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Date:      Mon, 18 Oct 2004 16:42:55 +0200
From:      =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= <sos@DeepCore.dk>
To:        Kenneth Culver <culverk@sweetdreamsracing.biz>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 5.3b7and poor ata performance
Message-ID:  <4173D66F.6010200@DeepCore.dk>
In-Reply-To: <20041018100045.f8koww0skcco0woo@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz>
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Kenneth Culver wrote:
> Quoting fandino <fandino@ng.fadesa.es>:
>=20
>> Hello Kevin,
>>
>> Kevin Oberman wrote:
>>
>>>> Tests were done win bonnie++ 1.93c and the results were Linux two
>>>> times faster than FreeBSD using the same hardware.
>>>>
>>>> GNU/Linux 2.4.18 with ext2:               56848 K/sec
>>>> FreeBSD 5.3b7 with default fs:            26347 K/sec
>>>> FreeBSD 5.3b7 ata raid0* (two disks):     26131 K/sec
>>>> FreeBSD 5.3b7 geom stripe* (two disks):   30063 K/sec
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Are you comparing apples with apples? I believe that Linux mounts fil=
e
>>> systems as async by default. To compare with FreeBSD, you should use =
"-o
>>> async" when you mount. Of course, this is less reliable.
>>>
>>> Also, make sure that disk write-cache is enabled on both or disabled =
on
>>> both.
>>
>>
>> write-cache was enable on all tests and disks were in UDMA5 mode.
>>
>> In this new round of tests I add FreeBSD witch async and OpenBSD (alwa=
ys
>> using the same hardware). FreeBSD is by far, the worst throughput of a=
ll
>> (about 50% slower than others) :-?
>>
>> GNU/Linux 2.4.18 with ext2:               56848 K/sec
>> FreeBSD 5.3b7 with default fs:            26347 K/sec
>> FreeBSD 5.3b7 with default fs(async):     26566 K/sec
>> FreeBSD 5.3b7 ata raid0* (two disks):     26131 K/sec
>> FreeBSD 5.3b7 geom stripe* (two disks):   30063 K/sec
>> FreeBSD 5.3b7 geom stripe** (four disks): 31891 K/sec
>> OpenBSD 3.5 UFS fs:                       55277 K/sec
>>
>> * Each disk of the raid had a throughput of approx. 15000 K/sec
>> ** Each disk of the raid had a throughput of approx. 7500 K/sec
>> Each disk of the read split the throughput by half.
>>
>> How is possible that FreeBSD performs as bad?
>>
>>
> If you're still using the GENERIC kernel, that could explain it, and=20
> judging
> from other emails I've seen from you, you're still using the GENERIC=20
> kernel.

Right, and you should also use -U (softupdates) on you newfs line.

--=20

-S=F8ren




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