Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mta02.ornl.gov ([128.219.177.12]:11721 "EHLO mta02.ornl.gov" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751625Ab3DSBDv convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:03:51 -0400 From: "Atchley, Scott" To: Wendy Cheng CC: Spencer Shepler , Yan Burman , "J. Bruce Fields" , Tom Tucker , "linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org" , Or Gerlitz Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:03:35 -0400 Subject: Re: NFS over RDMA benchmark Message-ID: <47A54DE8-EBCF-4CE2-80AC-58415B985FD7@ornl.gov> References: <51703280.03e9440a.06a6.3f9f@mx.google.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Apr 18, 2013, at 3:15 PM, Wendy Cheng wrote: > On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Spencer Shepler > wrote: >> >> Note that SPEC SFS does not support RDMA. >> > > IIRC, the benchmark comes with source code - wondering anyone has > modified it to run on RDMA ? Or is there any real user to share the > experience ? I am not familiar with SpecSFS, but if it exercises the filesystem, it does not know which RPC layer that NFS uses, no? Or does it implement its own client and directly access the RPC layer? > > -- Wendy > >> ________________________________ >> From: Wendy Cheng >> Sent: 4/18/2013 9:16 AM >> To: Yan Burman >> Cc: Atchley, Scott; J. Bruce Fields; Tom Tucker; linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org; >> linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org; Or Gerlitz >> >> Subject: Re: NFS over RDMA benchmark >> >> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 5:47 AM, Yan Burman wrote: >>> >>> >>> What do you suggest for benchmarking NFS? >>> >> >> I believe SPECsfs has been widely used by NFS (server) vendors to >> position their product lines. Its workload was based on a real life >> NFS deployment. I think it is more torward office type of workload >> (large client/user count with smaller file sizes e.g. software >> development with build, compile, etc). >> >> BTW, we're experimenting a similar project and would be interested to >> know your findings. >> >> -- Wendy >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in >> >> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html