Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 4 Nov 2001 13:38:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 4 Nov 2001 13:37:21 -0500 Received: from ns.ithnet.com ([217.64.64.10]:46094 "HELO heather.ithnet.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sun, 4 Nov 2001 13:35:29 -0500 Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 19:35:20 +0100 From: Stephan von Krawczynski To: "Justin T. Gibbs" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, groudier@club-internet.fr Subject: Re: Adaptec vs Symbios performance Message-Id: <20011104193520.1867ae7e.skraw@ithnet.com> In-Reply-To: <200111041810.fA4IAQY68511@aslan.scsiguy.com> In-Reply-To: <20011104151726.06193c01.skraw@ithnet.com> <200111041810.fA4IAQY68511@aslan.scsiguy.com> Organization: ith Kommunikationstechnik GmbH X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.6.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 04 Nov 2001 11:10:26 -0700 "Justin T. Gibbs" wrote: > >On Sat, 03 Nov 2001 22:47:39 -0700 "Justin T. Gibbs" wrote > Show me where the real problem is, and I'll fix it. I'll add the bottom > half handler too eventually, but I don't see it as a pressing item. I'm > much more interested in why you are seeing the behavior you are and exactly > what, quantitatively, that behavior is. Hm, what more specific can I tell you, than: Take my box with Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00 Vendor: TEAC Model: CD-ROM CD-532S Rev: 1.0A Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 08 Lun: 00 Vendor: IBM Model: DDYS-T36950N Rev: S96H Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03 and an aic7xxx driver. Start xcdroast an read a cd image. You get something between 2968,4 and 3168,2 kB/s throughput measured from xcdroast. Now redo this with a Tekram controller (which is sym53c1010) and you get throughput of 3611,1 to 3620,2 kB/s. No special stuff or background processes or anything else involved. I wonder how much simpler a test could be. Give me values to compare from _your_ setup. If you redo this test with nfs-load (copy files from some client to your test-box acting as nfs-server) you will end up at 1926 - 2631 kB/s throughput with aic, but 3395 - 3605 kB/s with symbios. If you need more on that picture, then redo the last and start _some_ application in the background during the test (like mozilla). Time how long it takes until the application is up and running. If you are really unlucky you have your mail-client open during test and let it get mails via pop3 in a MH folder (lots of small files). You have a high chance that your mail-client is unusable until xcdroast is finished with cd reading - but not with symbios. ?? Regards, Stephan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/