Pete Clarke wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been doing some performance testing on my file server, the specs > of the machine are: > > Compaq Proliant 6500 > Quad Pentium Pro 200/1MB cache > 2GB Ram > 2 x 2/DH Hardware RAID controllers > 1 x Emulex LP8000 Fibre Channel controller > Dual 10/100 NIC (Intel) > Fibre 1000 NIC (Intel) > (All PCI slots are 32-bit/33 Mhz.) > > This is connected, via a Storageworks San Switch 8 (basically a Brocade > Silkworm 2400) to two : > > Storageworks 4000 fibre channel enclosure, each with 12 x 36GB U160, > 10,000rpm drives arranged as 2 logical RAID 5 drives. > > The box is running Debian Sarge, fully patched upto date. > > I realise the hardware is not exactly top of the range, but I thought > I'd see what it would do. > > OK, so I have run a few tests, but settled on dbench as it's *really* > easy to use :-) > I am seeing about 54MB/sec when run on the fibre connected drive(s), and > about 90MB/sec when using the 2/DH controllers...this seems a little > odd, as the 2/DH are only supposed to be 40 MB/sec interfaces, whereas > the LP8000 is a 1Gb/sec card - I would expect to be seeing closer to > 100MB/sec from the fibre devices .... > >> From local, 2/DH filesystems: > > bungo:/tmp# dbench 2 > 2 clients started > 0 62477 90.67 MB/sec > Throughput 90.6613 MB/sec 2 procs > >> From FC connected: > > bungo:/export/iso# dbench 2 > 2 clients started > 0 62477 44.23 MB/sec > Throughput 44.2259 MB/sec 2 procs > > Is there anything else I can try, or do these figures seem reasonable to > everyone? > > Cheers, >
I would ask your question on the debian-isp list. You are more likely to find people there that have dealt with this level of hardware. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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