Re: [ceph-users] SSD as DB/WAL performance with/without drive write cache

2018-03-13 Thread Caspar Smit
Hi Vladimir, Yeah, the results are pretty low compared to yours but i think this is due to the fact that this SSD is in a fairly old server (Supermicro X8, SAS2 expander backplane). Controller is LSI/Broadcom 9207-8i on the latest IT firmware (Same LSI2308 chipset as yours) Kind regards, Caspar

Re: [ceph-users] SSD as DB/WAL performance with/without drive write cache

2018-03-13 Thread Дробышевский , Владимир
Hello, Caspar! Would you mind to share controller model you use? I would say these results are pretty low. Here are my results on Intel RMS25LB LSI2308 based SAS controller in IT mode: I set write_cache to write through Test command, fio 2.2.10: sudo fio --filename=/dev/sdb --direct=1

[ceph-users] SSD as DB/WAL performance with/without drive write cache

2018-03-13 Thread Caspar Smit
Hi all, I've tested some new Samsung SM863 960GB and Intel DC S4600 240GB SSD's using the method described at Sebastien Han's blog: https://www.sebastien-han.fr/blog/2014/10/10/ceph-how-to-test-if-your-ssd-is-suitable-as-a-journal-device/ The first thing stated there is to disable the drive's