Re: Very poor read performance, query independent

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Jeff,

I used fio in a quick benchmarking script inspired by https://smcleod.net/benchmarking-io/:
#!/bin/bash
#Random throughput
echo "Random throughput"
sync
fio --randrepeat=1 --ioengine=libaio --direct=1 --gtod_reduce=1 --name=test --filename=test --bs=4M --iodepth=256 --size=10G --readwrite=randread --ramp_time=4
#Random IOPS
echo "Random IOPS"
sync
fio --randrepeat=1 --ioengine=libaio --direct=1 --gtod_reduce=1 --name=test --filename=test --bs=4k --iodepth=256 --size=4G --readwrite=randread --ramp_time=4
#Sequential throughput
echo "Sequential throughput"
sync
fio --randrepeat=1 --ioengine=libaio --direct=1 --gtod_reduce=1 --name=test --filename=test --bs=4M --iodepth=256 --size=10G --readwrite=read --ramp_time=4
#Sequential IOPS
echo "Sequential IOPS"
sync
fio --randrepeat=1 --ioengine=libaio --direct=1 --gtod_reduce=1 --name=test --filename=test --bs=4k --iodepth=256 --size=4G --readwrite=read --ramp_time=4

Performing the test you suggested, I get 128.5MB/s. Monitoring the test, I find that the throughput is constant from start to finish and that the iowait is also constant at 5%:
charles@hpdl380g6:~$ sudo sh -c 'time cat /mnt/data/postgresql/base/16385/* | wc -c'
[sudo] password for charles: 
1.62user 179.94system 29:50.79elapsed 10%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 1920maxresident)k
448026264inputs+0outputs (0major+117minor)pagefaults 0swaps
241297594904

After making the changes to HugePage suggested by Rick Otten (above), I found slightly better results (135.7MB/s):
charles@hpdl380g6:~$ sudo sh -c 'time cat /mnt/data/postgresql/base/16385/* | wc -c'
[sudo] password for charles: 
0.86user 130.84system 28:15.78elapsed 7%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 1820maxresident)k
471286792inputs+0outputs (1major+118minor)pagefaults 0swaps
241297594904

Could you suggest another way to benchmark random reads?

Thanks for your help!

Charles

On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 9:24 PM, Jeff Janes <jeff.janes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 7:03 AM, Charles Nadeau <charles.nadeau@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


The problem I have is very poor read. When I benchmark my array with fio I get random reads of about 200MB/s and 1100IOPS and sequential reads of about 286MB/s and 21000IPS.



That doesn't seem right.  Sequential is only 43% faster?  What job file are giving to fio?

What do you get if you do something simpler, like: 

time cat ~/$PGDATA/base/16402/*|wc -c

replacing 16402 with whatever your biggest database is.

Cheers,

Jeff



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