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#1 2014-04-28 22:44:44

carlk
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Registered: 2014-04-28
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[SOLVED] OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 RAID setup and performance

Hello community,

I bought a OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 (240GB) some years ago, and didn't use it until now, because booting from it was close to impossible. Meanwhile I am using a SATA SSD (Corsair Force 3) and wondered if I could put my /home onto the RevoDrive. Sadly it seems rather complicated to set up, even when not booting from the RevoDrive. I failed to set it up as a FakeRaid, because when I switch SATA mode from ACPI to RAID, neither Linux nor Windows are able to boot. So I used mdadm to create a software RAID 0 like so:

# mdadm --create --verbose --level=0 --metadata=1.2 --chunk=64 --raid-devices=2 /dev/md0 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1
# mdadm --detail --scan >> /etc/mdadm.conf
# mdadm --assemble --scan
# mkfs.ext4 -L revodrive -b 4096 -E stride=16,stripe-width=32 /dev/md0

I thought that would do the trick, and I mounted and tested the RAID. But unfortunately the perfmance is worse that on my SATA SSD:

# bonnie++ -u root
[...]
Version  1.97       ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-
Concurrency   1     -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks--
Machine        Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP  /sec %CP
home         32040M   763  99 852238  82 222109  27  5152  99 390778  17  5614 119
Latency             23508us     162ms     394ms    4541us    2696us    4403us
Version  1.97       ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create--------
home                -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete--
              files  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP
                 16   808   0 +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++
Latency              9931us     564us     497us     161us       9us     245us
1.97,1.97,home,1,1398722363,32040M,,763,99,852238,82,222109,27,5152,99,390778,17,5614,119,16,,,,,808,0,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,23508us,162ms,394ms,4541us,2696us,4403us,9931us,564us,497us,161us,9us,245us

Copared to the SATA SSD:

# bonnie++ -u root
[...]
Version  1.97       ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-
Concurrency   1     -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks--
Machine        Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP  /sec %CP
home         32040M  1058  99 506126  57 217990  24 +++++ +++ 531602  23 +++++ +++
Latency             16826us   82560us     532ms    4408us    1621us    4536us
Version  1.97       ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create--------
home                -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete--
              files  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP
                 16  1382   1 +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++
Latency               151us     561us     684us     163us       9us     216us
1.97,1.97,home,1,1398726407,32040M,,1058,99,506126,57,217990,24,+++++,+++,531602,23,+++++,+++,16,,,,,1382,1,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,16826us,82560us,532ms,4408us,1621us,4536us,151us,561us,684us,163us,9us,216us

So I was wondering if my mdadm setup is broken, or sofware raids just don't work as I expected? Would it be better to set SATA mode to RAID and freshly set up both, Windows and Linux?

Thank you!

Last edited by carlk (2014-05-08 10:51:13)

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#2 2014-05-04 15:12:21

zanegrey
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Registered: 2013-08-23
Posts: 12

Re: [SOLVED] OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 RAID setup and performance

Just curious.. any specific reason for specifying the chunk and stide sizes?  Have you tried without?  I would imagine that the defaults would be acceptable...

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#3 2014-05-08 10:50:57

carlk
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Registered: 2014-04-28
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Re: [SOLVED] OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 RAID setup and performance

Thanks for the hint, I took those values from someone else with a RevoDrive. Clearly he didn't know what he was doing (just like me). It sure looks better now with a chunk size of 512 (default):

# bonnie++ -u root
[...]
Version  1.97       ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-
Concurrency   1     -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks--
Machine        Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP  /sec %CP
home         32040M  1093  99 855825  78 341657  33 +++++ +++ 696280  24  5811  92
Latency             16538us     161ms     210ms    3907us    4270us    4653us
Version  1.97       ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create--------
home                -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete--
              files  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP
                 16  2305   2 +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++
Latency             10532us     571us     449us     175us      12us     186us
1.97,1.97,home,1,1399544652,32040M,,1093,99,855825,78,341657,33,+++++,+++,696280,24,5811,92,16,,,,,2305,2,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,16538us,161ms,210ms,3907us,4270us,4653us,10532us,571us,449us,175us,12us,186us

But after all I guess I'm going to sell the drive on ebay. OCZ did a pretty good job on messing with Linux folks with this drive, and I'm kind of tired of working around their issues...

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#4 2014-05-09 18:58:54

brando56894
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From: NYC
Registered: 2008-08-03
Posts: 681

Re: [SOLVED] OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 RAID setup and performance

I got one for Christmas about two years ago when they first came out, the thing was like 128 or 256 GB and was about $450. I was elated when I saw it, but that quickly turned to disappointment when I saw that I couldn't install both Windows and Linux on the same device since my BIOS and Windows saw it as one device, but Linux saw it as two SSDs. There wasn't even support for it in Arch at this time I had to seek out a kernel module that some Canadian guy built, which again only gave two SSDs since OCZ decided to make everything proprietary. I contacted them about this and they pretty much just gave me a big "FU we don't care".

After having 3 of their SSDs fail on me (one was the replacement for the failed drive!) and then this fiasco, I will never buy another OCZ SSD again.

I just read that SATA-Express SSDs will start production soon and PCI-E SSDs that look like our typical 2.5" SATA SSDs will use 2 SATA ports and another special PCI-E port on the motherboard to achieve the crazy speeds of PCI plug-in SSDs without the proprietary controllers and drivers!

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