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Re: bcache with existing ext4 filesystem

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On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 09:15:48PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > 
> > Am 24.07.2017 um 20:57 schrieb Pavel Machek:
> > >Would it be feasible to run bcache (write-through) with existing ext4
> > >filesystem?
> > >
> > >I have 400GB of data I'd rather not move, and SSD I could use for
> > >caching. Ok, SSD is connecte over USB2, but I guess it is still way
> > >faster then seeking harddrive on random access
> > 
> > i doubt that seriously - USB2 has a terrible latency
> 
> Well.. if that's too slow, I can get SSD M.2; plus bcache docs says
> that combination works.
> 
> And... if you ever tried to do git diff while git checkout is running
> on spinning rust... spinning rust has awful parameters when idle, and
> it only gets worse when loaded :-(.

So some hard numbers.  Max throughput of USB 2.0 is 53 MiB/s[1].  In
actual practice the max throughput you will see out of the USB 2.0
interface is 30-40 MiB/s.  In contrast, a HDD doing sequential reads
can easily do much more than that.

[1] https://superuser.com/questions/317217/whats-the-maximum-typical-speed-possible-with-a-usb2-0-drive

So a lot is going to depend on how bcache works.  If you can get large
sequential reads and writes to *bypass* the cache device, then I think
there's a good cache that bcache on a USB 2.0 device won't hurt.  It
might not help as much as you like, but that's a function of the
overhead of populating the cache and whether the cache can keep the
useful bits in the cache device.

Cheers,

					- Ted

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bcache with existing ext4 filesystem Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-07-24 21:00 +0200
  Re: bcache with existing ext4 filesystem Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-07-24 21:20 +0200
    Re: bcache with existing ext4 filesystem Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> - 2017-07-24 21:30 +0200
      Re: bcache with existing ext4 filesystem Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-07-24 22:10 +0200
        Re: bcache with existing ext4 filesystem Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> - 2017-07-25 07:00 +0200
          Re: bcache with existing ext4 filesystem Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-07-25 08:50 +0200
            Re: bcache with existing ext4 filesystem Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@ucw.cz> - 2017-07-25 13:10 +0200
              Re: bcache with existing ext4 filesystem Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-07-25 13:20 +0200
                Re: bcache with existing ext4 filesystem Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> - 2017-07-25 18:20 +0200
                Re: bcache with existing ext4 filesystem Eric Wheeler <bcache@lists.ewheeler.net> - 2017-07-25 20:20 +0200
                Re: bcache with existing ext4 filesystem Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-07-26 00:10 +0200
                Re: bcache with existing ext4 filesystem Eric Wheeler <bcache@lists.ewheeler.net> - 2017-07-26 19:50 +0200
                Re: bcache with existing ext4 filesystem "Austin S. Hemmelgarn" <ahferroin7@gmail.com> - 2017-07-26 21:10 +0200
                Re: bcache with existing ext4 filesystem Eric Wheeler <bcache@lists.ewheeler.net> - 2017-07-26 21:20 +0200
                Re: bcache with existing ext4 filesystem Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-07-26 22:10 +0200
          Re: bcache with existing ext4 filesystem Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-07-25 15:50 +0200
            Re: bcache with existing ext4 filesystem Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> - 2017-07-25 20:10 +0200
              Re: bcache with existing ext4 filesystem Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-07-25 23:00 +0200
  Re: bcache with existing ext4 filesystem Reindl Harald <h.reindl@thelounge.net> - 2017-07-24 21:30 +0200

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