arc2 compression, = which does >>>> seem to enhance performance all around. I disabled this in CentOS = to >>>> level the playing field. >>>>=20 >>>=20 >>> FreeBSD 10 also has L2ARC compression >>>=20 >>> http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=3Drevision&revision=3D251478 >>=20 >> OMG, what a relief... the ~30% diff in performance was due to a BIOS = setting, in particular this one; >>=20 >> Intel Turbo Boost Technology >> Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Tech >>=20 >> I disabled both. >=20 > Enable them both and also enable powerd on FreeBSD in /etc/rc.conf so = it can take advantage of the first. >=20 >> In fact, FreeBSD is showing a tad better now then CentOS. I have = files if any one is interested in viewing. >=20 > With Turbo mode on, it may go even faster. Thats interesting, I will and report back. Since this will be a rather heavily utilized NFS server (perhaps CIFS = later), how do I ensure powerd doesn't lullaby the server to sleep or at = least slow it down during mellow periods? - aurf=20