My question is are the "mkfs.xfs" and the mount options I used
sensible? The RAID is to be used to store data from "numerical
simulations" that were run on a high performance cluster and is not
mission critical in the sense that it can be regenerated if lost. Of
course that would take the user/cluster some time.
Looks fine to me. In my experience, using non default mkfs.xfs settings
makes very little to no difference at all, anyway. In case you're
interested, here are some benchmarks I've made on a similar setup with
bonnie++ (Raid controller 71604, 16x 3 To HGST, RAID-6 + spare (13 data
drives)).
1.96,1.96,storiq,1,1386247609,32160M,,,,886148,94,511728,76,,,1364991,99,699.9,36,50,,,,,32874,93,
+++++,+++,37064,95,32901,96,+++++,+++,33100,93,,22110us,348ms,,62214us,141ms,11973us,111us,141us,131us,10us,134us
1.96,1.96,storiq,1,1386247609,32160M,,,,989408,95,568600,82,,,1623220,95,869.3,17,50,,,,,34624,96,
+++++,+++,39390,94,34764,94,+++++,+++,37472,96,,22037us,213ms,,253ms,232ms,324us,109us,140us,319us,7us,108us
1.96,1.96,storiq,1,1386247609,32160M,,,,1023291,97,580413,81,,,1634417,98,725.4,35,50,,,,,34913,96,
+++++,+++,41099,99,34578,97,+++++,+++,33708,94,,186us,216ms,,54367us,63127us,1016us,104us,5508us,1029us,7us,138us
1.96,1.96,storiq,1,1386247609,32160M,,,,942138,97,578247,81,,,1643345,96,909.4,19,50,,,,,33042,96,
+++++,+++,36391,95,33893,95,+++++,+++,34003,93,,1813us,222ms,,83887us,69003us,1032us,108us,144us,133us,7us,133us
1.96,1.96,storiq,1,1386247609,32160M,,,,939598,97,580680,82,,,1611637,97,728.1,34,50,,,,,34819,96,
+++++,+++,39870,96,34614,97,+++++,+++,37632,96,,2053us,210ms,,71363us,84645us,990us,108us,139us,1030us,6us,1042us
1.96,1.96,storiq,1,1386247609,32160M,,,,972033,98,576180,81,,,1656062,98,722.0,35,50,,,,,34923,97,
+++++,+++,39788,96,33449,95,+++++,+++,32783,95,,3608us,279ms,,82386us,46777us,1026us,105us,137us,1059us,17us,142us
1.96,1.96,storiq,1,1386247609,32160M,,,,937764,98,578995,83,,,1496290,96,731.3,36,50,,,,,34852,97,
+++++,+++,39990,96,34625,97,+++++,+++,35387,96,,185us,206ms,,52160us,41925us,344us,106us,136us,993us,5us,128us
1.96,1.96,storiq,1,1386247609,32160M,,,,1037074,97,580587,81,,,1681379,98,719.0,36,50,,,,,34673,96,
+++++,+++,39961,96,34799,97,+++++,+++,37775,96,,175us,252ms,,29845us,78347us,1035us,113us,137us,1011us,7us,3389us
