[dm-devel] [PATCH 1/2] dm-kcopyd: introduce per-module throttle structure

[Mikulas Patocka]

On Fri, 3 Jun 2011, Joe Thornber wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 03:55:16PM -0400, Mikulas Patocka wrote:
> > > iv) you haven't explained how the sys admin works out the correct
> > > throttle value.
> > 
> > There is no "correct" value. The "correct" value depends on how important 
> > is copying itself v.s. other i/o.
> 
> So who is going to set this?  Do you really have no advice for them
> beyond 'there is no correct value'?

I did some tests. I did some random and sequential I/O on the same disk 
while mirror was resynchronizing. The result is this:

random read:
mirror throttle / IOs per second
100%	94
75%	113
50%	127
25%	145
idle	160

sequential read:
mirror throttle / throughput MB/s
100%	104
75%	118
50%	122
25%	127
idle	134

Mikulas