What sort of  a test is it ? what filesystem ?
I am reading concurrently 50 files .
Are you reading one file , several files ?

On 11/21/05, Guy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:linux-raid-
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Raz Ben-Jehuda(caro)
> > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 9:47 AM
> > To: Guy
> > Cc: Linux RAID Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: comparing FreeBSD to linux
> >
> > fetching from a disk a random block of 1 MB is aproximately
> > 20MB/s for a sata disk ( randomly , all over the disk and over a file
> > system).
> > god help us if the cpu what that slow.
>
> If your CPU load is 90% at 20MB/sec then you have a problem.
>
> I get about 56MB per sec on my filesystem which is on a RAID5.
> The CPU load is less than 50%
> I have a P3-500MHz 2 CPU system.  VERY OLD!
>
> I have Linux 2.4.31.  I don't know if the newer 2.6 is better or not.
>
> Guy
>
> >
> > On 11/21/05, Guy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:linux-raid-
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Raz Ben-Jehuda(caro)
> > > > Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 6:50 AM
> > > > To: Linux RAID Mailing List
> > > > Subject: comparing FreeBSD to linux
> > > >
> > > > I have evaluated which is better in terms cpu load when dealing with
> > raid.
> > > > FreeBSD vinum's or linux raid.
> > > > When i issued a huge amount of io's read to linux raid i got 93% cpu
> > > > load ( 7% idle),
> > > > while i having 10% cpu load  ( 90% idle ) in the freebsd.
> > >
> > > Maybe a silly question...  But is it 9.3 times faster under Linux?  :)
> > > That would explain the 9.3 times increase in CPU load.
> > >
> > > It is important that you are comparing the CPU load at the same disks
> > rate,
> > > or at least factor in the disk rate.
> > >
> > > Guy
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I need to switch to linux from freebsd. I am using in linux 2.6.6
> > kernel .
> > > > is problem is a known issue in linux , is it fixed ?
> > > >
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