On 4/28/05, Gil Freund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am planning on deploying VMware GSX on a Debian system. > While I am happy with ReiserFS for most FS needs, I am wondering if it > would make sense to user XFS or JFS for the VM image partition, as it > seems both perform better with large files.
Having too much time on my hands, I decided to benchmark. I used Bonnie++ for the following (bad) reasons: 1. Easy to use 2. Nice comparative charts. Time permitting, I will follow up with IOZone. The hardware: Compaq (HP) DL380 2 x 1.4Mhz Coppermine 3 GB RAM SmartArray 5i, 16MB RAM 3 x 36 HP (Seagate) 10,000 RPM disks Debian Linux, Kernel 2.6.8 I have attempted to simulate the use of 4, 9 and 18GB files over ext2, ext3, reiserfs 3.6, jfs and xfs, with and without LVM. As this was not a clean room environment (the system is used for Cyrus IMAP for about 25 Users), I repeated each test 3 time (the results are the average). I have no idea why, but someone my find this usable. > > On a side note, can anyone share information on performance of the ESX > product vs. the GSX product on Linux? Aside from memory > over-committing, most ESX functions (such as vMotion) are not relevant > to me. > > Thanks > > Gil >
bonnie.csv
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Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %CP
ext2 4G 21160 95 24259 12 15472 10 20048 84 66665 20 216 0
ext2 9G 21496 97 25112 13 14419 9 19196 81 66283 21 209 0
ext2-lvm 4G 21841 97 31683 17 15269 9 19086 80 62904 16 753 2
ext2-lvm 9G 21501 97 24708 13 15365 9 19466 82 64211 18 240 0
ext3 4G 18368 88 24623 19 12008 9 21761 90 66733 18 613 1
ext3 9G 17681 87 18997 15 12809 10 20390 86 68721 21 223 0
ext3-lvm 4G 18344 89 24355 19 12340 9 20597 86 68657 18 670 1
ext3-lvm 9G 17701 87 18831 15 13707 10 20563 86 63775 18 219 0
jfs 4G 20431 93 31109 18 13532 8 20993 87 58117 15 808 2
jfs 9G 19365 90 23919 14 13869 8 22577 96 47481 14 266 1
jfs 18G 18155 82 16551 9 12276 7 20086 85 36323 11 120 0
jfs-lvm 4G 20250 93 29495 17 15514 9 18276 76 67441 16 920 2
jfs-lvm 9G 19625 91 23602 13 14421 8 21087 88 55489 14 351 1
jfs-lvm 18G 18543 85 19608 11 14161 7 21474 89 56948 14 251 0
reiserfs 4G 20780 94 21456 17 12446 9 20345 86 64036 22 753 2
reiserfs 9G 18684 86 19753 16 13231 10 17963 77 49503 20 185 1
reiserfs 18G 17348 79 17791 14 11811 9 19408 83 60832 24 148 1
reiserfs-lvm 4G 21450 97 20255 16 13753 10 18303 77 67491 20 874 2
reiserfs-lvm 9G 18342 84 19217 16 13286 10 18903 80 60076 21 241 1
reiserfs-lvm 18G 17954 81 17985 14 12911 9 19750 84 49273 16 122 0
xfs 4G 20718 95 23507 13 12548 8 21773 92 49332 15 762 2
xfs 9G 19960 93 16990 10 12966 9 23127 99 47268 16 317 1
xfs 18G 18476 84 17735 10 12367 8 23429 99 47379 15 238 1
xfs-lvm 4G 20709 95 23124 13 13558 9 19181 80 67494 17 887 2
xfs-lvm 9G 19547 91 19686 11 12943 8 20292 85 56048 15 364 1
xfs-lvm 18G 17846 82 18044 10 11857 7 21187 89 57661 15 259 1
