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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [Xen-devel] Re: Disk I/O Benchmark Test Results in Windows XP Home Guest on pvops dom 0 kernel 2.6.31.1
Attached another three jpeg screenshots for 3 iterations of the hdtach disk benchmark tests for pvops dom 0 kernel 2.6.30-rc3. -- Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering) Alma Maters: (1) Singapore Polytechnic (2) National University of Singapore Blog URL: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com Email: space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798 Street: Bedok Reservoir Road Republic of Singapore On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) <space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear All, > > I have just installed GPLPV drivers in my Win XP Home domU. > > I installed this version > http://www.meadowcourt.org/downloads/gplpv_fre_wxp_x86_0.10.0.86.msi > in my Windows XP Home virtual machine. > > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenWindowsGplPv > > http://www.meadowcourt.org/downloads/ > > After installation of the GPL PV drivers, the harddisk drive in Device > Manager has changed from QEMU harddisk to XEN PV DISK SCSI DISK > DEVICE. The emulated Realtek network adapter has been replaced with > Xen Net Device Driver 1.0 Gbps. > > After installation of the GPL PV drivers, I could no longer run > Sisoftware Sandra Disk I/O benchmark tests as it only support ATA, > SATA and ATAPI devices. SCSI device is not supported. > > I have performed disk I/O benchmark tests using HDtach for pvops dom 0 > kernels 2.6.30-rc3 and 2.6.31.1. For each kernel, there are 3 > iterations of the HDtach benchmark test. > > I am using Xen 3.5-unstable changeset 20143 with Intel gfx passthrough > version 1 patches applied on Intel DQ45CB motherboard (BIOS 0093) with > nVidia Geforce 8400 GS PCI Express x16 with 8 GB DDR2-800 memory. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNEiSInrav0 > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hOT_9LIG5w > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ia3IwG6tp4 > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tLzYqIJ7Q0 > > Before using Xen GPLPV drivers (QEMU emulated harddisk), disk > performance in 2.6.30-rc3 clearly outshines that in 2.6.31-rc6 and > 2.6.31.1. In 2.6.30-rc3, disk throughput is 50 MB/s while in > 2.6.31-rc6 and 2.6.31.1, disk throughput is about 30 MB/s using > Sisoftware Sandra test suite. > > Using GPLPV drivers, disk I/O performance is about equal in both pvops > dom 0 kernels 2.6.30-rc3 and 2.6.31.1. Please see attached three JPEG > screenshots of the hdtach disk benchmark test results for pvops dom0 2.6.31.1. > > -- > Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical > Engineering) > Alma Maters: > (1) Singapore Polytechnic > (2) National University of Singapore > Blog URL: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com > Email: space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx > MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx > Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798 > Street: Bedok Reservoir Road > Republic of Singapore > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) > <space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have performed 5 iterations of the disk I/O benchmark tests. Here >> are the results: >> >> #1: 26.67 MB/s >> #2: 31.65 MB/s >> #3: 30 MB/s >> #4: 28 MB/s >> #5: 28.87 MB/s >> >> Just to confirm, if I do a "git clone >> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeremy/xen.git >> linux-2.6-xen", but if I did not do a git checkout, the default branch >> selected will be rebase/master right? >> >> -- >> Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical >> Engineering) >> Alma Maters: >> (1) Singapore Polytechnic >> (2) National University of Singapore >> Blog URL: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com >> Email: space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx >> MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx >> Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798 >> Street: Bedok Reservoir Road >> Republic of Singapore >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) >> <space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 10:49 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk >>> <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> > > No I did not. I am not aware of this requirement. >>>>> > >>>>> > Please do. >>>>> >>>>> I will do it before I start the Win XP guest. After I start win xp >>>>> domU, I won't be able to access dom0 any more. So I won't be able to >>>>> clear caches in between iterations of the disk I/O benchmark tests. >>>> >>>> You should be able to ssh from the DomU to the Dom0? >>>> >>> >>> By right I should be able to. But a few minutes after I have started >>> Win XP domU, the IP address of dom0 will disappear. So I won't be able >>> to ssh from Win XP domU to dom0. >>> >>>>> >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > Are you using stub-domain or normal QEMU? >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > I don't think I am using stub-domain. I should be using normal QEMU. >>>>> > >>>>> > You are not based on your guest configuration. >>>>> > >>>>> > .. snip .. >>>>> >>>>> I don't quite understand. >>>> >>>> I missed a comma. It should have said: >>>> >>>> You are not, based on your guest configuration. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical >>> Engineering) >>> Alma Maters: >>> (1) Singapore Polytechnic >>> (2) National University of Singapore >>> Blog URL: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com >>> Email: space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx >>> MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx >>> Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798 >>> Street: Bedok Reservoir Road >>> Republic of Singapore >>> >> > Attachment:
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