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| author | mav <mav@FreeBSD.org> | 2009-12-10 23:51:24 +0000 |
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| committer | mav <mav@FreeBSD.org> | 2009-12-10 23:51:24 +0000 |
| commit | b7c3027e4b5adcc8ba4975712319430b8204258f (patch) | |
| tree | 6dc88d4a3f7359cf4e718a83de28039c7cac74a1 /sbin | |
| parent | f528a2ab99a9e4a3e7f2e20e71530483fcfc0d65 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-b7c3027e4b5adcc8ba4975712319430b8204258f.zip FreeBSD-src-b7c3027e4b5adcc8ba4975712319430b8204258f.tar.gz | |
MFC r200282, r200290:
Change gmirror default balance algorithm from "split" to improved "load".
"split" is very ineffective for devices with rotating media as HDDs.
To be effective, it needs that transfer time reduction due to block
splitting was bigger then access time increase due to non-sequential
access. For modern HDDs I was able to reproduce it only with read sizes
of 2MB and above, which is almost not applicable in real life.
"load" algorithm same time is more universal and effective now.
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin')
| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/geom/class/mirror/geom_mirror.c | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/geom/class/mirror/gmirror.8 | 4 |
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/geom/class/mirror/geom_mirror.c b/sbin/geom/class/mirror/geom_mirror.c index 6ac4fb9..cf15c60 100644 --- a/sbin/geom/class/mirror/geom_mirror.c +++ b/sbin/geom/class/mirror/geom_mirror.c @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$"); uint32_t lib_version = G_LIB_VERSION; uint32_t version = G_MIRROR_VERSION; -static char label_balance[] = "split", configure_balance[] = "none"; +static char label_balance[] = "load", configure_balance[] = "none"; static intmax_t label_slice = 4096, configure_slice = -1; static intmax_t insert_priority = 0, configure_priority = -1; diff --git a/sbin/geom/class/mirror/gmirror.8 b/sbin/geom/class/mirror/gmirror.8 index ea0cb9a..baaa827 100644 --- a/sbin/geom/class/mirror/gmirror.8 +++ b/sbin/geom/class/mirror/gmirror.8 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd August 1, 2009 +.Dd December 8, 2009 .Dt GMIRROR 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ Specifies balance algorithm to use, one of: .Bl -tag -width ".Cm round-robin" .It Cm load Read from the component with the lowest load. +This is the default balance algorithm. .It Cm prefer Read from the component with the biggest priority. .It Cm round-robin @@ -142,7 +143,6 @@ Use round-robin algorithm when choosing component to read. .It Cm split Split read requests, which are bigger than or equal to slice size on N pieces, where N is the number of active components. -This is the default balance algorithm. .El .It Fl F Do not synchronize after a power failure or system crash. |
