# # extracted from an email... # [paul@hibernia wmaker]$ cat /proc/scsi/scsi Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: IBM Model: DGHS09U Rev: 0350 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00 Vendor: IBM Model: DDRS-34560D Rev: DC1B Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00 Vendor: IBM Model: DDRS-34560D Rev: DC1B Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00 Vendor: QUANTUM Model: EMPIRE_1080S Rev: 1028 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 the two 4.5gb's are LVD capable, but are running on at Ultra. cpu: amd 233MHz board: TMC TI5VG+, chipset: Via MVP3+, L2 cache: 1MB SCSI controller: Buslogic Multimaster BT-958W RAM: 64MB ----------------- ck refers to chunk size, fs refers to filesystem block size. the figures favour 4k e2fs block size in every case. so there's no doubt about that one. wrt to chunk size, the figures seem to peak at 64k. -- Paul Jakma paul@clubi.ie http://hibernia.clubi.ie PGP5 key: http://www.clubi.ie/jakma/publickey.txt ------------------------------------------- [-- Attachment #2: raid chunk and block size benchmark comparisons. --] [-- Type: text/plain, Encoding: base64, Size: 5.5K --] 8k ck, 1024bk -------Sequential Output-------- ---Sequential Input-- --Random-- -Per Char- --Block--- -Rewrite-- -Per Char- --Block--- --Seeks--- Machine MB K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU /sec %CPU 100 2069 89.3 11214 46.0 4257 29.7 1312 88.5 10850 30.5 125.0 4.3 8k ck, 2048bk. -------Sequential Output-------- ---Sequential Input-- --Random-- -Per Char- --Block--- -Rewrite-- -Per Char- --Block--- --Seeks--- Machine MB K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU /sec %CPU 100 2191 92.7 14996 52.0 4783 29.1 1307 89.2 11718 27.5 139.2 3.6 8k ck, 4096bk. -------Sequential Output-------- ---Sequential Input-- --Random-- -Per Char- --Block--- -Rewrite-- -Per Char- --Block--- --Seeks--- Machine MB K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU /sec %CPU 100 2214 92.8 15770 50.1 4858 26.9 1320 89.9 11907 24.1 157.7 3.8 16k chunk, 2048 fs block. -------Sequential Output-------- ---Sequential Input-- --Random-- -Per Char- --Block--- -Rewrite-- -Per Char- --Block--- --Seeks--- Machine MB K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU /sec %CPU 100 2080 88.4 13153 45.2 4582 27.9 1312 89.2 11504 25.6 148.9 5.1 16k chk, 4096 bk. -------Sequential Output-------- ---Sequential Input-- --Random-- -Per Char- --Block--- -Rewrite-- -Per Char- --Block--- --Seeks--- Machine MB K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU /sec %CPU 100 2214 92.9 15944 50.4 4784 27.5 1310 89.2 12183 27.5 173.7 3.9 32k ck, 1k bk. -------Sequential Output-------- ---Sequential Input-- --Random-- -Per Char- --Block--- -Rewrite-- -Per Char- --Block--- --Seeks--- Machine MB K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU /sec %CPU 100 1793 76.8 8292 31.6 2584 18.5 1244 85.0 8063 24.5 161.9 6.2 32k chk, 2k bk. -------Sequential Output-------- ---Sequential Input-- --Random-- -Per Char- --Block--- -Rewrite-- -Per Char- --Block--- --Seeks--- Machine MB K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU /sec %CPU 100 2123 89.7 14019 47.5 4593 27.5 1278 86.4 11455 27.3 184.7 5.5 32k ck, 4k bk. -------Sequential Output-------- ---Sequential Input-- --Random-- -Per Char- --Block--- -Rewrite-- -Per Char- --Block--- --Seeks--- Machine MB K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU /sec %CPU 100 2138 89.7 16000 52.0 4842 26.3 1287 86.8 11565 25.8 192.1 5.4 64k ck, 2k bk. -------Sequential Output-------- ---Sequential Input-- --Random-- -Per Char- --Block--- -Rewrite-- -Per Char- --Block--- --Seeks--- 100 2131 89.8 15114 52.0 4897 30.8 1272 85.9 11757 26.6 198.2 5.0 64k ck, 4k bk. -------Sequential Output-------- ---Sequential Input-- --Random-- -Per Char- --Block--- -Rewrite-- -Per Char- --Block--- --Seeks--- Machine MB K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU /sec %CPU 100 2132 89.9 16049 49.8 5197 30.4 1281 86.2 11883 26.3 217.3 4.9 128k ck, 2k bk. -------Sequential Output-------- ---Sequential Input-- --Random-- -Per Char- --Block--- -Rewrite-- -Per Char- --Block--- --Seeks--- Machine MB K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU /sec %CPU 100 2113 89.6 14683 51.8 5042 30.6 1257 84.0 11156 23.6 207.3 5.6 128 ck, 4k bk. -------Sequential Output-------- ---Sequential Input-- --Random-- -Per Char- --Block--- -Rewrite-- -Per Char- --Block--- --Seeks--- Machine MB K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU /sec %CPU 100 2149 90.3 15384 49.6 5302 31.8 1292 86.9 11963 26.8 209.8 5.0 # # end of file