Maverick on Weybridge + WD2.5THDD

Fri Oct 8 15:29:55 UTC 2010

I use the tool called stress http://goo.gl/uV23, my idea is that if I can 
create enough threads and make them write/delete 1GB or more files 
repeatedly it is possible that data will get written along the entire 
length of the disk. I approx calculated that 32768 (thread max on my 
machine is 31184) threads each read/write 1GB+ data might do the trick, 
the whole test could take a few hours. I could modify the program to 
report where in the disk the data is being written and verify that the 
entire LBA range is exercised, but I have not got around to doing that. I 
ran the tool as is last night, and it completed with out any failures.

Cheers
--- manjo

On Fri, 8 Oct 2010, Bob Griswold wrote:

> Albert / Jeff:
>
> Given that Colin, Manjo, Harry and potentially others on this list are
> interested in exercising the entire reported LBA range under Ubuntu, can you
> provide thoughts (when you get the chance) on tools we use in Windows for
> that work that may help them reduce the time needed.  I may be naïve from my
> past experiences in doing full volume passes with RAID targets, but Colin's
> predictions on the amount of time needed to pass 3x write/read test to a 2.5
> TB HDD seems way too long on the SATA bus.  iSCSI or CIFS, maybe, but 3.0 Gb
> SATA should smoke that.  Am I missing something?
>
> Clearly, as you time(s) permit, I know you're busy.
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Colin Ian King [mailto:colin.king at canonical.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 1:42 AM
> To: Bob Griswold
> Cc: manoj.iyer at canonical.com; Hsiung, Harry L; Ubuntu Kernel Team
> Subject: RE: Maverick on Weybridge + WD2.5THDD
>
> I'll put the HDD into a soak test at the raw device level next week to
> exercise every sector. I reckon it will take ~30 hours to fill the device,
> so I will run this for a week to get 2-3 write/read iterations done.
>
> Colin
>
> On Thu, 2010-10-07 at 16:07 -0700, Bob Griswold wrote:
>> Hey, they don't fry.  :(
>>
>> Remember, SATA-class HDD running massive concurrent IO nonstop is not
>> the environment or market it's sold into.  For that, you'd need a
>> moderately more expensive Enterprise-class SATA HDD.  Please follow me
>> to the display case, in the back...
>>
>> Bob
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: manoj.iyer at canonical.com [mailto:manoj.iyer at canonical.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 3:51 PM
>> To: Hsiung, Harry L
>> Cc: Manoj Iyer; Bob Griswold; Ubuntu Kernel Team
>> Subject: RE: Maverick on Weybridge + WD2.5THDD
>>
>>
>> Harry,
>>
>> I started a stress test this afternoon and it is still going, the test
>> spawns 32768 threads, which is little over 1/2 max threads, and each
>> thread write/remove 1GB files (in a loop). Hopefully some of these
>> threads will write close to the end of the disk as well. The HDD is
>> warm to the touch, hopefully I wont fry the WD drive ;)
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>> --- manjo
>>
>> On Thu, 7 Oct 2010, Hsiung, Harry L wrote:
>>
>>> I had done an installation on maverick meerkat daily build amd64.iso
>>> from
>> 9/10/10 for IDF (sept 14th). I did not have any problems and could see
>> all of the disk. The official Meerkat build (before sept 11th) appears
>> to have UEFI install missing.
>>>
>>> If you have any disk utilities to test the filesystem (all 2.5tb or
>>> 3tb)
>> would like to know if the file system is really functional all they
>> way out to the end of the disk.
>>>
>>> Could do the brute force thing of copying files until I fill the
>>> disk up
>> but it is really time consuming. Checking to see if the filesystem is
>> corrupt is still a question in my mind (does fsck check this for disks
>> and file systems >2.2 tb)?
>>>
>>> Harry Hsiung (熊海霖)
>>> Intel Corp.
>>> SSG PSI Tiano/EFI TME
>>> Dupont WA DP2-420
>>> office 253-371-5381
>>> cell 360-870-2141
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Manoj Iyer [mailto:manoj.iyer at canonical.com]
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 11:31 AM
>>> To: Bob Griswold; Hsiung, Harry L
>>> Cc: Ubuntu Kernel Team
>>> Subject: Maverick on Weybridge + WD2.5THDD
>>>
>>>
>>> Harry/Bob,
>>>
>>> I was able to install Maverick on the Weybridge with the 2.5T HDD
>>> shipped to me from WD by Bob. Installed from CD in UEFI mode.
>>>
>>>
>>> Disk /dev/sda1: 18 MB, 18874368 bytes
>>> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065
>>> *
>>> 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096
>>> bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk
>>> identifier: 0x00000000
>>>
>>>      Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
>>>
>>>
>>> Disk /dev/sda2: 2494.4 GB, 2494448009216 bytes
>>> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 303266 cylinders Units = cylinders of
>>> 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512
>>> bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096
>>> bytes Disk
>>> identifier: 0x00000000
>>>
>>> Looks ok to me at first glance, if you guys notice anything abnormal
>>> please share it with me.
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> --- manjo
>>>
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