From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hans Reiser Subject: Re: Utilizing OSDL's STP for Reiser4 testing/benchmarks? Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 13:13:14 -0600 Message-ID: <44C1274A.3000700@namesys.com> References: <1153497985.6659.16.camel@ipso.snappymail.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <1153497985.6659.16.camel@ipso.snappymail.ca> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Mike Benoit Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com, "E. Gryaznova" Elena, on Monday can you comment on this in detail? Thanks, Hans Mike Benoit wrote: >Has the Reiser4 team looked at utilizing the OSDL Scalable Test Platform >(STP) service to benchmark and test Reiser4 patches? They seem to offer >a wide variety of hardware to test on, and already have some file system >benchmarks available to choose from. > >I noticed the Namesys benchmark page hasn't been updated in quite some >time, understandably so, as benchmarking can be incredibly time >consuming. Perhaps using the STP would make this much easier to do more >frequently? > >It would be really nice to see how the batch_write/read(?) patches to >the kernel affect things, and how Reiser4 performance progresses over >time. I know Hans has mentioned CPU usage dropping in recent patches, >but actual numbers from a benchmark are usually more compelling to see. > >User Guide: >http://www.osdl.org/lab_activities/kernel_testing/stp/guide.html/document_view > >Test Details: >http://www.osdl.org/lab_activities/kernel_testing/stp/test_details.html/document_view > > >