Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 14:48:07 -0700 From: "T.J. Kniveton" <Timothy.Kniveton@nokia.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, sos@freebsd.dk Subject: Promise controller support? Message-ID: <3B1FF697.4D9B14C8@nokia.com>
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Hi,
I am trying to set up a software RAID system using FreeBSD 4.3's vinum,
but not getting the performance I would expect. I am going to detail
what I've done and maybe you could offer a suggestion of something to
improve the performance.
I am running on a 500 MHz P3 with an Intel motherboard UDMA33
controller/10G root filesystem. I have added two Promise Ultra100
controllers, with one Maxtor 30G UDMA100 disk on each of the four buses.
When I boot this machine with the Promise controllers, the MB BIOS gives
an error beep (long-short-short), and then continues to boot up fine.
The disks are recognized in DMA5 mode by the controllers, and then FBSD
4.3 (GENERIC) sees the controllers as well:
atapci1: <Promise ATA100 controller> port
0x1000-0x103f,0x10f0-0x10f3,0x10f8-0x10ff,0x10f4-0x10f7,0x1400-0x1407
mem 0xf4020000-0xf403ffff irq 11 at device 13.0 on pci0
ata2: at 0x1400 on atapci1
ata3: at 0x10f8 on atapci1
atapci2: <Promise ATA100 controller> port
0x1040-0x107f,0x1408-0x140b,0x1410-0x1417,0x140c-0x140f,0x1418-0x141f
mem 0xf4040000-0xf405ffff irq 9 at device 14.0 on pci0
ata4: at 0x1418 on atapci2
ata5: at 0x1410 on atapci2
Next, I set up each disk with a partition covering the entire drive and
made two vinum volumes. The first is a RAID5 volume using a 20G subdisk
on each drive (60G storage). The second is a RAID1,0 volume using two 5G
subdisks on each drive (20G storage). I ran bonnie++, and after this, I
repartitioned one drive with a 10G volume (without using vinum) and ran
the IO tests again.
I will attach the bonnie++ results at the end, but basically I did not
see very good numbers, and none of them seemed to exceed UDMA33. I don't
know if I need to recompile the kernel with extra flags or what. The
LINT docs seem to suggest using the wdc driver, but this doesn't seem
right.
Thanks!!
-TJ Kniveton
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Normal (no vinum):
Version 1.01 ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-
-Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks--
Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %CP
nrcraid.iprg.n 300M 5990 27 5989 6 4984 6 17014 96 28722 17 133.5 0
------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create--------
-Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete--
files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP
16 31 5 +++++ +++ 59 0 31 5 764 99 53 3
nrcraid.iprg.nokia.com,300M,5990,27,5989,6,4984,6,17014,96,28722,17,133.5,0,16,31,5,+++++,+++,59,0,31,5,764,99,53,3
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RAID 1,0:
Version 1.01 ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-
-Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks--
Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %CP
nrcraid.iprg.n 300M 5852 26 5975 6 2325 3 11601 65 14848 8 197.8 1
------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create--------
-Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete--
files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP
16 25 4 +++++ +++ 59 1 23 4 764 99 56 3
nrcraid.iprg.nokia.com,300M,5852,26,5975,6,2325,3,11601,65,14848,8,197.8,1,16,25,4,+++++,+++,59,1,23,4,764,99,56,3
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RAID 5:
Version 1.01 ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-
-Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks--
Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %CP
nrcraid.iprg.n 300M 2048 9 2044 2 2066 3 14643 83 31816 20 248.8 2
------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create--------
-Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete--
files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP
16 19 3 +++++ +++ 39 0 19 3 762 99 39 2
nrcraid.iprg.nokia.com,300M,2048,9,2044,2,2066,3,14643,83,31816,20,248.8,2,16,19,3,+++++,+++,39,0,19,3,762,99,39,2
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