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== Benchmarks == | == Benchmarks == | ||
Single-threaded read or write benchmarks are suitable for measuring virtio-blk latency. | Single-threaded read or write benchmarks are suitable for measuring virtio-blk latency. The guest should have 1 vcpu only, which simplifies the setup and analysis. | ||
== Instrumenting the stack == | == Instrumenting the stack == | ||
==== Guest ==== | ==== Guest ==== | ||
The single-threaded read/write benchmark prints the mean time per operation at the end. This number is the total latency including guest, host, and QEMU. All latency numbers from layers further down the stack should be smaller than the guest number. | |||
==== Guest virtio-pci ==== | ==== Guest virtio-pci ==== | ||
Revision as of 07:30, 3 June 2010
This page describes how virtio-blk latency can be measured. The aim is to build a picture of the latency at different layers of the virtualization stack for virtio-blk.
Benchmarks
Single-threaded read or write benchmarks are suitable for measuring virtio-blk latency. The guest should have 1 vcpu only, which simplifies the setup and analysis.
Instrumenting the stack
Guest
The single-threaded read/write benchmark prints the mean time per operation at the end. This number is the total latency including guest, host, and QEMU. All latency numbers from layers further down the stack should be smaller than the guest number.