James, I've run a whole truckload of benchmarks on raid1 with varying
chunksizes on three different kernels, and on a plain disk. I'm about to
publish some of the stuff, but I'm wondering very hard why is it that the
readbalancing test showed _awful_ numbers on tiotest 0.21 and great
numbers on 0.24 - any idea? Just have a look:

[this is big - my apologies]

Chunk is 4k, Stride is 4 and Block is 1024k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   16.258 10.3448 112.341
              /bench       512       4096       2   13.798 10.7370 101.831
              /bench       512       4096       4   4.9674 11.0868 92.2756
              /bench       512       4096       8   4.6620 11.9793 97.2662
              /bench       512       4096      16   4.8134 13.5368 99.7289
              /bench       512       4096      32   5.1743 12.9215 113.547
              /bench       512       4096      64   5.1585 12.3916 117.426
Chunk is 4k, Stride is 2 and Block is 2048k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   16.292 14.1403 126.703
              /bench       512       4096       2   13.677 14.2867 116.868
              /bench       512       4096       4   4.7042 14.1903 115.458
              /bench       512       4096       8   4.6442 14.2841 120.365
              /bench       512       4096      16   4.7699 14.3814 132.674
              /bench       512       4096      32   4.9868 14.0193 142.886
              /bench       512       4096      64   5.1799 13.3503 144.912
Chunk is 4k, Stride is 1 and Block is 4096k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   16.726 15.0225 131.026
              /bench       512       4096       2   13.408 15.0299 129.387
              /bench       512       4096       4   4.9361 15.0021 128.253
              /bench       512       4096       8   4.8676 14.8642 134.631
              /bench       512       4096      16   5.0793 14.7708 142.419
              /bench       512       4096      32   5.3501 14.3497 154.322
              /bench       512       4096      64   5.0688 13.5961 160.223
Chunk is 8k, Stride is 8 and Block is 1024k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   16.493 10.5115 111.437
              /bench       512       4096       2   13.636 10.5406 100.019
              /bench       512       4096       4   4.9406 11.0910 92.7468
              /bench       512       4096       8   4.6628 11.8795 98.1262
              /bench       512       4096      16   4.8809 13.4434 100.320
              /bench       512       4096      32   5.1405 12.7846 114.046
              /bench       512       4096      64   5.1301 12.4405 117.352
Chunk is 8k, Stride is 4 and Block is 2048k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   16.287 14.2530 127.936
              /bench       512       4096       2   13.272 14.0666 115.489
              /bench       512       4096       4   4.7358 14.3324 116.411
              /bench       512       4096       8   4.6375 14.3148 122.857
              /bench       512       4096      16   4.7699 14.4953 133.126
              /bench       512       4096      32   4.9858 14.0628 147.246
              /bench       512       4096      64   5.2095 13.3548 149.371
Chunk is 8k, Stride is 2 and Block is 4096k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   16.717 14.9458 133.686
              /bench       512       4096       2   13.252 15.0520 128.092
              /bench       512       4096       4   4.9443 14.9189 126.540
              /bench       512       4096       8   4.9424 14.8428 133.164
              /bench       512       4096      16   5.1452 14.7393 143.845
              /bench       512       4096      32   5.2618 14.2792 156.032
              /bench       512       4096      64   5.0160 13.5713 160.675
Chunk is 16k, Stride is 16 and Block is 1024k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   16.512 10.4759 112.903
              /bench       512       4096       2   13.682 10.6414 99.3341
              /bench       512       4096       4   4.9587 11.0096 93.4999
              /bench       512       4096       8   4.6278 11.9255 97.7036
              /bench       512       4096      16   4.8580 13.3642 101.097
              /bench       512       4096      32   5.2105 12.7230 113.032
              /bench       512       4096      64   5.1276 12.4465 115.136
Chunk is 16k, Stride is 8 and Block is 2048k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   16.597 14.2645 128.689
              /bench       512       4096       2   13.207 14.1702 118.976
              /bench       512       4096       4   4.8236 14.3105 116.132
              /bench       512       4096       8   4.6325 14.2883 121.795
              /bench       512       4096      16   4.7707 14.4725 133.043
              /bench       512       4096      32   4.9960 14.0240 143.541
              /bench       512       4096      64   5.0988 13.3939 147.579
Chunk is 16k, Stride is 4 and Block is 4096k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   16.746 15.0287 133.762
              /bench       512       4096       2   13.604 15.0422 126.966
              /bench       512       4096       4   4.9419 14.9268 129.747
              /bench       512       4096       8   4.9529 14.9056 134.748
              /bench       512       4096      16   5.1153 14.7587 142.245
              /bench       512       4096      32   5.3344 14.2473 158.248
              /bench       512       4096      64   4.9943 13.5088 157.001
Chunk is 32k, Stride is 32 and Block is 1024k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   16.245 10.3088 112.797
              /bench       512       4096       2   13.613 10.6984 100.024
              /bench       512       4096       4   4.9884 10.9542 92.2676
              /bench       512       4096       8   4.6558 11.8375 95.6453
              /bench       512       4096      16   4.8924 13.2850 100.560
              /bench       512       4096      32   5.2010 12.8106 112.499
              /bench       512       4096      64   5.1302 12.4804 117.041
Chunk is 32k, Stride is 16 and Block is 2048k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   16.372 14.2494 129.184
              /bench       512       4096       2   13.685 14.3388 116.218
              /bench       512       4096       4   4.6989 14.3089 116.800
              /bench       512       4096       8   4.7005 14.2848 121.078
              /bench       512       4096      16   4.7522 14.4018 132.930
              /bench       512       4096      32   4.9795 14.0234 144.339
              /bench       512       4096      64   5.1742 13.3499 146.861
Chunk is 32k, Stride is 8 and Block is 4096k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   16.751 15.0323 133.806
              /bench       512       4096       2   13.327 14.9826 127.571
              /bench       512       4096       4   4.9409 15.0633 126.317
              /bench       512       4096       8   4.9943 14.7993 133.225
              /bench       512       4096      16   5.1664 14.7025 143.333
              /bench       512       4096      32   5.2086 14.3834 156.902
              /bench       512       4096      64   5.0262 13.5660 160.260
Chunk is 64k, Stride is 64 and Block is 1024k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   16.521 10.4539 111.561
              /bench       512       4096       2   13.743 10.6812 101.258
              /bench       512       4096       4   5.3464 10.9893 95.5914
              /bench       512       4096       8   4.7096 11.8402 97.4716
              /bench       512       4096      16   4.8397 13.3027 100.440
              /bench       512       4096      32   5.1705 12.9062 115.666
              /bench       512       4096      64   5.1340 12.4772 118.088
Chunk is 64k, Stride is 32 and Block is 2048k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   16.271 14.2288 129.531
              /bench       512       4096       2   13.330 14.1868 114.720
              /bench       512       4096       4   4.8022 14.3008 116.418
              /bench       512       4096       8   4.6243 14.2455 120.476
              /bench       512       4096      16   4.7791 14.4751 133.301
              /bench       512       4096      32   5.0435 13.9649 144.799
              /bench       512       4096      64   5.1586 13.3742 146.318
Chunk is 64k, Stride is 16 and Block is 4096k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   16.717 15.0194 134.009
              /bench       512       4096       2   13.112 15.0486 128.836
              /bench       512       4096       4   4.9427 14.9613 126.803
              /bench       512       4096       8   4.9523 14.8266 135.273
              /bench       512       4096      16   5.1543 14.7738 141.908
              /bench       512       4096      32   5.0015 14.2050 159.178
              /bench       512       4096      64   5.0203 13.5417 159.879
Chunk is 128k, Stride is 128 and Block is 1024k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   16.266 10.2982 112.825
              /bench       512       4096       2   14.000 10.5497 100.443
              /bench       512       4096       4   5.0688 11.0485 94.0358
              /bench       512       4096       8   4.6776 11.8333 97.5763
              /bench       512       4096      16   4.9093 13.4604 99.6713
              /bench       512       4096      32   5.1903 12.8495 112.823
              /bench       512       4096      64   5.1251 12.4778 116.907
Chunk is 128k, Stride is 64 and Block is 2048k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   16.368 14.2144 128.127
              /bench       512       4096       2   13.274 14.1353 116.956
              /bench       512       4096       4   4.7260 14.3263 116.248
              /bench       512       4096       8   4.6266 14.3211 121.772
              /bench       512       4096      16   4.6756 14.4173 131.258
              /bench       512       4096      32   5.0016 13.9860 142.011
              /bench       512       4096      64   5.1129 13.3825 147.524
Chunk is 128k, Stride is 32 and Block is 4096k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   16.735 15.0191 133.955
              /bench       512       4096       2   13.184 14.9674 127.365
              /bench       512       4096       4   4.9260 15.0614 128.596
              /bench       512       4096       8   4.8785 14.9487 133.324
              /bench       512       4096      16   5.1598 14.7259 142.016
              /bench       512       4096      32   5.1585 14.3208 155.878
              /bench       512       4096      64   5.0886 13.5869 158.815
Chunk is 256k, Stride is 256 and Block is 1024k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   16.531 10.4354 111.538
              /bench       512       4096       2   14.086 10.6328 99.0027
              /bench       512       4096       4   4.9808 11.0443 92.9879
              /bench       512       4096       8   4.6761 11.9022 96.5022
              /bench       512       4096      16   4.8805 13.3646 100.126
              /bench       512       4096      32   5.1693 13.0241 113.372
              /bench       512       4096      64   5.1872 12.6218 117.040
Chunk is 256k, Stride is 128 and Block is 2048k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   16.540 14.1779 128.770
              /bench       512       4096       2   13.720 14.0882 117.183
              /bench       512       4096       4   4.7682 14.1837 116.918
              /bench       512       4096       8   4.6297 14.2289 120.095
              /bench       512       4096      16   4.7526 14.3953 131.229
              /bench       512       4096      32   5.0139 13.9942 142.792
              /bench       512       4096      64   5.2061 13.4228 147.085
Chunk is 256k, Stride is 64 and Block is 4096k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   16.553 14.9228 135.862
              /bench       512       4096       2   13.774 15.0702 127.473
              /bench       512       4096       4   4.9379 14.9815 127.344
              /bench       512       4096       8   4.9543 14.8093 133.598
              /bench       512       4096      16   5.1516 14.7570 141.669
              /bench       512       4096      32   5.2956 14.2637 156.782
              /bench       512       4096      64   5.0558 13.5955 160.299

And plain linux-2.2.14 with no read-balancing:

Chunk is 4k, Stride is 4 and Block is 1024k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   15.481 10.1747 95.2350
              /bench       512       4096       2   12.420 10.5964 102.708
              /bench       512       4096       4   8.7480 11.8219 108.085
              /bench       512       4096       8   7.2357 11.2723 109.135
              /bench       512       4096      16   7.5279 12.4881 116.814
              /bench       512       4096      32   8.0316 12.2267 131.822
              /bench       512       4096      64   4.0444 11.4728 137.033
Chunk is 4k, Stride is 2 and Block is 2048k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   15.522 13.5940 107.990
              /bench       512       4096       2   12.700 13.1683 122.132
              /bench       512       4096       4   9.1890 13.0901 124.718
              /bench       512       4096       8   8.3056 13.3913 126.668
              /bench       512       4096      16   8.3242 13.5033 138.314
              /bench       512       4096      32   8.3368 13.1556 151.933
              /bench       512       4096      64   4.0178 12.5774 159.371
Chunk is 4k, Stride is 1 and Block is 4096k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   15.924 14.5283 127.707
              /bench       512       4096       2   12.842 14.3225 133.183
              /bench       512       4096       4   9.4083 14.0295 135.695
              /bench       512       4096       8   8.5424 14.1572 144.871
              /bench       512       4096      16   8.7119 13.9489 151.151
              /bench       512       4096      32   9.0636 13.3382 161.497
              /bench       512       4096      64   6.4516 12.6306 166.400
Chunk is 8k, Stride is 8 and Block is 1024k
Chunk is 8k, Stride is 8 and Block is 1024k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   15.415 10.2477 97.4424
              /bench       512       4096       2   12.412 11.1574 104.843
              /bench       512       4096       4   8.5245 11.7411 109.564
              /bench       512       4096       8   7.3585 11.0298 110.101
              /bench       512       4096      16   7.5833 12.4474 117.352
              /bench       512       4096      32   8.0345 12.1329 131.340
              /bench       512       4096      64   4.1292 11.3152 137.341
Chunk is 8k, Stride is 4 and Block is 2048k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   15.501 13.4281 106.496
              /bench       512       4096       2   12.792 13.0636 120.764
              /bench       512       4096       4   8.8687 12.8368 124.688
              /bench       512       4096       8   8.2154 13.2639 129.492
              /bench       512       4096      16   8.3288 13.6289 139.768
              /bench       512       4096      32   8.6554 12.9886 150.995
              /bench       512       4096      64   3.6703 12.3337 158.206
Chunk is 8k, Stride is 2 and Block is 4096k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   15.900 14.5902 126.042
              /bench       512       4096       2   12.412 14.2838 132.540
              /bench       512       4096       4   9.4096 13.6567 134.987
              /bench       512       4096       8   8.5662 13.9532 142.384
              /bench       512       4096      16   8.7959 13.9176 150.372
              /bench       512       4096      32   9.1343 13.4200 160.439
              /bench       512       4096      64   4.9699 12.6479 167.164
Chunk is 16k, Stride is 16 and Block is 1024k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   15.377 11.2586 96.3360
              /bench       512       4096       2   12.468 10.1687 104.932
              /bench       512       4096       4   8.6889 10.7056 108.567
              /bench       512       4096       8   7.3369 12.0429 110.729
              /bench       512       4096      16   7.4652 12.4301 118.061
              /bench       512       4096      32   8.0064 12.0122 130.602
              /bench       512       4096      64   4.1085 11.4448 137.514
Chunk is 16k, Stride is 8 and Block is 2048k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   15.511 13.7714 113.382
              /bench       512       4096       2   12.523 13.2914 120.742
              /bench       512       4096       4   8.9023 13.2273 123.798
              /bench       512       4096       8   8.2745 13.3211 129.827
              /bench       512       4096      16   8.2088 13.6265 138.087
              /bench       512       4096      32   8.5654 13.0274 149.770
              /bench       512       4096      64   3.9639 12.4576 158.348
Chunk is 16k, Stride is 4 and Block is 4096k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   15.826 14.5857 118.261
              /bench       512       4096       2   12.615 14.0848 132.388
              /bench       512       4096       4   9.4208 13.7428 135.108
              /bench       512       4096       8   8.6091 13.9650 143.206
              /bench       512       4096      16   8.6577 13.8818 150.757
              /bench       512       4096      32   9.1542 13.3825 159.307
              /bench       512       4096      64   5.5307 12.6822 167.450
Chunk is 32k, Stride is 32 and Block is 1024k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   15.479 11.2096 89.3446
              /bench       512       4096       2   12.297 11.3311 105.811
              /bench       512       4096       4   8.6025 10.4380 108.998
              /bench       512       4096       8   7.3600 11.0407 111.810
              /bench       512       4096      16   7.5466 12.4124 117.681
              /bench       512       4096      32   7.9604 12.0444 131.776
              /bench       512       4096      64   4.3961 11.3148 136.564
Chunk is 32k, Stride is 16 and Block is 2048k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   15.467 13.5201 102.067
              /bench       512       4096       2   12.645 13.0301 122.106
              /bench       512       4096       4   9.0012 13.1422 124.689
              /bench       512       4096       8   8.1019 13.4697 130.200
              /bench       512       4096      16   8.3717 13.6801 138.549
              /bench       512       4096      32   8.6047 13.1531 149.595
              /bench       512       4096      64   3.8368 12.7808 158.557
Chunk is 32k, Stride is 8 and Block is 4096k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   15.905 14.4871 119.225
              /bench       512       4096       2   12.518 14.2729 133.799
              /bench       512       4096       4   9.4157 14.1081 135.800
              /bench       512       4096       8   8.6535 14.0459 141.191
              /bench       512       4096      16   8.6971 13.9582 149.904
              /bench       512       4096      32   8.8284 13.4214 160.463
              /bench       512       4096      64   5.2640 12.6516 168.036
Chunk is 64k, Stride is 64 and Block is 1024k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   15.486 10.1843 98.9577
              /bench       512       4096       2   12.332 10.2408 103.328
              /bench       512       4096       4   8.7302 11.7220 108.197
              /bench       512       4096       8   7.3389 11.2160 111.206
              /bench       512       4096      16   7.5286 12.3212 117.851
              /bench       512       4096      32   7.8855 12.0867 130.348
              /bench       512       4096      64   4.3102 11.4226 135.154
Chunk is 64k, Stride is 32 and Block is 2048k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   15.508 13.5650 114.058
              /bench       512       4096       2   12.584 13.5890 120.278
              /bench       512       4096       4   8.9617 12.9398 123.620
              /bench       512       4096       8   8.1473 13.3251 128.630
              /bench       512       4096      16   8.3877 13.5701 138.011
              /bench       512       4096      32   8.7451 13.1004 149.240
              /bench       512       4096      64   3.6509 12.4753 159.537
Chunk is 64k, Stride is 16 and Block is 4096k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   15.854 14.5354 126.107
              /bench       512       4096       2   12.567 14.1203 132.357
              /bench       512       4096       4   9.3816 13.9609 133.978
              /bench       512       4096       8   8.5555 13.9073 141.703
              /bench       512       4096      16   8.8853 14.0046 152.573
              /bench       512       4096      32   9.4627 13.3742 162.151
              /bench       512       4096      64   5.2346 12.7870 168.782
Chunk is 128k, Stride is 128 and Block is 1024k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   15.370 11.8066 89.9261
              /bench       512       4096       2   12.486 10.0648 103.672
              /bench       512       4096       4   8.5968 10.3365 108.277
              /bench       512       4096       8   7.3324 11.7419 111.433
              /bench       512       4096      16   7.4701 12.4429 116.878
              /bench       512       4096      32   8.0052 12.1268 132.417
              /bench       512       4096      64   4.2737 11.3465 137.548
Chunk is 128k, Stride is 64 and Block is 2048k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   15.493 13.4209 103.431
              /bench       512       4096       2   12.560 13.2108 121.932
              /bench       512       4096       4   9.0327 13.2234 122.576
              /bench       512       4096       8   8.1873 13.4198 128.019
              /bench       512       4096      16   8.4220 13.4340 137.583
              /bench       512       4096      32   8.6441 13.0002 150.948
              /bench       512       4096      64   3.8509 12.4161 158.486
Chunk is 128k, Stride is 32 and Block is 4096k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   15.739 14.7114 118.531
              /bench       512       4096       2   12.752 14.1674 134.132
              /bench       512       4096       4   9.3189 13.6943 132.996
              /bench       512       4096       8   8.5745 13.9715 143.613
              /bench       512       4096      16   8.9190 13.9380 151.155
              /bench       512       4096      32   9.3225 13.4668 160.262
              /bench       512       4096      64   5.2495 12.7020 167.239
Chunk is 256k, Stride is 256 and Block is 1024k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   15.406 10.3046 92.6471
              /bench       512       4096       2   12.457 11.8368 104.689
              /bench       512       4096       4   8.3319 11.2720 107.857
              /bench       512       4096       8   7.3100 10.9816 111.438
              /bench       512       4096      16   7.5074 12.3547 119.140
              /bench       512       4096      32   8.0001 12.1086 130.914
              /bench       512       4096      64   3.8828 11.4107 138.540
Chunk is 256k, Stride is 128 and Block is 2048k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   15.492 13.6953 102.904
              /bench       512       4096       2   12.539 12.9901 120.224
              /bench       512       4096       4   8.9042 12.8381 124.996
              /bench       512       4096       8   8.1255 13.4077 127.954
              /bench       512       4096      16   8.3056 13.5713 136.889
              /bench       512       4096      32   8.4949 13.1001 149.267
              /bench       512       4096      64   3.9535 12.3758 157.668
Chunk is 256k, Stride is 64 and Block is 4096k
Found memory size of 48.00390625 MB
Size is MB, BlkSz is Bytes, Read and Write are MB/sec, Seeks are Seeks/sec

  Machine    Directory   Size(MB)  BlkSz   Threads   Read   Write   Seeks
----------- ----------- --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- -------
              /bench       512       4096       1   15.736 14.6128 123.094
              /bench       512       4096       2   12.705 14.2074 131.949
              /bench       512       4096       4   9.4048 14.0360 135.871
              /bench       512       4096       8   8.6720 14.0122 141.566
              /bench       512       4096      16   8.6943 13.8363 150.673
              /bench       512       4096      32   9.2376 13.4379 162.220
              /bench       512       4096      64   5.9070 12.7520 168.159

Any idea? I'll post the tiotest with 0.24 shortly so we can compare.

Cheers,
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