Hi,

I am currently testing running Openstack instance on Cinder volume with libgfapi. This instance is the Windows instance and i found that when running random 4k write workload, the CPU utilization is very high, 90%
CPU utilization with about 86% in privileged time. I also tested the workload with volume from NFS and the CPU utilization is only around 5%. For gluster fuse, the CPU utilization is also not as high as 90%, around
30-40%. Is there any reason why is that so? Appreciate on any comments and suggestions.

Details.

Workload generator: IOMeter Instance: Windows 2008R2
Openstack Host: CentOS 7
qemu–kvm version: qemu-kvm-ev-2.1.2-23.el7.1.x86_64
Workload: 4kb random write, 4 workers with each worker configure to have 4
outstanding IOs Gluster server and client version: 3.7.8

Gluster info Volume Name: g37test Type: Distribute Volume ID: 27947421-111b-4727-bcaf-bafe73debe07
Status: Started Number of Bricks: 1
Transport-type: tcp Bricks:
Brick1: 192.168.99.4:/mnt/ssd/g37test Options Reconfigured:
performance.readdir-ahead: on nfs.disable: true performance.io-cache: off performance.quick-read: off server.allow-insecure: on storage.owner-uid: 165
storage.owner-gid: 165

Cw