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FITRIM/discard

2012-08-31T16:25:33Z

J3gum: /* References */

== Purpose ==

FITRIM is a mounted filesystem feature to discard (or "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIM trim]") blocks which are not in use by the filesystem. This is useful for solid-state drives (SSDs) and thinly-provisioned storage.

== Requirements ==

#The block device underneath the filesystem must support the FITRIM operation.
#The kernel must include TRIM support and XFS must include FITRIM support (this has been true for Linux since v2.6.38, Jan 18 2011)
#Realtime discard mode requires a more recent v3.0 kernel

This can be verified by viewing /sys/block/<dev>/queue/discard_max_bytes -- If the value is zero then your device doesn't support discard
operations.

== Modes of Operation ==

* Realtime discard -- As files are removed, the filesystem issues discard requests automatically
* Batch Mode -- A user procedure that trims all or portions of the filesystem

=== Realtime discard ===

This mode issues discard requests automatically as files are removed from the filesystem. No other command or process is required.

There can be a severe performance penalty for enabling realtime discard. (4)

Realtime discard is selected by adding the filesystem option <code>discard</code> while mounting.

This can be done by the following examples:

# placing <code>discard</code> in your /etc/fstab for the filesystem: <code>/dev/sda1 /mountpoint xfs defaults,discard 0 1</code>
# mount options: <code>mount -o discard /dev/sda1 /mountpoint</code>

=== Batch Mode ===

This mode requires user intervention. This intervention is in the form of the command <code>fstrim</code>. It has been included in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Util-linux util-linux-ng] since about Nov 26, 2010.

Usage example:
<code>fstrim /mountpoint</code>

----

== References ==
# FITRIM description - Lukas Czerner <lczerner at redhat.com> 2010-12-10 15:53:27 Message ID <1291996407-26251-1-git-send-email-lczerner@redhat.com> http://patchwork.xfs.org/patch/1490/
# Block requirements - Dave Chinner <david at fromorbit.com> 2011-10-10 21:05:52 http://oss.sgi.com/pipermail/xfs/2011-October/014867.html
# util-linux-ng addition - Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx> 2010-11-26 15:17:39 http://www.spinics.net/lists/util-linux-ng/msg03646.html
# Online TRIM/discard performance impact - Christoph Hellwig <hch at infradead.org> 2011-11-07 04:21:21 http://oss.sgi.com/pipermail/xfs/2011-November/015329.html

FITRIM/discard

2011-11-07T15:54:47Z

J3gum: Added performance issues for realtime discard.

== Purpose ==

FITRIM is a mounted filesystem feature to discard (or "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIM trim]") blocks which are not in use by the filesystem. This is useful for solid-state drives (SSDs) and thinly-provisioned storage.

== Requirements ==

#The block device underneath the filesystem must support the FITRIM operation.
#The kernel must include TRIM support and XFS must include FITRIM support (this has been true for Linux since v2.6.38, Jan 18 2011)
#Realtime discard mode requires a more recent v3.0 kernel

This can be verified by viewing /sys/block/<dev>/queue/discard_max_bytes -- If the value is zero then your device doesn't support discard
operations.

== Modes of Operation ==

* Realtime discard -- As files are removed, the filesystem issues discard requests automatically
* Batch Mode -- A user procedure that trims all or portions of the filesystem

=== Realtime discard ===

This mode issues discard requests automatically as files are removed from the filesystem. No other command or process is required.

There can be a severe performance penalty for enabling realtime discard. (4)

Realtime discard is selected by adding the filesystem option <code>discard</code> while mounting.

This can be done by the following examples:

# placing <code>discard</code> in your /etc/fstab for the filesystem: <code>/dev/sda1 /mountpoint xfs defaults,discard 0 1</code>
# mount options: <code>mount -o discard /dev/sda1 /mountpoint</code>

=== Batch Mode ===

This mode requires user intervention. This intervention is in the form of the command <code>fstrim</code>. It has been included in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Util-linux util-linux-ng] since about Nov 26, 2010.

Usage example:
<code>fstrim /mountpoint</code>

----

== References ==
# FITRIM description - Lukas Czerner <lczerner at redhat.com> http://patchwork.xfs.org/patch/1490/
# Block requirements - Dave Chinner <david at fromorbit.com> http://oss.sgi.com/pipermail/xfs/2011-October/053379.html
# util-linux-ng addition - Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx> http://www.spinics.net/lists/util-linux-ng/msg03646.
# Online TRIM/discard performance impact - http://oss.sgi.com/pipermail/xfs/2011-November/053841.html

User talk:J3gum

2011-10-13T13:47:03Z

J3gum: Responded to the "De-pretty/complicate the page" queries. Change policy? Added in missing signature.

== De-pretty/complicate the page? ==

Hi! I've seen your [http://xfs.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=2356&oldid=2256 edit] to "De-pretty/complicate the page" and I don't understand why you did that? Don't we want our wiki to be pretty too? I don't think the page was overly complicated, just a few boxes so that one does not have to scroll down, as the page gets longer and longer. -- [[User:Ckujau|Ckujau]] 06:02, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

:First, I apologize if I've overstepped. That was not my intention. I did try to add [http://xfs.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=2357&oldid=2356 a link and header] before the edit to which you referred. When added, the system generated table of contents overlapped the "custom box divisions". I added these two edits as two separate edits in case someone wanted to reimplement the "prettiness." I do believe these "prettiness" additions raise the bar for entry, that is not needed, for people trying to add content to the page. -- [[User:J3gum|J3gum]] 14:21, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

::No apology needed. I appreciate your addition and I agree that every formatting syntax (Mediawiki-syntax or HTML) inbetween context can confuse people who just want to add context. But the [[Main_Page]] is somewhat special, IMHO. It's an overview of the most important pages and I think we need to keep it somewhat organized and not every page needs to be on the front page. Otherwise we could just redirect to [[Special:AllPages]] :-) Every other page on this wiki needs only little formatting (just bullet points ("*") and paragraphs ("=="). I'd like to re-pretty the [[Main_Page]] again and keep [{{SERVER}}/index.php?title=Main_Page&action=watch watching] the page so if another additon mangles the "prettyness" I'll gladly fix it. Thanks. -- [[User:Ckujau|Ckujau]] 20:59, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

:::Yes, please add the "prettiness" back in. -- [[User:J3gum|J3gum]] 13:47, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Please do not randomly edit front pages. If you think the format should be different please bring it up on the mailinglist. I really dislike the new look,
but I'll give you the chance of getting more opinion on the mailinglist before simply reverting it. -- [[User:Hch|Hch]] 10:42, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

:Please revert it, or better yet, add one in that doesn't break with the "auto-contents" menu. Either way is fine with me. -- [[User:J3gum|J3gum]] 13:47, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

== What change policy ==

Hch, you said, "bring it up on the mailinglist". If you want people to use your change policy, it may be a good idea to put your change policy in the description area on your homepage. Perhaps it should even have it's own page. It's pretty hard to guess the policy as a first time user. -- [[User:J3gum|J3gum]] 13:47, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

User talk:J3gum

2011-10-12T14:21:56Z

J3gum: Responded to the "De-pretty/complicate the page" query.

Support discarding of unused sectors

2011-10-11T19:42:26Z

J3gum: Update status of the work, and add a link to FITRIM/discard, minor formatting, spell check

== Rationale ==

For magnetic disks, DRAM and many other physical media used as block devices, it does not matter for the device to know which sectors are actually unused by the filesystem and therefore contain irrelevant content.

This is quite different for Solid State Disks (SSDs) built from Flash Memory: To avoid performance degradation from the dynamic wear-leveling algorithms, there has to be a clever management of "unused" blocks in the SSD controller.

To let the SSD controller know which sectors contain irrelevant data, the ATA TRIM command has been standardized, and now the first SSDs are available that implement that command (e.g. the SSDs using the Indilinx Barefoot controller, from firmware revision 1370 onwards).

== What needs to be done ==

This work has been implemented in Linux since v2.6.38, Jan 18 2011.

== Related Standards ==

* [http://www.t13.org/Documents/UploadedDocuments/docs2008/e07154r6-Data_Set_Management_Proposal_for_ATA-ACS2.doc Data Set Management Commands Proposal for ATA8-ACS2]
* [http://www.t13.org/Documents/UploadedDocuments/docs2008/e08137r4-DRAT_-_Deterministic_Read_After_Trim.doc Deterministic TRIM Proposal for ATA8-ACS2]

== Other Documents ==

* [[FITRIM/discard]]
* An interesting [http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=3531 Article at Anandtech] that (while being a little verbose and Windows-oriented) explains many aspects of SSD performance, including the prospective benefits of the ATA TRIM command (at page 10).
* Patch [http://www.mail-archive.com/cluster-devel@redhat.com/msg03401.html adding the blkdev_issue_discard()] feature to GFS2
* [http://www.usenix.org/event/lsf08/tech/shin_SSD.pdf Presentation] on a comparison between different filesystems performance on SSDs (including XFS)

Ideas for XFS

2011-10-11T19:35:37Z

J3gum: Indicate that support for discard is complete

Future Directions for XFS

Dave Chinner ideas:

* [[ Improving inode Caching ]]

* [[ Improving Metadata Performance By Reducing Journal Overhead ]]

* [[ Reliable Detection and Repair of Metadata Corruption ]]

Other ideas:

* [[ Splitting project quota support from group quota support ]]
* [[ Assigning project quota to a linux container ]]
* [[ Support discarding of unused sectors ]] (status: completed)
* Superblock flag for when 64-bit inodes are present (see [http://oss.sgi.com/pipermail/xfs/2009-May/041379.html])
* WISH: Please integrate [[xfs_irecover]] or provide inode recovery feature : http://rzr.online.fr/q/recover

FITRIM/discard

2011-10-11T16:03:00Z

J3gum: Initial creation

== Purpose ==

FITRIM is a mounted filesystem feature to discard (or "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIM trim]") blocks which are not in use by the filesystem. This is useful for solid-state drives (SSDs) and thinly-provisioned storage.

== Requirements ==

#The block device underneath the filesystem must support the FITRIM operation.
#The kernel must include TRIM support and XFS must include FITRIM support (this has been true for Linux since v2.6.38, Jan 18 2011)

This can be verified by viewing /sys/block/<dev>/queue/discard_max_bytes -- If the value is zero then your device doesn't support discard
operations.

== Modes of Operation ==

* Realtime discard -- As files are removed, the filesystem issues discard requests automatically
* Batch Mode -- A user procedure that trims all or portions of the filesystem

=== Realtime discard ===

This mode issues discard requests automatically as files are removed from the filesystem. No other command or process is required.

Realtime discard is selected by adding the filesystem option <code>discard</code> while mounting.

This can be done by the following examples:

# placing <code>discard</code> in your /etc/fstab for the filesystem: <code>/dev/sda1 /mountpoint xfs defaults,discard 0 1</code>
# mount options: <code>mount -o discard /dev/sda1 /mountpoint</code>

=== Batch Mode ===

This mode requires user intervention. This intervention is in the form of the command <code>fstrim</code>. It has been included in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Util-linux util-linux-ng] since about Nov 26, 2010.

Usage example:
<code>fstrim /mountpoint</code>

----

== References ==
# FITRIM description - Lukas Czerner <lczerner at redhat.com> http://patchwork.xfs.org/patch/1490/
# Block requirements - Dave Chinner <david at fromorbit.com> http://oss.sgi.com/pipermail/xfs/2011-October/053379.html
# util-linux-ng addition - Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx> http://www.spinics.net/lists/util-linux-ng/msg03646.html

Main Page

2011-10-11T14:54:46Z

J3gum: Add reference to FITRIM/discard

== Information about XFS ==

* [[XFS FAQ]]
* [[XFS Status Updates]]
* [[XFS Papers and Documentation]]
* [[Linux Distributions shipping XFS]]
* [[XFS Rpm for RedHat|XFS RPMs for RedHat]]
* [[XFS Companies]]
* [http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs SGI XFS website]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XFS Wikipedia XFS page]

== Feature Highlights ==

* [[FITRIM/discard]] - discard (or "trim") blocks which are not in use by the filesystem

== Professional XFS Consulting Services ==

[[Consulting Resources]]

== XFS Developer Resources ==

* [[XFS email list and archives]]
* [http://oss.sgi.com/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?product=XFS&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED Bugzilla @ oss.sgi.com]
* [http://bugzilla.kernel.org/buglist.cgi?product=File+System&component=XFS&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED Bugzilla @ kernel.org]
* [[Getting the latest source code]]
* [[Unfinished work]]
* [[Shrinking Support]]
* [[Ideas for XFS]]

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Main Page

2011-10-11T14:52:08Z

J3gum: De-pretty/complicate the page

== Information about XFS ==

* [[XFS FAQ]]
* [[XFS Status Updates]]
* [[XFS Papers and Documentation]]
* [[Linux Distributions shipping XFS]]
* [[XFS Rpm for RedHat|XFS RPMs for RedHat]]
* [[XFS Companies]]
* [http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs SGI XFS website]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XFS Wikipedia XFS page]

== Professional XFS Consulting Services ==

[[Consulting Resources]]

== XFS Developer Resources ==

* [[XFS email list and archives]]
* [http://oss.sgi.com/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?product=XFS&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED Bugzilla @ oss.sgi.com]
* [http://bugzilla.kernel.org/buglist.cgi?product=File+System&component=XFS&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED Bugzilla @ kernel.org]
* [[Getting the latest source code]]
* [[Unfinished work]]
* [[Shrinking Support]]
* [[Ideas for XFS]]

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