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Date:      Mon, 1 Oct 2007 14:34:57 +0200
From:      Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Robert Milkowski <rmilkowski@task.gda.pl>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, Neil Perrin <Neil.Perrin@Sun.COM>, Roch - PAE <Roch.Bourbonnais@Sun.COM>, zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org
Subject:   Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS (and quota)
Message-ID:  <20071001123457.GE35764@garage.freebsd.pl>
In-Reply-To: <14950433.20071001125705@task.gda.pl>
References:  <BE54DA53-0353-4EB3-B232-6A7193522582@stromnet.se> <20070920115621.GF4517@garage.freebsd.pl> <8B5FB4B1-2398-491C-95F4-E79361606916@stromnet.se> <20070921142540.GB5690@garage.freebsd.pl> <18167.56892.707010.947405@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <46FC316A.8010004@Sun.COM> <14950433.20071001125705@task.gda.pl>

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On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 12:57:05PM +0100, Robert Milkowski wrote:
> Hello Neil,
>=20
> Thursday, September 27, 2007, 11:40:42 PM, you wrote:
>=20
>=20
> NP> Roch - PAE wrote:
> >> Pawel Jakub Dawidek writes:
> >>  > I'm CCing zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org, as this doesn't look like
> >>  > FreeBSD-specific problem.
> >>  >=20
> >>  > It looks there is a problem with block allocation(?) when we are ne=
ar
> >>  > quota limit. tank/foo dataset has quota set to 10m:
> >>  >=20
> >>  > Without quota:
> >>  >=20
> >>  >    FreeBSD:
> >>  >    # dd if=3D/dev/zero of=3D/tank/test bs=3D512 count=3D20480
> >>  >    time: 0.7s
> >>  >=20
> >>  >    Solaris:
> >>  >    # dd if=3D/dev/zero of=3D/tank/test bs=3D512 count=3D20480
> >>  >    time: 4.5s
> >>  >=20
> >>  > With quota:
> >>  >=20
> >>  >    FreeBSD:
> >>  >    # dd if=3D/dev/zero of=3D/tank/foo/test bs=3D512 count=3D20480
> >>  >    dd: /tank/foo/test: Disc quota exceeded
> >>  >    time: 306.5s
> >>  >=20
> >>  >    Solaris:
> >>  >    # dd if=3D/dev/zero of=3D/tank/foo/test bs=3D512 count=3D20480
> >>  >    write: Disc quota exceeded
> >>  >    time: 602.7s
> >>  >=20
> >>  > CPU is almost entirely idle, but disk activity seems to be high.
> >>  >=20
> >>=20
> >>=20
> >> Yes, as we are near quota limit, each transaction group
> >> will accept a small amount as to not overshoot the limit.
> >>=20
> >> I don't know if we have the optimal strategy yet.
> >>=20
> >> -r
>=20
> NP> Aside from the quota perf issue, has any analysis been done as to
> NP> why FreeBSD is over 6X faster than Solaris without quotas?
> NP> Do other perf tests show a similar disparity?
> NP> Is there a difference in dd itself?
> NP> I assume that it was identical hardware and pool config.

(I don't see this e-mail in my ZFS inbox, that's why I'm replaying to
Robert's e-mail.)

Just to clarify. This was entirely different hardware. My e-mail was
__only__ about quota performance in ZFS. Please, do not try to use those
results for any other purpose.

--=20
Pawel Jakub Dawidek                       http://www.wheel.pl
pjd@FreeBSD.org                           http://www.FreeBSD.org
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