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Date:      Wed, 17 May 2006 13:37:23 +0200
From:      Dimitry Andric <dimitry@andric.com>
To:        Dmitry Pryanishnikov <dmitry@atlantis.dp.ua>
Cc:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, stable@freebsd.org, Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: 4.11 snapshots?
Message-ID:  <446B0AF3.1070302@andric.com>
In-Reply-To: <20060517130629.T64952@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua>
References:  <200605160135.TAA04838@lariat.net>	<57d710000605151942p2461338au561269fc5937aee7@mail.gmail.com>	<7.0.1.0.2.20060515225038.08d72690@lariat.org>	<446981CD.5000309@gmail.com> <4469C668.2060807@rerowe.com>	<7.0.1.0.2.20060516104907.08788ad8@lariat.org>	<446A0608.10608@freebsd.org> <20060517130629.T64952@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua>

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Dmitry Pryanishnikov wrote:
>   Well, have you seen my simple performance benchmarking RELENG_4 vs 6?
> IMHO it mimics quote common usage pattern: it just downloads a large file
> with 10Mbps rate and stores it on UFS filesystem. On the same hardware
> (i386 uniprocessor Celeron-333 system with 128Mb RAM and fast SAMSUNG
> SP0802N
> HDD using UDMA33) under the same conditions, using more optimal config
> (INVARIANTS removed) RELENG_6 (and 5) _still_ uses >= 50% of CPU time
> for (Intr+Sys), while RELENG_4 doesn't use more than 28% for them.

Just as a test for RELENG_6, could you try setting kern.hz="100" in your
loader.conf, and repeating your tests?  I'm just guessing, but maybe the
higher interrupt rate is a bit too much for an old Celeron... :)

Cheers,
Dimitry



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