Re: [BENCHMARK] 2.4.{18,19{-ck9},20rc1{-aa1}} with contest

[Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>]

On Sun, Nov 10 2002, Con Kolivas wrote:
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> >On Sat, Nov 09 2002, Con Kolivas wrote:
> >> >You're showing a big shift in behaviour between 2.4.19 and 2.4.20-rc1.
> >> >Maybe it doesn't translate to worsened interactivity.  Needs more
> >> >testing and anaysis.
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> >> Sounds fair enough. My resources are exhausted though. Someone else have
> >> any thoughts?
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> >Try setting lower elevator passover values. Something ala
> >
> ># elvtune -r 64 /dev/hda
> >
> >(or whatever your drive is)
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> Heres some more data:
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> io_load:
> Kernel [runs]           Time    CPU%    Loads   LCPU%   Ratio
> 2.4.20-rc1 [2]          1142.2  6       90      10      16.00
> 2420rc1r64 [3]          575.0   12      43      10      8.05
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> That's it then. Should I run a family of different values and if so
> over what range?

The default is 2048. How long does the io_load test take, or rather how
many tests are appropriate to do? To get a good picture of how it looks
you should probably try: 0, 8, 16, 64, 128, 512. Once you get some of
these results, it will be easier to determine which area(s) would be
most interesting to further explore.

There's also the write passover, I don't think it will have much impact
on this test though.

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Jens Axboe