I have created these as the first step. Animesh, feel free to submit PR for
these. I will look into your micro benchmarks soon.



   1. [image: Improvement] ARROW-3497[Java] Add user documentation for
   achieving better performance
   <https://jira.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-3497>
   2. [image: Improvement] ARROW-3496[Java] Add microbenchmark code to Java
   <https://jira.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-3496>
   3. [image: Improvement] ARROW-3495[Java] Optimize bit operations
   performance <https://jira.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-3495>
   4. [image: Improvement] ARROW-3493[Java] Document BOUNDS_CHECKING_ENABLED
   <https://jira.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-3493>


On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 10:00 AM Li Jin <ice.xell...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Wes and Animesh,
>
> Thanks for the analysis and discussion. I am happy to looking into this. I
> will create some Jiras soon.
>
> Li
>
> On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 5:49 AM Wes McKinney <wesmck...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> hey Animesh,
>>
>> Thank you for doing this analysis. If you'd like to share some of the
>> analysis more broadly e.g. on the Apache Arrow blog or social media,
>> let us know.
>>
>> Seems like there might be a few follow ups here for the Arrow Java
>> community:
>>
>> * Documentation about achieving better performance
>> * Writing some microperformance benchmarks
>> * Making some improvements to the code to facilitate better performance
>>
>> Feel free to create some JIRA issues. Are any Java developers
>> interested in digging a little more into these issues?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Wes
>> On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 7:18 AM Animesh Trivedi
>> <animesh.triv...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Wes and all,
>> >
>> > Here is another round of updates:
>> >
>> > Quick recap - previously we established that for 1kB binary blobs, Arrow
>> > can deliver > 160 Gbps performance from in-memory buffers.
>> >
>> > In this round I looked at the performance of materializing "integers".
>> In
>> > my benchmarks, I found that with careful optimizations/code-rewriting we
>> > can push the performance of integer reading from 5.42 Gbps/core to 13.61
>> > Gbps/core (~2.5x). The peak performance with 16 cores, scale up to 110+
>> > Gbps. Key things to do is:
>> >
>> > 1) Disable memory access checks in Arrow and Netty buffers. This gave
>> > significant performance boost. However, for such an important
>> performance
>> > flag, it is very poorly documented
>> > ("drill.enable_unsafe_memory_access=true").
>> >
>> > 2) Materialize values from Validity and Value direct buffers instead of
>> > calling getInt() function on the IntVector. This is implemented as a new
>> > Unsafe reader type (
>> >
>> https://github.com/animeshtrivedi/benchmarking-arrow/blob/master/src/main/java/com/github/animeshtrivedi/benchmark/ArrowReaderUnsafe.java#L31
>> > )
>> >
>> > 3) Optimize bitmap operation to check if a bit is set or not (
>> >
>> https://github.com/animeshtrivedi/benchmarking-arrow/blob/master/src/main/java/com/github/animeshtrivedi/benchmark/ArrowReaderUnsafe.java#L23
>> > )
>> >
>> > A detailed write up of these steps is available here:
>> >
>> https://github.com/animeshtrivedi/blog/blob/master/post/2018-10-09-arrow-int.md
>> >
>> > I have 2 follow-up questions:
>> >
>> > 1) Regarding the `isSet` function, why does it has to calculate number
>> of
>> > bits set? (
>> >
>> https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/master/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/BaseFixedWidthVector.java#L797
>> ).
>> > Wouldn't just checking if the result of the AND operation is zero or
>> not be
>> > sufficient? Like what I did :
>> >
>> https://github.com/animeshtrivedi/benchmarking-arrow/blob/master/src/main/java/com/github/animeshtrivedi/benchmark/ArrowReaderUnsafe.java#L28
>> >
>> >
>> > 2) What is the reason behind this bitmap generation optimization here
>> >
>> https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/master/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/BitVectorHelper.java#L179
>> > ? At this point when this function is called, the bitmap vector is
>> already
>> > read from the storage, and contains the right values (either all null,
>> all
>> > set, or whatever). Generating this mask here for the special cases when
>> the
>> > values are all NULL or all set (this was the case in my benchmark), can
>> be
>> > slower than just returning what one has read from the storage.
>> >
>> > Collectively optimizing these two bitmap operations give more than 1
>> Gbps
>> > gains in my bench-marking code.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > --
>> > Animesh
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 12:52 PM Wes McKinney <wesmck...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > > See e.g.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/master/cpp/src/arrow/ipc/ipc-read-write-test.cc#L222
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 6:48 AM Animesh Trivedi
>> > > <animesh.triv...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > Primarily write the same microbenchmark as I have in Java in C++ for
>> > > table
>> > > > reading and value materialization. So just an example of equivalent
>> > > > ArrowFileReader example code in C++. Unit tests are a good starting
>> > > point,
>> > > > thanks for the tip :)
>> > > >
>> > > > On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 12:39 PM Wes McKinney <wesmck...@gmail.com>
>> > > wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > > > 3. Are there examples of Arrow in C++ read/write code that I can
>> > > have a
>> > > > > look?
>> > > > >
>> > > > > What kind of code are you looking for? I would direct you to
>> relevant
>> > > > > unit tests that exhibit certain functionality, but it depends on
>> what
>> > > > > you are trying to do
>> > > > > On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 9:45 AM Animesh Trivedi
>> > > > > <animesh.triv...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Hi all - quick update on the performance investigation:
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > - I spent some time looking at performance profile for a binary
>> blob
>> > > > > column
>> > > > > > (1024 bytes of byte[]) and found a few favorable settings for
>> > > delivering
>> > > > > up
>> > > > > > to 168 Gbps from in-memory reading benchmark on 16 cores. These
>> > > settings
>> > > > > > (NUMA, JVM settings, Arrow holder API, and batch size, etc.) are
>> > > > > documented
>> > > > > > here:
>> > > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > >
>> https://github.com/animeshtrivedi/blog/blob/master/post/2018-10-03-arrow-binary.md
>> > > > > > - these setting also help to improved the last number that
>> reported
>> > > (but
>> > > > > > not by much) for the in-memory TPC-DS store_sales table from ~39
>> > > Gbps up
>> > > > > to
>> > > > > > ~45-47 Gbps (note: this number is just in-memory benchmark,
>> i.e.,
>> > > w/o any
>> > > > > > networking or storage links)
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > A few follow up questions that I have:
>> > > > > > 1. Arrow reads a batch size worth of data in one go. Are there
>> any
>> > > > > > recommended batch sizes? In my investigation, small batch size
>> help
>> > > with
>> > > > > a
>> > > > > > better cache profile but increase number of instructions
>> required
>> > > (more
>> > > > > > looping). Larger one do otherwise. Somehow ~10MB/thread seem to
>> be
>> > > the
>> > > > > best
>> > > > > > performing configuration, which is also a bit counter intuitive
>> as
>> > > for 16
>> > > > > > threads this will lead to 160 MB of memory footprint. May be
>> this is
>> > > also
>> > > > > > tired to the memory management logic which is my next question.
>> > > > > > 2. Arrow use's netty's memory manager. (i) what are decent netty
>> > > memory
>> > > > > > management settings for "io.netty.allocator.*" parameters? I
>> don't
>> > > find
>> > > > > any
>> > > > > > decent write-up on them; (ii) Is there a provision for ArrowBuf
>> being
>> > > > > > re-used once a batch is consumed? As it looks for now, read read
>> > > > > allocates
>> > > > > > a new buffer to read the whole batch size.
>> > > > > > 3. Are there examples of Arrow in C++ read/write code that I can
>> > > have a
>> > > > > > look?
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Cheers,
>> > > > > > --
>> > > > > > Animesh
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 8:49 PM Wes McKinney <
>> wesmck...@gmail.com>
>> > > > > wrote:
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 2:13 PM Animesh Trivedi
>> > > > > > > <animesh.triv...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > Hi Johan, Wes, and Jacques - many thanks for your comments:
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > @Johan -
>> > > > > > > > 1. I also do not suspect that there is any inherent
>> drawback in
>> > > Java
>> > > > > or
>> > > > > > > C++
>> > > > > > > > due to the Arrow format. I mentioned C++ because Wes
>> pointed out
>> > > that
>> > > > > > > Java
>> > > > > > > > routines are not the most optimized ones (yet!). And
>> naturally
>> > > one
>> > > > > would
>> > > > > > > > expect better performance in a native language with all
>> > > > > > > pointer/memory/SIMD
>> > > > > > > > instruction optimizations that you mentioned. As far as I
>> know,
>> > > the
>> > > > > > > > off-heap buffers are managed in ArrowBuf which implements an
>> > > abstract
>> > > > > > > netty
>> > > > > > > > class. But there is nothing unusual, i.e., netty specific,
>> about
>> > > > > these
>> > > > > > > > unsafe routines, they are used by many projects. Though
>> there is
>> > > cost
>> > > > > > > > associated with materializing on-heap Java values from
>> off-heap
>> > > > > memory
>> > > > > > > > regions. I need to benchmark that more carefully.
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > 2. When you say "I've so far always been able to get similar
>> > > > > performance
>> > > > > > > > numbers" - do you mean the same performance of my case 3
>> where 16
>> > > > > cores
>> > > > > > > > drive close to 40 Gbps, or the same performance between
>> your C++
>> > > and
>> > > > > Java
>> > > > > > > > benchmarks. Do you have some write-up? I would be
>> interested to
>> > > read
>> > > > > up
>> > > > > > > :)
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > 3. "Can you get to 100 Gbps starting from primitive arrays
>> in
>> > > Java"
>> > > > > ->
>> > > > > > > that
>> > > > > > > > is a good idea. Let me try and report back.
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > @Wes -
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > Is there some benchmark template for C++ routines I can
>> have a
>> > > look?
>> > > > > I
>> > > > > > > > would be happy to get some input from Java-Arrow experts on
>> how
>> > > to
>> > > > > write
>> > > > > > > > these benchmarks more efficiently. I will have a closer
>> look at
>> > > the
>> > > > > JIRA
>> > > > > > > > tickets that you mentioned.
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > So, for now I am focusing on the case 3, which is about
>> > > establishing
>> > > > > > > > performance when reading from a local in-memory I/O stream
>> that I
>> > > > > > > > implemented (
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > >
>> https://github.com/animeshtrivedi/benchmarking-arrow/blob/master/src/main/java/com/github/animeshtrivedi/benchmark/MemoryIOChannel.java
>> > > > > > > ).
>> > > > > > > > In this case I first read data from parquet files, convert
>> them
>> > > into
>> > > > > > > Arrow,
>> > > > > > > > and write-out to a MemoryIOChannel, and then read back from
>> it.
>> > > So,
>> > > > > the
>> > > > > > > > performance has nothing to do with Crail or HDFS in the
>> case 3.
>> > > > > Once, I
>> > > > > > > > establish the base performance in this setup (which is
>> around ~40
>> > > > > Gbps
>> > > > > > > with
>> > > > > > > > 16 cores) I will add Crail to the mix. Perhaps Crail I/O
>> streams
>> > > can
>> > > > > take
>> > > > > > > > ArrowBuf as src/dst buffers. That should be doable.
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > Right, in any case what you are testing is the performance of
>> > > using a
>> > > > > > > particular Java accessor layer to JVM off-heap Arrow memory
>> to sum
>> > > the
>> > > > > > > non-null values of each column. I'm not sure that a single
>> > > bandwidth
>> > > > > > > number produced by this benchmark is very informative for
>> people
>> > > > > > > contemplating what memory format to use in their system due
>> to the
>> > > > > > > current state of the implementation (Java) and workload
>> measured
>> > > > > > > (summing the non-null values with a naive algorithm). I would
>> guess
>> > > > > > > that a C++ version with raw pointers and a loop-unrolled,
>> > > branch-free
>> > > > > > > vectorized sum is going to be a lot faster.
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > @Jacques -
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > That is a good point that "Arrow's implementation is more
>> > > focused on
>> > > > > > > > interacting with the structure than transporting it".
>> However,
>> > > in any
>> > > > > > > > distributed system one needs to move data/structure around
>> - as
>> > > far
>> > > > > as I
>> > > > > > > > understand that is another goal of the project. My
>> investigation
>> > > > > started
>> > > > > > > > within the context of Spark/SQL data processing. Spark
>> converts
>> > > > > incoming
>> > > > > > > > data into its own in-memory UnsafeRow representation for
>> > > processing.
>> > > > > So
>> > > > > > > > naturally the performance of this data ingestion pipeline
>> cannot
>> > > > > > > outperform
>> > > > > > > > the read performance of the used file format. I benchmarked
>> > > Parquet,
>> > > > > ORC,
>> > > > > > > > Avro, JSON (for the specific TPC-DS store_sales table). And
>> then
>> > > > > > > curiously
>> > > > > > > > benchmarked Arrow as well because its design choices are a
>> better
>> > > > > fit for
>> > > > > > > > modern high-performance RDMA/NVMe/100+Gbps devices I am
>> > > > > investigating.
>> > > > > > > From
>> > > > > > > > this point of view, I am trying to find out can Arrow be
>> the file
>> > > > > format
>> > > > > > > > for the next generation of storage/networking devices (see
>> Apache
>> > > > > Crail
>> > > > > > > > project) delivering close to the hardware speed
>> reading/writing
>> > > > > rates. As
>> > > > > > > > Wes pointed out that a C++ library implementation should be
>> > > memory-IO
>> > > > > > > > bound, so what would it take to deliver the same
>> performance in
>> > > Java
>> > > > > ;)
>> > > > > > > > (and then, from across the network).
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > I hope this makes sense.
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > Cheers,
>> > > > > > > > --
>> > > > > > > > Animesh
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 6:28 PM Jacques Nadeau <
>> > > jacq...@apache.org>
>> > > > > > > wrote:
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > My big question is what is the use case and how/what are
>> you
>> > > > > trying to
>> > > > > > > > > compare? Arrow's implementation is more focused on
>> interacting
>> > > > > with the
>> > > > > > > > > structure than transporting it. Generally speaking, when
>> we're
>> > > > > working
>> > > > > > > with
>> > > > > > > > > Arrow data we frequently are just interacting with memory
>> > > > > locations and
>> > > > > > > > > doing direct operations. If you have a layer that
>> supports that
>> > > > > type of
>> > > > > > > > > semantic, create a movement technique that depends on
>> that.
>> > > Arrow
>> > > > > > > doesn't
>> > > > > > > > > force a particular API since the data itself is defined
>> by its
>> > > > > > > in-memory
>> > > > > > > > > layout so if you have a custom use or pattern, just work
>> with
>> > > the
>> > > > > > > in-memory
>> > > > > > > > > structures.
>> > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 7:49 AM Wes McKinney <
>> > > wesmck...@gmail.com>
>> > > > > > > wrote:
>> > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > hi Animesh,
>> > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > Per Johan's comments, the C++ library is essentially
>> going
>> > > to be
>> > > > > > > > > > IO/memory bandwidth bound since you're interacting with
>> raw
>> > > > > pointers.
>> > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > I'm looking at your code
>> > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > private void consumeFloat4(FieldVector fv) {
>> > > > > > > > > >     Float4Vector accessor = (Float4Vector) fv;
>> > > > > > > > > >     int valCount = accessor.getValueCount();
>> > > > > > > > > >     for(int i = 0; i < valCount; i++){
>> > > > > > > > > >         if(!accessor.isNull(i)){
>> > > > > > > > > >             float4Count+=1;
>> > > > > > > > > >             checksum+=accessor.get(i);
>> > > > > > > > > >         }
>> > > > > > > > > >     }
>> > > > > > > > > > }
>> > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > You'll want to get a Java-Arrow expert from Dremio to
>> advise
>> > > you
>> > > > > the
>> > > > > > > > > > fastest way to iterate over this data -- my
>> understanding is
>> > > that
>> > > > > > > much
>> > > > > > > > > > code in Dremio interacts with the wrapped Netty ArrowBuf
>> > > objects
>> > > > > > > > > > rather than going through the higher level APIs. You're
>> also
>> > > > > dropping
>> > > > > > > > > > performance because memory mapping is not yet
>> implemented in
>> > > > > Java,
>> > > > > > > see
>> > > > > > > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-3191.
>> > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > Furthermore, the IPC reader class you are using could
>> be made
>> > > > > more
>> > > > > > > > > > efficient. I described the problem in
>> > > > > > > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-3192 --
>> this
>> > > will be
>> > > > > > > > > > required as soon as we have the ability to do memory
>> mapping
>> > > in
>> > > > > Java
>> > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > Could Crail use the Arrow data structures in its runtime
>> > > rather
>> > > > > than
>> > > > > > > > > > copying? If not, how are Crail's runtime data structures
>> > > > > different?
>> > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > - Wes
>> > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 9:19 AM Johan Peltenburg - EWI
>> > > > > > > > > > <j.w.peltenb...@tudelft.nl> wrote:
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > Hello Animesh,
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > I browsed a bit in your sources, thanks for sharing.
>> We
>> > > have
>> > > > > > > performed
>> > > > > > > > > > some similar measurements to your third case in the
>> past for
>> > > > > C/C++ on
>> > > > > > > > > > collections of various basic types such as primitives
>> and
>> > > > > strings.
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > I can say that in terms of consuming data from the
>> Arrow
>> > > format
>> > > > > > > versus
>> > > > > > > > > > language native collections in C++, I've so far always
>> been
>> > > able
>> > > > > to
>> > > > > > > get
>> > > > > > > > > > similar performance numbers (e.g. no drawbacks due to
>> the
>> > > Arrow
>> > > > > > > format
>> > > > > > > > > > itself). Especially when accessing the data through
>> Arrow's
>> > > raw
>> > > > > data
>> > > > > > > > > > pointers (and using for example std::string_view-like
>> > > > > constructs).
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > In C/C++ the fast data structures are engineered in
>> such a
>> > > way
>> > > > > > > that as
>> > > > > > > > > > little pointer traversals are required and they take up
>> an as
>> > > > > small
>> > > > > > > as
>> > > > > > > > > > possible memory footprint. Thus each memory access is
>> > > relatively
>> > > > > > > > > efficient
>> > > > > > > > > > (in terms of obtaining the data of interest). The same
>> can
>> > > > > > > absolutely be
>> > > > > > > > > > said for Arrow, if not even more efficient in some cases
>> > > where
>> > > > > object
>> > > > > > > > > > fields are of variable length.
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > In the JVM case, the Arrow data is stored off-heap.
>> This
>> > > > > requires
>> > > > > > > the
>> > > > > > > > > > JVM to interface to it through some calls to Unsafe
>> hidden
>> > > under
>> > > > > the
>> > > > > > > > > Netty
>> > > > > > > > > > layer (but please correct me if I'm wrong, I'm not an
>> expert
>> > > on
>> > > > > > > this).
>> > > > > > > > > > Those calls are the only reason I can think of that
>> would
>> > > > > degrade the
>> > > > > > > > > > performance a bit compared to a pure JAva case. I don't
>> know
>> > > if
>> > > > > the
>> > > > > > > > > Unsafe
>> > > > > > > > > > calls are inlined during JIT compilation. If they
>> aren't they
>> > > > > will
>> > > > > > > > > increase
>> > > > > > > > > > access latency to any data a little bit.
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > I don't have a similar machine so it's not easy to
>> relate
>> > > my
>> > > > > > > numbers to
>> > > > > > > > > > yours, but if you can get that data consumed with 100
>> Gbps
>> > > in a
>> > > > > pure
>> > > > > > > Java
>> > > > > > > > > > case, I don't see any reason (resulting from Arrow
>> format /
>> > > > > off-heap
>> > > > > > > > > > storage) why you wouldn't be able to get at least really
>> > > close.
>> > > > > Can
>> > > > > > > you
>> > > > > > > > > get
>> > > > > > > > > > to 100 Gbps starting from primitive arrays in Java with
>> your
>> > > > > > > consumption
>> > > > > > > > > > functions in the first place?
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > I'm interested to see your progress on this.
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > Kind regards,
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > Johan Peltenburg
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________
>> > > > > > > > > > > From: Animesh Trivedi <animesh.triv...@gmail.com>
>> > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 2:08:50 PM
>> > > > > > > > > > > To: dev@arrow.apache.org; d...@crail.apache.org
>> > > > > > > > > > > Subject: [JAVA] Arrow performance measurement
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > Hi all,
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > A week ago, Wes and I had a discussion about the
>> > > performance
>> > > > > of the
>> > > > > > > > > > > Arrow/Java implementation on the Apache Crail
>> (Incubating)
>> > > > > mailing
>> > > > > > > > > list (
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > >
>> > >
>> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/crail-dev/201809.mbox/browser
>> > > > > > > > > ).
>> > > > > > > > > > In
>> > > > > > > > > > > a nutshell: I am investigating the performance of
>> various
>> > > file
>> > > > > > > formats
>> > > > > > > > > > > (including Arrow) on high-performance NVMe and
>> > > > > RDMA/100Gbps/RoCE
>> > > > > > > > > setups.
>> > > > > > > > > > I
>> > > > > > > > > > > benchmarked how long does it take to materialize
>> values
>> > > (ints,
>> > > > > > > longs,
>> > > > > > > > > > > doubles) of the store_sales table, the largest table
>> in the
>> > > > > TPC-DS
>> > > > > > > > > > dataset
>> > > > > > > > > > > stored on different file formats. Here is a write-up
>> on
>> > > this -
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > https://crail.incubator.apache.org/blog/2018/08/sql-p1.html. I
>> > > > > > > found
>> > > > > > > > > > that
>> > > > > > > > > > > between a pair of machine connected over a 100 Gbps
>> link,
>> > > Arrow
>> > > > > > > (using
>> > > > > > > > > > as a
>> > > > > > > > > > > file format on HDFS) delivered close to ~30 Gbps of
>> > > bandwidth
>> > > > > with
>> > > > > > > all
>> > > > > > > > > 16
>> > > > > > > > > > > cores engaged. Wes pointed out that (i) Arrow is
>> in-memory
>> > > IPC
>> > > > > > > format,
>> > > > > > > > > > and
>> > > > > > > > > > > has not been optimized for storage interfaces/APIs
>> like
>> > > HDFS;
>> > > > > (ii)
>> > > > > > > the
>> > > > > > > > > > > performance I am measuring is for the java
>> implementation.
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > Wes, I hope I summarized our discussion correctly.
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > That brings us to this email where I promised to
>> follow up
>> > > on
>> > > > > the
>> > > > > > > Arrow
>> > > > > > > > > > > mailing list to understand and optimize the
>> performance of
>> > > > > > > Arrow/Java
>> > > > > > > > > > > implementation on high-performance devices. I wrote a
>> small
>> > > > > > > stand-alone
>> > > > > > > > > > > benchmark (
>> > > > > https://github.com/animeshtrivedi/benchmarking-arrow)
>> > > > > > > with
>> > > > > > > > > > three
>> > > > > > > > > > > implementations of WritableByteChannel,
>> SeekableByteChannel
>> > > > > > > interfaces:
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > 1. Arrow data is stored in HDFS/tmpfs - this gives me
>> ~30
>> > > Gbps
>> > > > > > > > > > performance
>> > > > > > > > > > > 2. Arrow data is stored in Crail/DRAM - this gives me
>> > > ~35-36
>> > > > > Gbps
>> > > > > > > > > > > performance
>> > > > > > > > > > > 3. Arrow data is stored in on-heap byte[] - this
>> gives me
>> > > ~39
>> > > > > Gbps
>> > > > > > > > > > > performance
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > I think the order makes sense. To better understand
>> the
>> > > > > > > performance of
>> > > > > > > > > > > Arrow/Java we can focus on the option 3.
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > The key question I am trying to answer is "what would
>> it
>> > > take
>> > > > > for
>> > > > > > > > > > > Arrow/Java to deliver 100+ Gbps of performance"? Is it
>> > > > > possible? If
>> > > > > > > > > yes,
>> > > > > > > > > > > then what is missing/or mis-interpreted by me? If
>> not, then
>> > > > > where
>> > > > > > > is
>> > > > > > > > > the
>> > > > > > > > > > > performance lost? Does anyone have any performance
>> > > measurements
>> > > > > > > for C++
>> > > > > > > > > > > implementation? if they have seen/expect better
>> numbers.
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > As a next step, I will profile the read path of
>> Arrow/Java
>> > > for
>> > > > > the
>> > > > > > > > > option
>> > > > > > > > > > > 3. I will report my findings.
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > Any thoughts and feedback on this investigation are
>> very
>> > > > > welcome.
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > Cheers,
>> > > > > > > > > > > --
>> > > > > > > > > > > Animesh
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > PS~ Cross-posting on the d...@crail.apache.org list as
>> > > well.
>> > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > >
>>
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