[Bug 1634161] Re: Default multipath policy is round-robin, shows considerably worse read throughput compared to using service-time

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

I wonder if we can check if this is still the case; and if we can build round-robin udeb yet service-time deb.
Furthermore, it might make sense to make sure relevant kernel modules are available as udebs.

** Changed in: multipath-tools (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: Skipper Bug Screeners (skipper-screen-team) => Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)

** Changed in: multipath-tools (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: multipath-tools (Ubuntu)
    Milestone: None => later

** Changed in: multipath-tools (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

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Title:
  Default multipath policy is round-robin, shows considerably worse read
  throughput compared to using service-time

Status in Ubuntu on IBM z Systems:
  New
Status in multipath-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  ---Problem Description---
  Default multipath policy is round-robin, shows considerably worse read throughput compared to using service-time
  Contact Information = Barbara Mundle, barbara.mundle at de.ibm.com 
  ---uname output---
  4.4.0-21-generic
  Machine Type = z systems: Type 2964, Model 701 NC9 
  ---Debugger---
  A debugger is not configured
  ---Steps to Reproduce---
   Conducting throughput measurements with both policies shows the difference

  Userspace tool common name: multipath-tools 
  The userspace tool has the following bit modes: 64-bit 
  Userspace rpm: multipath-tools_0.5.0+git1.656f8865-5ubuntu2.2_s390x.deb 
  Userspace tool obtained from project website:  na 
   
  *Additional Instructions for Barbara Mundle, barbara.mundle at de.ibm.com:
  -Attach ltrace and strace of userspace application.

  Throughput numbers with FIO for sequential read (in KBPS) with
  multipath policies service.time/round-robin (varying with number of
  jobs from 1 - 64):

            service-time   round-robin

  1        3193030         2917220 
  2        5248430         5020375
  4        8453570         6438140
  8        9708690         6444175
  16      9712100         6448080
  32      9714035         6450905
  64      9718355         6461650

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