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 23:57:59 -0600 Message-ID: <44C1BE67.6020901@namesys.com> References: <1153497985.6659.16.camel@ipso.snappymail.ca> <5c49b0ed0607212117v5465a928we762dbb5406cb173@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <5c49b0ed0607212117v5465a928we762dbb5406cb173@mail.gmail.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Nate Diller Cc: Mike Benoit , reiserfs-list@namesys.com Nate Diller wrote: > On 7/21/06, 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. > > > the dev team has seen a number of benchmarks which Hans' statements > are based on... maybe we should post some of them publicly? > > NATE > > Sure. I asked for that, actually.