[Flashbench] Corsair Voyager 3.0 16GB

Michael Monnerie michael.monnerie at is.it-management.at
Thu Jun 2 09:00:00 UTC 2011


On Dienstag, 31. Mai 2011 Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Try larger values for --open-au-nr=X. You are on the right track, the
> erasesize is obviously 8 MB, and the number of open AUs is most
> likely more than 6.
> 
> For both linear and --random, you can pass --open-au-nr=32 just for
> fun, to see what happens (the performance should be horrible, no
> need to let it run to the end in that case), then start with smaller
> values (8, 12, 16, 20) to see where the cutoff is. Find the largest
> fast one and the smallest slow one for linear and random modes.
> 
> With the --open-au tests, just use --blocksize=512 as a start. The
> number only defines when the test stops.

I thought that already with "--open-au-nr=5 --erasesize=$[8 * 1024 * 1024] /dev/sdd --random"
it was slow. What is your definition of slow? For me, the first test that
goes below 20MB/s would have been slow, so "--open-au-nr=5 --erasesize=$[8 * 1024 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=$[256 * 1024]"
But you seem to mean something else.

Here some results. 

# ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=7 --erasesize=$[8 * 1024 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=$[256 * 1024]
8MiB    21.5M/s 
4MiB    13.8M/s 
2MiB    11.6M/s 
1MiB    10.8M/s 
512KiB  10.4M/s 
256KiB  10M/s

# ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=8 --erasesize=$[8 * 1024 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=$[256 * 1024]
8MiB    21.4M/s 
4MiB    13M/s   
2MiB    10.8M/s 
1MiB    9.93M/s 
512KiB  9.49M/s 
256KiB  7.17M/s 

# ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=10 --erasesize=$[8 * 1024 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=$[256 * 1024]
8MiB    21.3M/s 
4MiB    11.9M/s 
2MiB    9.75M/s 
1MiB    8.03M/s 
512KiB  5.6M/s  
256KiB  5.14M/s

# ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=12 --erasesize=$[8 * 1024 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=$[256 * 1024]
8MiB    21.2M/s 
4MiB    11.4M/s 
2MiB    9.2M/s  
1MiB    4.98M/s 
512KiB  4.84M/s 
256KiB  7.79M/s

Results with small Blocksize. Run by a script which outputs the start time of the test, so you can see how
long it was running.
Unforunately, I only saw that I used "8*512*1024" for the erasesize, which is 4MB
instead of the wanted 8MB. Does that matter?

@12:03:52 # ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=1 --erasesize=$[8 * 512 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=512
4MiB    22M/s   
2MiB    5.99M/s 
1MiB    21.2M/s 
512KiB  5.98M/s 
256KiB  20.9M/s 
128KiB  5.92M/s 
64KiB   21.2M/s 
32KiB   5.99M/s 
16KiB   18.3M/s 
8KiB    4.79M/s 
4KiB    6.97M/s 
2KiB    3.96M/s 
1KiB    2.03M/s 
512B    1.03M/s 
@12:04:05 # ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=2 --erasesize=$[8 * 512 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=512
4MiB    21.9M/s 
2MiB    5.91M/s 
1MiB    21.7M/s 
512KiB  5.87M/s 
256KiB  20.9M/s 
128KiB  5.71M/s 
64KiB   18.2M/s 
32KiB   5.13M/s 
16KiB   9.5M/s  
8KiB    2.04M/s 
4KiB    863K/s  
2KiB    502K/s  
1KiB    244K/s  
512B    125K/s  
@12:06:26 # ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=3 --erasesize=$[8 * 512 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=512
4MiB    8.22M/s 
2MiB    5.84M/s 
1MiB    21.6M/s 
512KiB  5.84M/s 
256KiB  20.8M/s 
128KiB  5.68M/s 
64KiB   18.2M/s 
32KiB   5.09M/s 
16KiB   9.5M/s  
8KiB    1.61M/s 
4KiB    636K/s  
2KiB    359K/s  
1KiB    188K/s  
512B    91.5K/s 
@12:11:07 # ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=4 --erasesize=$[8 * 512 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=512
4MiB    13.1M/s 
2MiB    7.14M/s 
1MiB    9.19M/s 
512KiB  9.13M/s 
256KiB  9.03M/s 
128KiB  8.79M/s 
64KiB   8.37M/s 
32KiB   7.62M/s 
16KiB   3.17M/s 
8KiB    1.08M/s 
4KiB    620K/s  
2KiB    301K/s  
1KiB    151K/s  
512B    76K/s   
@12:18:38 # ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=5 --erasesize=$[8 * 512 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=512
4MiB    10.5M/s 
2MiB    8.24M/s 
1MiB    5.8M/s  
512KiB  7.85M/s 
256KiB  8.09M/s 
128KiB  6.26M/s 
64KiB   6.02M/s 
32KiB   8.47M/s 
16KiB   3.34M/s 
8KiB    1.04M/s 
4KiB    481K/s  
2KiB    246K/s  
1KiB    123K/s  
512B    62.1K/s 
@12:30:05 # ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=6 --erasesize=$[8 * 512 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=512
4MiB    9.32M/s 
2MiB    7.18M/s 
1MiB    5.57M/s 
512KiB  4.93M/s 
256KiB  5.94M/s 
128KiB  6.55M/s 
64KiB   5.05M/s 
32KiB   2.11M/s 
16KiB   2.74M/s 
8KiB    887K/s  
4KiB    421K/s  
2KiB    204K/s  
1KiB    102K/s  
512B    51.7K/s 
@12:46:41 # ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=8 --erasesize=$[8 * 512 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=512
4MiB    8.12M/s 
2MiB    6.15M/s 
1MiB    5.36M/s 
512KiB  4.35M/s 
256KiB  3.95M/s 
128KiB  2.97M/s 
64KiB   4.2M/s  
32KiB   3M/s    
16KiB   1.99M/s 
8KiB    649K/s  
4KiB    326K/s  
2KiB    167K/s  
1KiB    83.9K/s 
512B    42K/s   
@13:13:55 # ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=10 --erasesize=$[8 * 512 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=512
4MiB    7.57M/s 
2MiB    5.69M/s 
1MiB    5.24M/s 
512KiB  5.03M/s 
256KiB  3.12M/s 
128KiB  4.31M/s 
64KiB   4.43M/s 
32KiB   2.04M/s 
16KiB   1.3M/s  
8KiB    553K/s  
4KiB    265K/s  
2KiB    131K/s  
1KiB    65.4K/s 
512B    33K/s   
@13:56:57 # ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=12 --erasesize=$[8 * 512 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=512
4MiB    7.37M/s 
2MiB    5.52M/s 
1MiB    4.64M/s 
512KiB  4.33M/s 
256KiB  2.33M/s 
128KiB  3.76M/s 
64KiB   2.02M/s 
32KiB   1.63M/s 
16KiB   892K/s  
8KiB    433K/s  
4KiB    156K/s  
2KiB    69.7K/s 
1KiB    44.5K/s 
512B    19.6K/s 
@15:21:05 # ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=16 --erasesize=$[8 * 512 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=512
4MiB    6.9M/s  
2MiB    5.14M/s 
1MiB    4.65M/s 
512KiB  1.63M/s 
256KiB  4.06M/s 
128KiB  1.73M/s 
64KiB   1.64M/s 
32KiB   1.02M/s 
16KiB   471K/s  
8KiB    238K/s  
4KiB    111K/s  
2KiB    57.4K/s 
1KiB    28.6K/s 
512B    14.4K/s 
@17:58:45 # ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=20 --erasesize=$[8 * 512 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=512
4MiB    4.54M/s 
2MiB    4.98M/s 
1MiB    1.21M/s 
512KiB  947K/s  
256KiB  491K/s  
128KiB  285K/s  
64KiB   109K/s  
32KiB   73.6K/s 
16KiB   29.9K/s 
8KiB    13.5K/s 
4KiB    6.77K/s 
2KiB    3.4K/s  
Terminated (was running from 1800 overnight until 1042, so I killed it)
@10:42:10 # ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=24 --erasesize=$[8 * 512 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=512
4MiB    5.96M/s 
2MiB    3.83M/s 
1MiB    1.13M/s 
512KiB  614K/s  
Terminated
@10:50:35 # ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=32 --erasesize=$[8 * 512 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=512
4MiB    5.53M/s 
2MiB    3.41M/s 
1MiB    1.11M/s 
Terminated

Now the tests with "--random" and correct 8MB erasesize:

@10:58:54 # ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=1 --erasesize=$[8 * 1024 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=512 --random
8MiB    7.11M/s 
4MiB    21.9M/s 
2MiB    13.2M/s 
1MiB    8.37M/s 
512KiB  7.02M/s 
256KiB  6.48M/s 
128KiB  6.15M/s 
64KiB   5.86M/s 
32KiB   5.45M/s 
16KiB   4.1M/s  
8KiB    1.75M/s 
4KiB    1.22M/s 
2KiB    512K/s  
1KiB    266K/s  
512B    136K/s  
@11:01:07 # ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=2 --erasesize=$[8 * 1024 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=512 --random
8MiB    22.6M/s 
4MiB    13.6M/s 
2MiB    9.66M/s 
1MiB    7.53M/s 
512KiB  6.75M/s 
256KiB  6.38M/s 
128KiB  6.13M/s 
64KiB   5.69M/s 
32KiB   5.38M/s 
16KiB   3.17M/s 
8KiB    1.95M/s 
4KiB    894K/s  
2KiB    462K/s  
1KiB    232K/s  
512B    116K/s  
@11:06:14 # ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=3 --erasesize=$[8 * 1024 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=512 --random
8MiB    22.1M/s 
4MiB    9.89M/s 
2MiB    6.99M/s 
1MiB    5.7M/s  
512KiB  5.16M/s 
256KiB  4.79M/s 
128KiB  4.72M/s 
64KiB   4.54M/s 
32KiB   3.21M/s 
16KiB   2.55M/s 
8KiB    1.63M/s 
4KiB    693K/s  
2KiB    354K/s  
1KiB    177K/s  
512B    90.2K/s 
@11:16:09 # ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=4 --erasesize=$[8 * 1024 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=512 --random
8MiB    22M/s   
4MiB    9.25M/s 
2MiB    6.69M/s 
1MiB    5.59M/s 
512KiB  3.5M/s  
256KiB  4.91M/s 
128KiB  4.77M/s 
64KiB   4.57M/s 
32KiB   3.08M/s 
16KiB   2.27M/s 
8KiB    1.37M/s 
4KiB    573K/s  
2KiB    295K/s  
1KiB    150K/s  
512B    74.9K/s 
@11:31:51 # ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=5 --erasesize=$[8 * 1024 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=512 --random
8MiB    22.4M/s 
4MiB    10.9M/s 
2MiB    8.28M/s 
1MiB    7.07M/s 
512KiB  6.42M/s 
256KiB  6.32M/s 
128KiB  6.02M/s 
64KiB   5.86M/s 
32KiB   3.54M/s 
16KiB   1.93M/s 
8KiB    1.07M/s 
4KiB    490K/s  
2KiB    242K/s  
1KiB    124K/s  
512B    61.2K/s 
@11:55:11 # ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=6 --erasesize=$[8 * 1024 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=512 --random
8MiB    16.3M/s 
4MiB    9.93M/s 
2MiB    7M/s    
1MiB    3.9M/s  
512KiB  5.13M/s 
256KiB  3.46M/s 
128KiB  4.58M/s 
64KiB   2.85M/s 
32KiB   2.82M/s 
16KiB   1.8M/s  
8KiB    944K/s  
4KiB    399K/s  
2KiB    219K/s  
1KiB    103K/s  
512B    51.8K/s 
@12:28:27 # ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=8 --erasesize=$[8 * 1024 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=512 --random
8MiB    22.3M/s 
4MiB    11.3M/s 
2MiB    8.45M/s 
1MiB    6.88M/s 
512KiB  4.15M/s 
256KiB  6.31M/s 
128KiB  5.54M/s 
64KiB   3.83M/s 
32KiB   2.54M/s 
16KiB   1.46M/s 
8KiB    714K/s  
4KiB    344K/s  
2KiB    167K/s  
1KiB    86.2K/s 
512B    42.4K/s 
@13:21:57 # ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=10 --erasesize=$[8 * 1024 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=512 --random
8MiB    22M/s   
4MiB    10.8M/s 
2MiB    7.43M/s 
1MiB    6.82M/s 
512KiB  5.23M/s 
256KiB  3.92M/s 
128KiB  3.85M/s 
64KiB   2.6M/s  
32KiB   1.64M/s 
16KiB   1.17M/s 
8KiB    568K/s  
4KiB    266K/s  
2KiB    136K/s  
1KiB    66.1K/s 
512B    33.4K/s 
@14:47:08 # ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=12 --erasesize=$[8 * 1024 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=512 --random
8MiB    22.2M/s 
4MiB    10.6M/s 
2MiB    4.1M/s  
1MiB    4.48M/s 
512KiB  3.27M/s 
256KiB  2.95M/s 
128KiB  3M/s    
64KiB   2.04M/s 
32KiB   1.15M/s 
16KiB   685K/s  
8KiB    446K/s  
4KiB    193K/s  
2KiB    84.5K/s 
1KiB    38.6K/s 
512B    20.2K/s 
@17:33:20 # ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=16 --erasesize=$[8 * 1024 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=512 --random
8MiB    22.2M/s 
4MiB    10.4M/s 
2MiB    3.28M/s 
1MiB    3.02M/s 
512KiB  2.94M/s 
256KiB  2.34M/s 
128KiB  2.48M/s 
64KiB   1.07M/s 
32KiB   911K/s  
16KiB   397K/s  
8KiB    240K/s  
4KiB    115K/s  
2KiB    58K/s   
1KiB    29K/s   
512B    14.5K/s 
@22:46:38 # ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=20 --erasesize=$[8 * 1024 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=512 --random
8MiB    22.2M/s 
4MiB    6.6M/s  
2MiB    2.46M/s 
1MiB    1.14M/s 
512KiB  540K/s  
256KiB  362K/s  
128KiB  200K/s  
64KiB   103K/s  
32KiB   52.9K/s 
16KiB   27.2K/s 
8KiB    13.7K/s 
Terminated
@10:43:54 # ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=24 --erasesize=$[8 * 1024 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=512 --random
8MiB    10.2M/s 
4MiB    5.3M/s  
2MiB    2.28M/s 
1MiB    1.1M/s  
Terminated
@10:52:08 # ./flashbench --open-au --open-au-nr=32 --erasesize=$[8 * 1024 * 1024] /dev/sdd --blocksize=512 --random
8MiB    13.5M/s 
4MiB    5.01M/s 
2MiB    2.23M/s 
Terminated

What next?

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