From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: Vasily Tarasov <tarasov@vasily.name>
Cc: fio@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Disk utilization statistics in terse format
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 11:01:55 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <53C0F983.3050809@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFTzLMODqjrycMH08Wi0TUeOs9SBXqeOG9OtYTBHbXM7qjb+dw@mail.gmail.com>
On 2014-07-12 01:25, Vasily Tarasov wrote:
> If we just remove is_backend in the _v3_v4, then there will be
> inconsistencies in the terse output between server-client and
> standalone modes. In the server-client mode disk utilization will be
> printed in the very end, while in the standalone mode corresponding
> fields will be somewhere in the middle.
>
> Actually, there are more inconsistencies between these modes. Check this out:
>
> In the client-server mode:
>
> <snip starts>
> [user@frontend fios-24-reads]$ fio --minimal --status-interval=10
> --client frontend 1.fio
> hostname=bison01, be=0, 64-bit, os=Linux, arch=x86-64, fio=fio-2.1.10, flags=1
> <bison01> sdaa: (g=0): rw=read, bs=1M-1M/1M-1M/1M-1M, ioengine=sync, iodepth=1
> <bison01> Starting 1 process
> <bison01> =1): [] [11.9% done] [191.2M/0K/0K /s] [186/0/0 iops] [eta 10m:50s]
> fio: terminating on signal 2
> <bison01>
> 3;fio-2.1.10;sdaa;0;0;17233920;195675;191;88074;0;0;0.000000;0.000000;4829;10900;5228.857219;220.162611;1.000000%=4896;5.000000%=4960;10.000000%=4960;20.000000%=5024;30.000000%=5088;40.000000%=5152;50.000000%=5280;60.000000%=5280;70.000000%=5344;80.000000%=5408;90.000000%=5472;95.000000%=5472;99.000000%=5536;99.500000%=5856;99.900000%=6432;99.950000%=9024;99.990000%=9408;0%=0;0%=0;0%=0;4830;10900;5229.256982;220.166861;188039;206023;100.000000%;195845.737143;5595.466346;0;0;0;0;0;0;0.000000;0.000000;0;0;0.000000;0.000000;1.000000%=0;5.000000%=0;10.000000%=0;20.000000%=0;30.000000%=0;40.000000%=0;50.000000%=0;60.000000%=0;70.000000%=0;80.000000%=0;90.000000%=0;95.000000%=0;99.000000%=0;99.500000%=0;99.900000%=0;99.950000%=0;99.990000%=0;0%=0;0%=0;0%=0;0;0;0.000000;0.000000;0;0;0.000000%;0.000000;0.000000;0.130574%;1.704268%;18221;0;286;100.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;99.99%;0.01%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00
%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%
>
> Run status group 0 (all jobs):
> READ: io=16830MB, aggrb=195675KB/s, minb=195675KB/s,
> maxb=195675KB/s, mint=88074msec, maxt=88074msec
>
> Disk stats (read/write):
> ;sdaa;33614;0;0;0;130703;0;130681;99.31%client: host=bison01 disconnected
> <snip ends>
>
> In the server mode:
>
> <snip starts>
> root@backend fios-24-reads]# fio --minimal --status-interval=10 1.fio
> 3;fio-2.1.10;sdaa;0;0;1943552;196278;191;9902;0;0;0.000000;0.000000;4835;9504;5210.884676;307.928200;1.000000%=4896;5.000000%=4896;10.000000%=4960;20.000000%=4960;30.000000%=4960;40.000000%=5024;50.000000%=5280;60.000000%=5344;70.000000%=5344;80.000000%=5408;90.000000%=5472;95.000000%=5536;99.000000%=5600;99.500000%=5984;99.900000%=9408;99.950000%=9536;99.990000%=9536;0%=0;0%=0;0%=0;4836;9504;5211.332807;307.944109;188039;206023;99.949829%;196179.526316;7200.889724;0;0;0;0;0;0;0.000000;0.000000;0;0;0.000000;0.000000;1.000000%=0;5.000000%=0;10.000000%=0;20.000000%=0;30.000000%=0;40.000000%=0;50.000000%=0;60.000000%=0;70.000000%=0;80.000000%=0;90.000000%=0;95.000000%=0;99.000000%=0;99.500000%=0;99.900000%=0;99.950000%=0;99.990000%=0;0%=0;0%=0;0%=0;0;0;0.000000;0.000000;0;0;0.000000%;0.000000;0.000000;0.090891%;1.959200%;2046;0;287;100.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;100.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.0
0%;0.00%;0.00%
> 3;fio-2.1.10;sdaa;0;0;3913728;196620;192;19905;0;0;0.000000;0.000000;4835;9543;5203.414596;282.073042;1.000000%=4896;5.000000%=4896;10.000000%=4960;20.000000%=4960;30.000000%=4960;40.000000%=5024;50.000000%=5280;60.000000%=5344;70.000000%=5344;80.000000%=5408;90.000000%=5472;95.000000%=5536;99.000000%=5536;99.500000%=5920;99.900000%=9280;99.950000%=9536;99.990000%=9536;0%=0;0%=0;0%=0;4836;9543;5203.836254;282.086563;187665;206023;100.000000%;196695.435897;7344.748539;0;0;0;0;0;0;0.000000;0.000000;0;0;0.000000;0.000000;1.000000%=0;5.000000%=0;10.000000%=0;20.000000%=0;30.000000%=0;40.000000%=0;50.000000%=0;60.000000%=0;70.000000%=0;80.000000%=0;90.000000%=0;95.000000%=0;99.000000%=0;99.500000%=0;99.900000%=0;99.950000%=0;99.990000%=0;0%=0;0%=0;0%=0;0;0;0.000000;0.000000;0;0;0.000000%;0.000000;0.000000;0.110525%;1.914092%;4106;0;288;100.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;100.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0
.00%;0.00%;0.00%
> 3;fio-2.1.10;sdaa;0;0;5872640;196356;191;29908;0;0;0.000000;0.000000;4835;44944;5210.319038;585.202403;1.000000%=4896;5.000000%=4896;10.000000%=4960;20.000000%=4960;30.000000%=4960;40.000000%=5088;50.000000%=5280;60.000000%=5344;70.000000%=5344;80.000000%=5408;90.000000%=5472;95.000000%=5536;99.000000%=5536;99.500000%=5792;99.900000%=9152;99.950000%=9536;99.990000%=44800;0%=0;0%=0;0%=0;4836;44945;5210.726464;585.217778;185256;206023;100.000000%;196535.135593;7198.734852;0;0;0;0;0;0;0.000000;0.000000;0;0;0.000000;0.000000;1.000000%=0;5.000000%=0;10.000000%=0;20.000000%=0;30.000000%=0;40.000000%=0;50.000000%=0;60.000000%=0;70.000000%=0;80.000000%=0;90.000000%=0;95.000000%=0;99.000000%=0;99.500000%=0;99.900000%=0;99.950000%=0;99.990000%=0;0%=0;0%=0;0%=0;0;0;0.000000;0.000000;0;0;0.000000%;0.000000;0.000000;0.103651%;1.895814%;6174;0;288;100.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;99.98%;0.00%;0.02%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%
;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%
> ^C
> fio: terminating on signal 2
> 3;fio-2.1.10;sdaa;0;0;7492608;196275;191;38174;0;0;0.000000;0.000000;4835;44944;5212.864015;523.029154;1.000000%=4896;5.000000%=4960;10.000000%=4960;20.000000%=4960;30.000000%=5024;40.000000%=5088;50.000000%=5280;60.000000%=5344;70.000000%=5344;80.000000%=5408;90.000000%=5472;95.000000%=5472;99.000000%=5536;99.500000%=5792;99.900000%=6432;99.950000%=9408;99.990000%=44800;0%=0;0%=0;0%=0;4836;44945;5213.266366;523.043881;185256;206023;100.000000%;196534.373333;6663.858266;0;0;0;0;0;0;0.000000;0.000000;0;0;0.000000;0.000000;1.000000%=0;5.000000%=0;10.000000%=0;20.000000%=0;30.000000%=0;40.000000%=0;50.000000%=0;60.000000%=0;70.000000%=0;80.000000%=0;90.000000%=0;95.000000%=0;99.000000%=0;99.500000%=0;99.900000%=0;99.950000%=0;99.990000%=0;0%=0;0%=0;0%=0;0;0;0.000000;0.000000;0;0;0.000000%;0.000000;0.000000;0.110025%;1.888770%;7891;0;288;100.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;99.99%;0.00%;0.01%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%
;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%
> <snip ends>
>
> Notice, it seems like --status-interval does not work at all in the
> client-server mode.
>
> So, I would say that there are two problems:
>
> 1) --status-interval does not work in the client server mode
>
> 2) Terse output should look the same in both modes
>
> Do you think what I say is reasonable?..
Yes, that sounds very reasonable. It's the main reason I hate the terse
format, it's just impossible to both verify and present nicely (and
uniformly). I usually encourage people to use the json output, which has
the nice property of being easily readable for both humans and
computers. And it's easily extendable.
--
Jens Axboe
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-07-09 14:21 Disk utilization statistics in terse format Vasily Tarasov
2014-07-10 8:48 ` Jens Axboe
2014-07-11 23:25 ` Vasily Tarasov
2014-07-12 9:01 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
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