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From: Bruce Hill <daddy@×××××××××××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] SSD partitioning and migration
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 00:58:22
Message-Id: 20130720005811.GX3387@server
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] SSD partitioning and migration by luis jure
1 On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 08:34:31PM -0300, luis jure wrote:
2 > on 2013-07-19 at 17:11 Bruce Hill wrote:
3 >
4 > > Do some meaningful benchmark...
5 > >
6 > > emerge -ajv app-benchmarks/bonnie++ && bonnie++ -d /tmp -u root
7 > >
8 > > then post us your output.
9 >
10 > mmm... /tmp is on the root partition that's only about 40 Gb (in my old
11 > HDD / was 30Gb, and that was enough, but sometimes i had to clean a bit to
12 > compile libreoffice, that checks for 6Gb free).
13 >
14 > apparently that's not enough for bonnie++ to run, so i mounted the other
15 > partition in the SSD and performed the benchmark there.
16 >
17 > here's the result :
18 >
19 >
20 > Using uid:0, gid:0.
21 > Writing a byte at a time...done
22 > Writing intelligently...done
23 > Rewriting...done
24 > Reading a byte at a time...done
25 > Reading intelligently...done
26 > start 'em...done...done...done...done...done...
27 > Create files in sequential order...done.
28 > Stat files in sequential order...done.
29 > Delete files in sequential order...done.
30 > Create files in random order...done.
31 > Stat files in random order...done.
32 > Delete files in random order...done.
33 > Version 1.97 ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input-
34 > --Random- Concurrency 1 -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr-
35 > --Block-- --Seeks-- Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP
36 > K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %CP acme7 24016M 571 98 261698 22
37 > 133029 14 4272 99 287927 12 8057 53 Latency 23779us
38 > 78780us 591ms 2378us 51825us 892ms Version 1.97
39 > ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create--------
40 > acme7 -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read---
41 > -Delete-- files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec
42 > %CP 16 18593 19 +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++
43 > Latency 2033us 419us 1322us 109us 4us
44 > 33us
45 > 1.97,1.97,acme7,1,1374260412,24016M,,571,98,261698,22,133029,14,4272,99,287927,12,8057,53,16,,,,,18593,19,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,23779us,78780us,591ms,2378us,51825us,892ms,2033us,419us,1322us,109us,4us,33us
46 >
47 >
48 > can you read that? i'm afraid i don't know much what those numbers mean in
49 > terms of performance...
50
51 Here's the definitive guide on how to understand it:
52
53 https://blogs.oracle.com/roch/entry/decoding_bonnie
54
55 Anyway, now you've got something to compare different disks on your hardware.
56
57 Cheers,
58 Bruce
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