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From: Mark Kirkwood <markir@××××××××××××.nz>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] XFS FileSystem - Slow Writes
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 23:29:22
Message-Id: 44F61DF3.3050702@paradise.net.nz
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] XFS FileSystem - Slow Writes by Mark Kirkwood
1 Mark Kirkwood wrote:
2 > Ow Mun Heng wrote:
3 >>
4 >> I've already updated it to the latest based on the suspend2 version.
5 >> $uname -r
6 >> 2.6.17-suspend2-r4
7 >>
8 >> $eix xfsprogs
9 >> Available versions: 2.7.3 2.7.11 2.8.10
10 >> Installed: 2.8.10
11 >>
12 >>
13 >> If not mistaken, the issue, (or barriers if not mistaken) was introduced
14 >> in the 2.6.17 kernel series.
15 >> the 2.6.16 series wasn't affected. (I could be wrong, I don't have net
16 >> access so, I can't verify)
17 >>
18 >
19 > Right - as it happens I'm doing an update today, so will let you know if
20 > I see any write performance change.
21 >
22
23
24 FWIW, I've updated to 2.6.17 and I don't see any change in performance
25 at all (215Mb/s reads and 100Mb/s writes).
26
27 Now I'm on the standard source tree:
28
29 $ uname -r
30 2.6.17-gentoo-r7
31
32 $ eix xfsprogs
33 Available versions: 2.7.3 2.7.11 ~2.8.10
34 Installed: 2.7.11
35
36 which may be a factor.
37
38 The other thing I notice is that my filesystems are all under 50%,
39 whereas your troublesome one was at 80%or so:
40
41 $ df -m
42 Filesystem 1M-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
43 /dev/md/2 529 134 395 26% /
44 /dev/md/0 129 10 120 8% /boot
45 /dev/md/3 3911 32 3880 1% /tmp
46 /dev/md/4 3911 175 3737 5% /var
47 /dev/md/5 19537 3008 16530 16% /usr
48 /dev/md/6 19537 2668 16870 14% /home
49 /dev/md/7 104841 25682 79160 25% /data0
50
51 I might try writing a few big files to fill one of 'em up and see if it
52 makes any difference!
53
54 Cheers
55
56 Mark
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Re: [gentoo-user] XFS FileSystem - Slow Writes Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@×××××××××××.com>