[MMTests] Sysbench read-only on xfs

[Mel Gorman]

Configuration:	global-dhp__io-sysbench-large-ro-xfs
Result: 	http://www.csn.ul.ie/~mel/postings/mmtests-20120424/global-dhp__io-sysbench-large-ro-xfs
Benchmarks:	sysbench

Summary
=======

Looking better in places than ext3 but still of concern.

Benchmark notes
===============

mkfs was run on system startup.
mkfs parameters -f -d agcount=8
mount options inode64,delaylog,logbsize=262144,nobarrier for the most part.
        On kernels to old to support delaylog was removed. On kernels
        where it was the default, it was specified and the warning ignored.

sysbench is an OLTP-like benchmark. The test type was "complex" and
read-only. The table size was 50,000,000 rows regardless of memory size
but far exceeds the memory size of any of the test machines. sysbench
was chosen because it's a reasonably complex OLTP-like benchmark with
straight-forward prerequisites.

The backing database was postgres.

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Machine:	arnold
Result:		http://www.csn.ul.ie/~mel/postings/mmtests-20120424/global-dhp__io-sysbench-large-ro-xfs/arnold/comparison.html
Arch:		x86
CPUs:		1 socket, 2 threads
Model:		Pentium 4
Disk:		Single Rotary Disk
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sysbench
--------
  Everything regressed.

  Swapping for kernels 3.1 and 3.2 was nuts.

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Machine:	hydra
Result:		http://www.csn.ul.ie/~mel/postings/mmtests-20120424/global-dhp__io-sysbench-large-ro-xfs/hydra/comparison.html
Arch:		x86-64
CPUs:		1 socket, 4 threads
Model:		AMD Phenom II X4 940
Disk:		Single Rotary Disk
Status:		Ok
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sysbench
--------
  For low number of clients, this has generally improved but regressed
  for larger number of clients.

  Swapping in kernel 3.1 was high.

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Machine:	sandy
Result:		http://www.csn.ul.ie/~mel/postings/mmtests-20120424/global-dhp__io-sysbench-large-ro-xfs/sandy/comparison.html
Arch:		x86-64
CPUs:		1 socket, 8 threads
Model:		Intel Core i7-2600
Disk:		Single Rotary Disk
Status:		
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  Generally this is telling a much better story but this could be because
  of the much larger memory size of this machine offsetting some other
  regression.

  Swapping in 3.1 and 3.2.

-- 
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs
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