Hi list, For a rbd write request, Ceph need to do 3 writes: 2013-01-10 13:10:15.539967 7f52f516c700 10 filestore(/data/osd.21) _do_transaction on 0x327d790 2013-01-10 13:10:15.539979 7f52f516c700 15 filestore(/data/osd.21) write meta/516b801c/pglog_2.1a/0//-1 36015~147 2013-01-10 13:10:15.540016 7f52f516c700 15 filestore(/data/osd.21) path: /data/osd.21/current/meta/DIR_C/pglog\u2.1a__0_516B801C__none 2013-01-10 13:10:15.540164 7f52f516c700 15 filestore(/data/osd.21) write meta/28d2f4a8/pginfo_2.1a/0//-1 0~496 2013-01-10 13:10:15.540189 7f52f516c700 15 filestore(/data/osd.21) path: /data/osd.21/current/meta/DIR_8/pginfo\u2.1a__0_28D2F4A8__none 2013-01-10 13:10:15.540217 7f52f516c700 10 filestore(/data/osd.21) _do_transaction on 0x327d708 2013-01-10 13:10:15.540222 7f52f516c700 15 filestore(/data/osd.21) write 2.1a_head/8abf341a/rb.0.106e.6b8b4567.0000000002d3/head//2 3227648~524288 2013-01-10 13:10:15.540245 7f52f516c700 15 filestore(/data/osd.21) path: /data/osd.21/current/2.1a_head/rb.0.106e.6b8b4567.0000000002d3__head_8ABF341A__2 If using XFS as backend file system and running xfs on top of traditional sata disk, it will introduce a lot of seeks and therefore reduce bandwidth, a blktrace is available here :( http://ww3.sinaimg.cn/mw690/6e1aee47jw1e0qsbxbvddj.jpg) to demonstrate this issue.( single client running dd on top of a new RBD volumes). Then I tried to move /osd.X/current/meta to a separate disk, the bandwidth boosted.(look blktrace at http://ww4.sinaimg.cn/mw690/6e1aee47jw1e0qsadz1bij.jpg). I haven't test other access pattern or something else, but it looks to me that moving such meta to a separate disk (ssd or sata with btrfs) will benefit ceph write performance, is it true? Will ceph introduce this feature in the future? Is there any potential problem for such hack? Xiaoxi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe ceph-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
