Thanks Greg. I tried rbd-fuse and it's throughput using fio is approx. 1/4 that of the kernel client. Can you please let me know how to setup RBD backend for FIO? I'm assuming this RBD backend is also based on librbd? Thanks, Sushma -----Original Message----- From: Gregory Farnum [mailto:greg@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 2:41 PM To: Sushma Gurram Cc: ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: qemu-rbd On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Sushma Gurram <Sushma.Gurram@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It seems good with master branch. Sorry about the confusion. > > On a side note, is it possible to create/access the block device using librbd and run fio on it? ...yes? librbd is the userspace library that QEMU is using to access it to begin with; same with rbd-fuse. There's also the new RBD backend for FIO, but I'm not sure what's involved in setting that up. Or did you mean something else? -Greg ________________________________ PLEASE NOTE: The information contained in this electronic mail message is intended only for the use of the designated recipient(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this message in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender by telephone or e-mail (as shown above) immediately and destroy any and all copies of this message in your possession (whether hard copies or electronically stored copies). _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com