[linux-lvm] snapshots+highmem+'md raid5'
Herbert Poetzl
herbert at 13thfloor.at
Mon Jun 16 05:27:01 UTC 2003
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 11:32:49AM +0200, Heinz J . Mauelshagen wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 10:07:54PM +0200, Herbert Poetzl wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 02:45:11PM +0200, Svetoslav Slavtchev wrote:
> > > Quoting Herbert Poetzl <herbert at 13thfloor.at>:
... some highmem live-lock issue [removed] ...
> > I posted my results a month ago, but I digged them
> > out again, because together with your results, it
> > sheds new light on that issue ...
> >
> > mine raw disc md(raid5) lvm on md
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> > hdparm 14694.40 34129.92 18667.52
> > dd 1024k 14988.22 34732.56 18647.98
> > dd 32k 15516.06 33945.48 18862.67
> >
> > yours raw disc md(raid5) lvm on md
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> > hdparm 46151.68 60682.24 49459.20
> >
> > in both cases the lvm lies about 3MB over the raw
> > disc throughput, regardless of the md values ...
>
> The reason probably is LVMs read ahead.
hmm, so it's a feature?
seriously, what can be done about it?
it surely doesn't hurt on a 50M per disk throughput
system, but 34M/19M seems cruel, especially because
I'm thinking of adding one or two more discs to the
system, which probably leads to a 50M/19M situation
with lvm?
TIA,
Herbert
PS: why am I receiving your emails twice, with
alternating From headers? I actually get them
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