Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 10:59:52 +0000 From: Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, ivoras@fer.hr Subject: Re: Dissapointing performance of ciss RAID 0+1 ? Message-ID: <E1Gi7dQ-0000t9-VE@dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <eiuv6v$vgl$1@sea.gmane.org>
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> - Is the controller cache enabled?
Yes - split 50% read, 50% write.
> - Do you have the battery for it and is write cache enabled? (You won't
> make full use of the cache without the battery)
yes - battery is attached and fully charged
> - How does your performance compare when using dd on the raw devices (in
> order: da0, da0s1, da0s1a...) vs when using it on the file system? (Poor
> performance might indicate FS vs stripe alignment issues)
Raw dd gives 50 meg/second
> - What does vmstat -i say while running your benchmarks? Any interrupt
> storms?
[pete@skerry ~]$ vmstat -i
interrupt total rate
irq1: atkbd0 250 0
irq6: fdc0 10 0
irq12: psm0 1341 0
irq14: ata0 81 0
irq18: fxp0 1609156 44
irq24: bge0 42321 1
irq25: bge1 1313812 36
irq26: ahc0 51252 1
irq29: ciss0 223462 6
cpu0: timer 71616728 1999
cpu1: timer 71599504 1999
Total 146457917 4089
That looks O.K. to me.
> - If all of this fails, post dmesg, maybe someone will notice something
> unusual.
O.K>, here it is. I am very perplexed by all of this! Thanks for the advice.
-pete.
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FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #0: Fri Oct 13 20:15:27 BST 2006
pete@skerry.drayhouse:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SKERRY
ACPI APIC Table: <A M I OEMAPIC >
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 242 (1593.32-MHz K8-class CPU)
Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0xf51 Stepping = 1
Features=0x78bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2>
AMD Features=0xe0500800<SYSCALL,NX,MMX+,LM,3DNow+,3DNow>
real memory = 2147418112 (2047 MB)
avail memory = 2061647872 (1966 MB)
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0
cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 1
MADT: Forcing active-low polarity and level trigger for SCI
ioapic0 <Version 1.1> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
ioapic1 <Version 1.1> irqs 24-27 on motherboard
ioapic2 <Version 1.1> irqs 28-31 on motherboard
kbd1 at kbdmux0
ath_hal: 0.9.17.2 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
acpi0: <A M I OEMXSDT> on motherboard
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x1008-0x100b on acpi0
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
acpi_throttle0: <ACPI CPU Throttling> on cpu0
cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 6.0 on pci0
pci3: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
ohci0: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> mem 0xfeafc000-0xfeafcfff irq 19 at device 0.0 on pci3
ohci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb0: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support
usb0: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> on ohci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: AMD OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered
ohci1: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> mem 0xfeafd000-0xfeafdfff irq 19 at device 0.1 on pci3
ohci1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb1: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support
usb1: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> on ohci1
usb1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1: AMD OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub1: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered
atapci0: <SiI 3114 SATA150 controller> port 0xbc00-0xbc07,0xb880-0xb883,0xb800-0xb807,0xac00-0xac03,0xa880-0xa88f mem 0xfeafec00-0xfeafefff irq 19 at device 5.0 on pci3
ata2: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0
ata3: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0
ata4: <ATA channel 2> on atapci0
ata5: <ATA channel 3> on atapci0
pci3: <display, VGA> at device 6.0 (no driver attached)
fxp0: <Intel 82551 Pro/100 Ethernet> port 0xa800-0xa83f mem 0xfeafb000-0xfeafbfff,0xfeaa0000-0xfeabffff irq 18 at device 8.0 on pci3
miibus0: <MII bus> on fxp0
inphy0: <i82555 10/100 media interface> on miibus0
inphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
fxp0: Ethernet address: 00:e0:81:2f:00:15
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci1: <AMD 8111 UDMA133 controller> port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xffa0-0xffaf at device 7.1 on pci0
ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci1
ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci1
pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 7.2 (no driver attached)
amdpm0: <AMD 756/766/768/8111 Power Management Controller> port 0x10e0-0x10ff at device 7.3 on pci0
smbus0: <System Management Bus> on amdpm0
smb0: <SMBus generic I/O> on smbus0
pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 10.0 on pci0
pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
ahc0: <Adaptec 29160 Ultra160 SCSI adapter> port 0x8800-0x88ff mem 0xfc8ff000-0xfc8fffff irq 26 at device 2.0 on pci2
ahc0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
aic7892: Ultra160 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs
bge0: <Broadcom BCM5704 A3, ASIC rev. 0x2003> mem 0xfc8a0000-0xfc8affff,0xfc890000-0xfc89ffff irq 24 at device 9.0 on pci2
miibus1: <MII bus> on bge0
brgphy0: <BCM5704 10/100/1000baseTX PHY> on miibus1
brgphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseTX, 1000baseTX-FDX, auto
bge0: Ethernet address: 00:e0:81:2f:1b:f8
bge1: <Broadcom BCM5704 A3, ASIC rev. 0x2003> mem 0xfc8e0000-0xfc8effff,0xfc8b0000-0xfc8bffff irq 25 at device 9.1 on pci2
miibus2: <MII bus> on bge1
brgphy1: <BCM5704 10/100/1000baseTX PHY> on miibus2
brgphy1: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseTX, 1000baseTX-FDX, auto
bge1: Ethernet address: 00:e0:81:2f:1b:f9
pci0: <base peripheral, interrupt controller> at device 10.1 (no driver attached)
pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 11.0 on pci0
pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3
ciss0: <Compaq Smart Array 5300> port 0x7800-0x78ff mem 0xfc7c0000-0xfc7fffff,0xfc600000-0xfc6fffff irq 29 at device 1.0 on pci1
ciss0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
pci0: <base peripheral, interrupt controller> at device 11.1 (no driver attached)
acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: model Generic PS/2 mouse, device ID 0
sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
sio0: type 16550A
sio1: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0
sio1: type 16550A
fdc0: <floppy drive controller (FDE)> port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0
fdc0: [FAST]
fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
ppc0: <Standard parallel printer port> port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on acpi0
ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode
ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem 0xc0000-0xc7fff,0xcd800-0xd17ff on isa0
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
acd0: DVDR <PLEXTOR DVDR PX-755A/1.04> at ata0-master UDMA66
Waiting 5 seconds for SCSI devices to settle
da1 at ciss0 bus 0 target 1 lun 0
da1: <COMPAQ RAID 1 VOLUME OK> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-0 device
da1: 135.168MB/s transfers
da1: 280543MB (574553696 512 byte sectors: 255H 32S/T 65535C)
da0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
da0: <SEAGATE ST336753LW 0005> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device
da0: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz, offset 63, 16bit), Tagged Queueing Enabled
da0: 35003MB (71687372 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 4462C)
SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
cd0 at ata0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
cd0: <PLEXTOR DVDR PX-755A 1.04> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device
cd0: 66.000MB/s transfers
cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present - tray closed
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/da0s2a
bge1: link state changed to UP
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