Here are the raw results from my first set of kvm performance runs. These were all using disk images on an ext4 filesystem on the host, and using the scripts I showed in the previous post.
To reiterate: for each test, I cloned the disk image, booted it once to wget a linux kernel tarball, then booted it 10 more times – 5 times with a read-intensive workload, and 5 with write-intensive workload. Due to some hiccoughs, some of the tests ended up being run twice (very spread apart). In those cases I list both sets of results, but perhaps I shouldn’t have, as it obfuscates patterns.
You may notice that often the first results is an outlier quite a bit higher than the rest. Moreover, this pattern is far more extreme for write tests than read tests.
My theory is that this is due to preallocation effects. This is born out by the fact that the best results as well as those with the smallest 95% confidence interval are those with preallocated qcow2.
Note that pre-allocated qcow2 files still only preallocate metadata. A further test of my theory will be to see what we get with a kvm root disk on a host lvm partition.
The results I show here are:
1. the disk image parameters
2. the list of times, in seconds from kvm vm startup to shutdown, of
read and write heavy workloads respectively
3. the mean +/- 95% confidence interval for reads and writes.
I’ve sorted them by the mean write times ascending. Of course cache=unsafe dominates the fastest times. But if cache=unsafe is not acceptable for you, then raw and qed with writeback cache,and aio=threads, and if=virtio appear to offer good performance for both read and write.
The raw data and scripts which I used to process the data are at http://people.canonical.com/~serge/kvm-perf.ext4/. There you can also find zwrites (the results below) and zreads (ordered by mean read time ascending).
========== Results: ==========
type qcow2 cache unsafe aio native if virtio prealloc yes
reads: [71.908, 69.98, 69.3, 70.736, 65.208, 72.79599999999999, 70.904, 69.824, 70.28, 69.688]
writes: [213.828, 210.642, 220.054, 210.911, 206.659, 221.735, 213.031, 209.053, 209.906, 226.05]
readinterval: 70.062400 +/- 1.439401
writeinterval: 214.186900 +/- 4.513276
type qcow2 cache unsafe aio threads if virtio prealloc yes
reads: [67.9, 65.64, 70.428, 64.916, 70.024, 77.756, 70.784, 70.004, 70.264, 69.972]
writes: [212.236, 223.84300000000002, 221.059, 210.651, 208.778, 219.92000000000002, 213.113, 212.90699999999998, 211.906, 210.511]
readinterval: 69.768800 +/- 2.498142
writeinterval: 214.492400 +/- 3.690026
type raw cache unsafe aio threads if virtio prealloc no
reads: [72.336, 69.728, 70.104, 69.88, 65.224]
writes: [207.495, 218.463, 211.106, 215.195, 220.608]
readinterval: 69.454400 +/- 3.218633
writeinterval: 214.573400 +/- 6.630368
type raw cache unsafe aio native if virtio prealloc no
reads: [72.144, 64.828, 72.092, 69.784, 69.284]
writes: [199.113, 222.543, 223.154, 217.915, 225.99]
readinterval: 69.626400 +/- 3.703418
writeinterval: 217.743000 +/- 13.422588
type qed cache unsafe aio threads if virtio prealloc no
reads: [67.196, 70.212, 70.672, 71.116, 70.843]
writes: [223.852, 240.652, 221.107, 220.10399999999998, 225.446]
readinterval: 70.007800 +/- 1.993900
writeinterval: 226.232200 +/- 10.352019
type qed cache unsafe aio native if virtio prealloc no
reads: [68.2, 70.88, 69.996, 69.772, 69.86]
writes: [245.998, 222.684, 215.52, 217.809, 231.90699999999998]
readinterval: 69.741600 +/- 1.202580
writeinterval: 226.783600 +/- 15.454367
type qcow2 cache unsafe aio threads if virtio prealloc no
reads: [72.904, 69.812, 69.892, 70.336, 70.668]
writes: [236.522, 235.276, 232.071, 215.768, 215.321]
readinterval: 70.722400 +/- 1.574275
writeinterval: 226.991600 +/- 13.132206
type qcow2 cache unsafe aio native if virtio prealloc no
reads: [72.96000000000001, 69.29599999999999, 70.752, 70.912, 69.956]
writes: [239.856, 228.488, 224.102, 218.566, 226.488]
readinterval: 70.775200 +/- 1.717330
writeinterval: 227.500000 +/- 9.738037
type raw cache writeback aio threads if virtio prealloc no
reads: [73.16, 69.304, 69.992, 71.08, 70.532]
writes: [276.42, 261.144, 241.359, 244.405, 246.88400000000001]
readinterval: 70.813600 +/- 1.821672
writeinterval: 254.042400 +/- 18.165892
type qed cache writeback aio threads if virtio prealloc no
reads: [73.756, 71.78, 71.136, 71.112, 64.944]
writes: [272.872, 245.23, 256.286, 254.131, 248.39]
readinterval: 70.545600 +/- 4.112407
writeinterval: 255.381800 +/- 13.318741
type raw cache writeback aio native if virtio prealloc no
reads: [73.224, 69.336, 69.68, 69.148, 64.804]
writes: [290.128, 245.698, 241.717, 249.07, 254.622]
readinterval: 69.238400 +/- 3.712638
writeinterval: 256.247000 +/- 24.240085
type qed cache writeback aio native if virtio prealloc no
reads: [67.792, 69.28, 66.684, 66.828, 71.19200000000001]
writes: [291.802, 255.961, 233.31, 247.034, 262.969]
readinterval: 68.355200 +/- 2.351399
writeinterval: 258.215200 +/- 27.068852
type raw cache unsafe aio native if ide prealloc no
reads: [75.904, 75.06, 76.044, 78.048, 76.064]
writes: [314.539, 293.501, 296.839, 279.1, 279.287]
readinterval: 76.224000 +/- 1.366151
writeinterval: 292.653200 +/- 18.201841
type qcow2 cache unsafe aio threads if ide prealloc yes
reads: [78.036, 73.988, 74.996, 75.03999999999999, 75.224, 77.032, 75.176, 73.94, 76.014, 73.984]
writes: [299.203, 278.489, 295.129, 281.617, 314.042, 308.012, 296.013, 295.495, 317.636, 283.315]
readinterval: 75.343000 +/- 0.967447
writeinterval: 296.895100 +/- 9.584470
type qcow2 cache unsafe aio native if ide prealloc yes
reads: [76.934, 74.356, 74.688, 75.984, 75.12, 78.564, 73.388, 74.08, 75.03999999999999, 73.932]
writes: [309.87, 327.163, 286.801, 289.347, 288.831, 304.659, 297.211, 291.344, 284.538, 294.106]
readinterval: 75.208600 +/- 1.120707
writeinterval: 297.387000 +/- 9.410988
type qcow2 cache unsafe aio native if ide prealloc no
reads: [76.868, 73.864, 73.852, 76.98, 74.012]
writes: [345.193, 301.156, 278.149, 305.268, 284.979]
readinterval: 75.115200 +/- 2.052318
writeinterval: 302.949000 +/- 32.444686
type qcow2 cache unsafe aio threads if ide prealloc no
reads: [77.604, 73.372, 75.088, 74.044, 74.004]
writes: [341.525, 292.598, 295.211, 294.166, 297.212]
readinterval: 74.822400 +/- 2.076512
writeinterval: 304.142400 +/- 26.031010
type raw cache unsafe aio threads if ide prealloc no
reads: [77.86, 78.176, 74.608, 77.97200000000001, 77.428]
writes: [309.522, 319.155, 291.431, 293.868, 321.356]
readinterval: 77.208800 +/- 1.836889
writeinterval: 307.066400 +/- 17.283457
type qed cache unsafe aio threads if ide prealloc no
reads: [79.51599999999999, 74.479, 74.916, 74.356, 75.904]
writes: [354.66700000000003, 310.124, 310.858, 324.602, 316.314]
readinterval: 75.834200 +/- 2.664899
writeinterval: 323.313000 +/- 22.918687
type qed cache unsafe aio native if ide prealloc no
reads: [77.088, 75.3, 75.732, 74.9, 74.232]
writes: [356.678, 335.235, 321.761, 307.689, 349.126]
readinterval: 75.450400 +/- 1.327346
writeinterval: 334.097800 +/- 24.729279
type qcow2 cache writeback aio native if virtio prealloc yes
reads: [72.884, 71.376, 76.564, 70.008, 69.876, 73.116, 69.728, 69.752, 69.6, 69.784]
writes: [323.319, 345.656, 332.029, 336.356, 355.151, 344.764, 337.784, 319.897, 339.707, 334.06600000000003]
readinterval: 71.268800 +/- 1.639358
writeinterval: 336.872900 +/- 7.487037
type qcow2 cache writeback aio native if virtio prealloc no
reads: [72.79599999999999, 71.79599999999999, 70.152, 65.28, 69.72]
writes: [341.786, 336.824, 329.788, 329.311, 356.161]
readinterval: 69.948800 +/- 3.588496
writeinterval: 338.774000 +/- 13.679155
type qcow2 cache writeback aio threads if virtio prealloc no
reads: [72.8, 69.8, 70.2, 71.832, 71.19200000000001]
writes: [346.134, 334.753, 335.104, 339.325, 339.099]
readinterval: 71.164800 +/- 1.509693
writeinterval: 338.883000 +/- 5.695326
type qcow2 cache writeback aio threads if virtio prealloc yes
reads: [73.68, 70.06, 69.836, 69.932, 69.98, 72.868, 70.02, 69.976, 70.096, 69.998]
writes: [330.735, 331.071, 362.747, 346.53, 355.036, 329.624, 346.205, 329.016, 325.988, 337.155]
readinterval: 70.644600 +/- 1.002024
writeinterval: 339.410700 +/- 8.983949
type raw cache writeback aio native if ide prealloc no
reads: [78.51599999999999, 74.78, 74.42, 74.82, 73.972]
writes: [403.936, 400.882, 424.5, 400.947, 400.139]
readinterval: 75.301600 +/- 2.271043
writeinterval: 406.080800 +/- 12.912044
type raw cache writethrough aio native if virtio prealloc no
reads: [68.528, 69.676, 69.264, 69.828, 69.884]
writes: [488.821, 413.534, 422.732, 405.829, 385.253]
readinterval: 69.436000 +/- 0.698544
writeinterval: 423.233800 +/- 48.653135
type qed cache writeback aio native if ide prealloc no
reads: [77.28, 74.352, 75.672, 75.132, 75.088]
writes: [425.21, 458.31, 430.34, 403.30899999999997, 401.867]
readinterval: 75.504800 +/- 1.363138
writeinterval: 423.807200 +/- 28.697195
type raw cache writethrough aio native if virtio prealloc no
reads: [68.888, 70.984, 66.88, 71.70400000000001, 70.268]
writes: [477.113, 414.424, 419.382, 419.52, 399.91700000000003]
readinterval: 69.744800 +/- 2.371302
writeinterval: 426.071200 +/- 36.795115
type qed cache writeback aio threads if ide prealloc no
reads: [78.491, 75.324, 74.484, 78.36, 74.88]
writes: [443.45, 419.983, 450.796, 426.647, 407.002]
readinterval: 76.307800 +/- 2.429239
writeinterval: 429.575600 +/- 21.975754
type raw cache writethrough aio threads if virtio prealloc no
reads: [73.868, 70.0, 71.092, 69.78, 69.44800000000001]
writes: [504.962, 416.249, 412.897, 414.723, 399.332]
readinterval: 70.837600 +/- 2.238366
writeinterval: 429.632600 +/- 52.949876
type raw cache writeback aio threads if ide prealloc no
reads: [76.632, 76.628, 74.16, 73.888, 74.751]
writes: [439.41, 453.696, 444.509, 416.295, 463.588]
readinterval: 75.211800 +/- 1.653519
writeinterval: 443.499600 +/- 22.084035
type qcow2 cache writethrough aio threads if virtio prealloc yes
reads: [74.012, 70.752, 69.896, 70.29599999999999, 65.612, 72.592, 70.732, 70.432, 69.753, 65.75]
writes: [512.072, 404.015, 422.361, 408.045, 393.726, 597.382, 432.496, 436.96, 438.931, 429.013]
readinterval: 69.982700 +/- 1.871147
writeinterval: 447.500100 +/- 44.198589
type qed cache writethrough aio threads if virtio prealloc no
reads: [72.752, 66.028, 71.484, 71.212, 71.304]
writes: [596.895, 404.658, 448.447, 425.341, 410.709]
readinterval: 70.556000 +/- 3.236448
writeinterval: 457.210000 +/- 99.194061
type qcow2 cache writethrough aio native if virtio prealloc yes
reads: [72.659, 70.34, 71.608, 69.868, 70.392, 73.036, 71.476, 70.316, 70.68, 71.172]
writes: [475.648, 413.068, 443.214, 428.523, 416.772, 624.818, 449.145, 472.21, 466.734, 444.459]
readinterval: 71.154700 +/- 0.751826
writeinterval: 463.459100 +/- 43.440139
type qcow2 cache writeback aio native if ide prealloc yes
reads: [77.03999999999999, 74.048, 75.028, 74.112, 74.8, 76.726, 73.856, 75.792, 74.356, 73.984]
writes: [459.85699999999997, 421.821, 470.205, 450.886, 481.52, 473.843, 437.646, 495.09, 471.445, 487.481]
readinterval: 74.974200 +/- 0.834674
writeinterval: 464.979400 +/- 16.293238
type qed cache writethrough aio native if virtio prealloc no
reads: [74.544, 66.272, 69.86, 73.132, 71.624]
writes: [588.529, 445.01800000000003, 448.782, 437.321, 426.602]
readinterval: 71.086400 +/- 3.980641
writeinterval: 469.250400 +/- 83.459586
type qcow2 cache writeback aio threads if ide prealloc no
reads: [78.688, 74.852, 75.036, 74.072, 74.156]
writes: [454.594, 465.601, 455.023, 482.267, 506.537]
readinterval: 75.360800 +/- 2.367901
writeinterval: 472.804400 +/- 27.253850
type qcow2 cache writeback aio native if ide prealloc no
reads: [77.55199999999999, 75.632, 75.276, 75.044, 74.084]
writes: [476.841, 478.186, 469.609, 463.385, 500.178]
readinterval: 75.517600 +/- 1.581568
writeinterval: 477.639800 +/- 17.301061
type raw cache none aio native if virtio prealloc no
reads: [77.68, 76.292, 77.52, 76.364, 77.612]
writes: [482.216, 502.968, 477.784, 470.051, 487.512]
readinterval: 77.093600 +/- 0.871224
writeinterval: 484.106200 +/- 15.314034
type qcow2 cache writethrough aio native if virtio prealloc no
reads: [72.472, 72.96000000000001, 71.732, 70.104, 69.744]
writes: [671.941, 430.206, 439.514, 425.877, 455.022]
readinterval: 71.402400 +/- 1.768546
writeinterval: 484.512000 +/- 130.834077
type qcow2 cache none aio native if virtio prealloc no
reads: [77.4, 80.688, 74.376, 80.46000000000001, 77.212]
writes: [543.64, 442.76, 487.82, 495.176, 463.548]
readinterval: 78.027200 +/- 3.249008
writeinterval: 486.588800 +/- 47.207473
type qcow2 cache writeback aio threads if ide prealloc yes
reads: [79.724, 74.616, 74.316, 75.844, 76.21600000000001, 79.748, 74.876, 74.252, 74.06, 74.087]
writes: [508.752, 468.39, 533.871, 483.505, 514.277, 491.674, 453.55899999999997, 476.473, 484.364, 472.598]
readinterval: 75.773900 +/- 1.581155
writeinterval: 488.746300 +/- 17.207381
type qcow2 cache writethrough aio threads if virtio prealloc no
reads: [73.144, 70.876, 69.86, 66.216, 71.856]
writes: [649.269, 448.008, 461.003, 456.055, 436.461]
readinterval: 70.390400 +/- 3.265897
writeinterval: 490.159200 +/- 111.039277
type qcow2 cache none aio native if virtio prealloc yes
reads: [76.964, 72.572, 77.236, 77.088, 76.838, 76.26, 76.508, 76.916, 76.42, 76.668]
writes: [476.156, 470.74, 499.128, 443.656, 474.364, 507.94, 551.748, 556.968, 489.34, 534.26]
readinterval: 76.347000 +/- 0.973792
writeinterval: 500.430000 +/- 26.690797
type qed cache none aio threads if virtio prealloc no
reads: [77.992, 77.724, 79.184, 77.332, 76.77199999999999]
writes: [529.155, 458.584, 526.116, 492.068, 522.908]
readinterval: 77.800800 +/- 1.116445
writeinterval: 505.766200 +/- 37.604137
type raw cache none aio threads if virtio prealloc no
reads: [78.104, 76.996, 77.632, 76.46000000000001, 76.88]
writes: [482.376, 503.86, 548.272, 490.648, 506.72]
readinterval: 77.214400 +/- 0.808136
writeinterval: 506.375200 +/- 31.565464
type qed cache none aio native if virtio prealloc no
reads: [76.84, 76.74, 77.22800000000001, 77.164, 77.712]
writes: [491.132, 540.764, 483.748, 526.808, 507.348]
readinterval: 77.136800 +/- 0.475029
writeinterval: 509.960000 +/- 29.651642
type qcow2 cache none aio threads if virtio prealloc yes
reads: [78.20400000000001, 78.18, 73.3, 76.816, 78.876, 77.71600000000001, 77.032, 77.596, 77.29599999999999, 72.02]
writes: [503.988, 495.144, 525.72, 542.712, 503.664, 518.556, 543.72, 495.94, 494.844, 516.844]
readinterval: 76.703600 +/- 1.598942
writeinterval: 514.113200 +/- 13.339433
type qcow2 cache none aio threads if virtio prealloc no
reads: [77.828, 76.864, 76.988, 77.236, 77.852]
writes: [611.708, 497.179, 561.54, 560.4639999999999, 520.304]
readinterval: 77.353600 +/- 0.575956
writeinterval: 550.239000 +/- 54.556150
type raw cache directsync aio native if virtio prealloc no
reads: [78.256, 76.624, 71.852, 76.236, 76.92]
writes: [664.876, 544.736, 512.644, 499.308, 541.676]
readinterval: 75.977600 +/- 3.014994
writeinterval: 552.648000 +/- 81.477149
type qcow2 cache directsync aio native if virtio prealloc yes
reads: [78.828, 77.076, 77.70400000000001, 77.424, 77.652]
writes: [713.552, 548.688, 535.836, 587.892, 558.424]
readinterval: 77.736800 +/- 0.817399
writeinterval: 588.878400 +/- 89.754168
type raw cache directsync aio threads if virtio prealloc no
reads: [79.28, 77.21600000000001, 77.79599999999999, 77.044, 76.98]
writes: [692.844, 577.1, 568.328, 549.608, 557.408]
readinterval: 77.663200 +/- 1.191259
writeinterval: 589.057600 +/- 73.201025
type qed cache directsync aio native if virtio prealloc no
reads: [79.116, 76.72800000000001, 76.94, 77.732, 77.172]
writes: [737.116, 593.968, 609.876, 513.872, 539.968]
readinterval: 77.537600 +/- 1.190214
writeinterval: 598.960000 +/- 107.443724
type qcow2 cache directsync aio native if virtio prealloc no
reads: [77.256, 72.05199999999999, 77.128, 76.908, 76.98]
writes: [799.844, 569.932, 563.976, 538.548, 567.46]
readinterval: 76.064800 +/- 2.790327
writeinterval: 607.952000 +/- 134.103245
type qcow2 cache directsync aio threads if virtio prealloc yes
reads: [79.72, 77.94800000000001, 77.69200000000001, 72.248, 72.94]
writes: [708.444, 575.008, 606.627, 633.548, 519.684]
readinterval: 76.109600 +/- 4.112374
writeinterval: 608.662200 +/- 86.982030
type qcow2 cache none aio native if ide prealloc no
reads: [89.71600000000001, 89.036, 89.024, 88.9, 89.03999999999999]
writes: [595.172, 634.948, 644.144, 639.612, 546.932]
readinterval: 89.143200 +/- 0.404064
writeinterval: 612.161600 +/- 51.342335
type raw cache none aio native if ide prealloc no
reads: [91.14, 90.804, 89.412, 89.592, 90.2]
writes: [667.164, 583.376, 594.404, 613.016, 649.488]
readinterval: 90.229600 +/- 0.928064
writeinterval: 621.489600 +/- 44.458414
type qcow2 cache none aio native if ide prealloc yes
reads: [91.644, 91.194, 89.924, 88.98400000000001, 89.364, 92.06, 89.9, 89.923, 89.44, 89.628]
writes: [615.552, 682.836, 621.06, 580.528, 675.52, 680.48, 701.068, 624.996, 578.476, 642.944]
readinterval: 90.206100 +/- 0.748667
writeinterval: 640.346000 +/- 31.068144
type qcow2 cache directsync aio threads if virtio prealloc no
reads: [77.964, 77.168, 76.944, 77.748, 76.852]
writes: [847.968, 632.316, 576.068, 586.364, 592.548]
readinterval: 77.335200 +/- 0.614677
writeinterval: 647.052800 +/- 141.947814
type raw cache none aio threads if ide prealloc no
reads: [91.884, 91.132, 90.904, 90.128, 90.892]
writes: [662.24, 663.763, 664.66, 642.552, 660.632]
readinterval: 90.988000 +/- 0.780231
writeinterval: 658.769400 +/- 11.416450
type qed cache directsync aio threads if virtio prealloc no
reads: [79.904, 77.904, 77.031, 77.564, 78.2]
writes: [844.788, 623.52, 637.112, 572.912, 646.456]
readinterval: 78.120600 +/- 1.350330
writeinterval: 664.957600 +/- 129.702072
type qcow2 cache none aio threads if ide prealloc no
reads: [93.376, 91.456, 91.196, 91.112, 91.048]
writes: [700.452, 711.628, 647.22, 666.568, 604.964]
readinterval: 91.637600 +/- 1.221937
writeinterval: 666.166400 +/- 53.214826
type qed cache none aio native if ide prealloc no
reads: [92.14, 89.748, 89.26, 89.652, 90.08]
writes: [750.128, 649.292, 553.716, 668.968, 741.012]
readinterval: 90.176000 +/- 1.410714
writeinterval: 672.623200 +/- 98.906635
type qcow2 cache none aio threads if ide prealloc yes
reads: [92.124, 91.2, 91.708, 91.939, 93.928, 91.276, 92.848, 91.872, 91.28, 91.224]
writes: [572.0840000000001, 692.144, 677.74, 628.88, 638.872, 715.38, 681.768, 672.928, 762.628, 704.492]
readinterval: 91.939900 +/- 0.622067
writeinterval: 674.691600 +/- 37.364491
type qed cache none aio threads if ide prealloc no
reads: [91.82, 91.072, 91.94, 90.988, 91.676]
writes: [807.588, 715.08, 534.876, 706.944, 697.044]
readinterval: 91.499200 +/- 0.545591
writeinterval: 692.306400 +/- 122.336222
type raw cache writethrough aio threads if ide prealloc no
reads: [80.444, 75.284, 77.084, 78.196, 74.964]
writes: [1057.925, 661.521, 661.179, 657.715, 616.761]
readinterval: 77.194400 +/- 2.790265
writeinterval: 731.020200 +/- 228.111179
type raw cache writethrough aio native if ide prealloc no
reads: [77.06, 77.696, 78.05199999999999, 75.844, 76.932]
writes: [1068.291, 667.963, 655.981, 670.858, 668.072]
readinterval: 77.116800 +/- 1.051292
writeinterval: 746.233000 +/- 223.657676
type raw cache writethrough aio native if ide prealloc no
reads: [79.696, 76.776, 77.616, 76.336, 76.9]
writes: [1071.565, 656.022, 704.98, 676.375, 652.853]
readinterval: 77.464800 +/- 1.650613
writeinterval: 752.359000 +/- 223.061965
type qcow2 cache writethrough aio threads if ide prealloc yes
reads: [77.896, 76.924, 78.644, 76.14, 76.056, 80.5, 75.36, 78.684, 74.19200000000001, 77.584]
writes: [1073.265, 653.21, 660.449, 703.049, 668.19, 1494.953, 640.01, 656.11, 688.671, 663.771]
readinterval: 77.198000 +/- 1.322313
writeinterval: 790.167800 +/- 199.748005
type qcow2 cache writethrough aio native if ide prealloc yes
reads: [78.85, 76.992, 76.696, 75.832, 78.388, 90.128, 78.012, 85.189, 75.583, 78.056]
writes: [1058.099, 672.306, 667.347, 681.649, 681.3, 1538.195, 705.342, 694.396, 669.951, 670.794]
readinterval: 79.372600 +/- 3.321813
writeinterval: 803.937900 +/- 203.330296
type qed cache writethrough aio threads if ide prealloc no
reads: [80.132, 76.8, 77.749, 76.44800000000001, 77.976]
writes: [1383.955, 727.032, 710.931, 686.392, 731.373]
readinterval: 77.821000 +/- 1.788330
writeinterval: 847.936600 +/- 372.699807
type qcow2 cache writethrough aio threads if ide prealloc no
reads: [80.388, 76.792, 75.988, 76.672, 77.064]
writes: [1593.794, 670.108, 708.875, 705.443, 682.376]
readinterval: 77.380800 +/- 2.144576
writeinterval: 872.119200 +/- 501.321377
type qed cache writethrough aio native if ide prealloc no
reads: [81.412, 74.928, 76.94, 77.22800000000001, 76.1]
writes: [1480.35, 732.154, 667.413, 754.678, 738.492]
readinterval: 77.321600 +/- 3.048239
writeinterval: 874.617400 +/- 422.465560
type qcow2 cache writethrough aio native if ide prealloc no
reads: [81.044, 79.763, 76.916, 77.988, 75.5]
writes: [1660.47, 725.64, 702.448, 727.507, 728.033]
readinterval: 78.242200 +/- 2.741941
writeinterval: 908.819600 +/- 521.897933
type qcow2 cache directsync aio threads if ide prealloc yes
reads: [93.824, 92.00399999999999, 100.856, 100.088, 92.068]
writes: [1329.155, 881.064, 847.872, 887.36, 963.416]
readinterval: 95.768000 +/- 5.418941
writeinterval: 981.773400 +/- 246.773343
type qcow2 cache directsync aio native if ide prealloc yes
reads: [93.732, 92.676, 89.956, 90.819, 90.252]
writes: [1282.052, 874.672, 885.06, 977.332, 955.54]
readinterval: 91.487000 +/- 2.037346
writeinterval: 994.931200 +/- 206.685491
type raw cache directsync aio threads if ide prealloc no
reads: [94.944, 91.656, 100.0, 94.032, 100.28]
writes: [1328.724, 879.88, 977.32, 971.396, 950.028]
readinterval: 96.182400 +/- 4.728545
writeinterval: 1021.469600 +/- 218.629245
type raw cache directsync aio native if ide prealloc no
reads: [95.152, 89.572, 90.036, 89.944, 89.86]
writes: [1327.28, 971.624, 946.948, 953.932, 957.163]
readinterval: 90.912800 +/- 2.950376
writeinterval: 1031.389400 +/- 205.684453
type qed cache directsync aio native if ide prealloc no
reads: [95.112, 90.032, 90.132, 89.996, 89.988]
writes: [1616.092, 966.284, 984.184, 1004.828, 892.448]
readinterval: 91.052000 +/- 2.818989
writeinterval: 1092.767200 +/- 367.036271
type qed cache directsync aio threads if ide prealloc no
reads: [94.988, 92.06, 92.27600000000001, 92.712, 92.78]
writes: [1799.532, 896.048, 958.512, 929.48, 915.404]
readinterval: 92.963200 +/- 1.453926
writeinterval: 1099.795200 +/- 486.517142
type qcow2 cache directsync aio native if ide prealloc no
reads: [92.824, 89.524, 89.368, 89.74, 89.248]
writes: [1789.824, 970.24, 957.368, 984.06, 864.708]
readinterval: 90.140800 +/- 1.876408
writeinterval: 1113.240000 +/- 473.205353
type qcow2 cache directsync aio threads if ide prealloc no
reads: [94.124, 91.852, 92.76400000000001, 91.94800000000001, 91.882]
writes: [2009.812, 888.624, 1048.88, 927.432, 891.664]
readinterval: 92.514000 +/- 1.212233
writeinterval: 1153.282400 +/- 600.007495
This is the most god aweful post I have ever seen.
Perhaps I should have kept only a link to the actual results…
it says invalid cache option when i use directsync, I use centos6.2, is this cache option only for ubuntu?
It may have been an option introduced in newer qemu? By this point (since I’m years late replying) it should be available in centos.
Why isn’t the url a link? Also, I just copy-pasted the link and the url does not even work (404 not found).
It would be also good to have some comments/conclusions at the end, posting mere results is awfully good breeding ground for misinterpretations.
Because I’m not a good blogger? May be better off switching to a statically generated site using a simpler format… (Though apparently I fixed both the url not being a link, and the link not working, a year or two ago)
If I find the time (and hardware) to do this again I’ll post some conclusions, but as a scientist I disagree fundametnally with the idea that my potentially misguided conclusions would be more valuable than the raw data and detailed test methodology supporting test reproduction.
The raw data link doesn’t work.
Gah! that may have gotten deleted. I should have another copy.