Testing lbzip2 compression on 24-core AMD opteron machine

eyck@dev:/compile$
eyck@dev:/compile$ for n in `seq 32 -1  1`; do echo $n; time tar -c linux-2.6.35.7/ | lbzip2 -n $n > /dev/null ; done | tee -a lbzip2.logi


32

real    0m18.332s
user    6m5.147s
sys     0m6.088s
31

real    0m16.814s
user    5m52.542s
sys     0m4.864s
30

real    0m16.646s
user    5m52.330s
sys     0m5.120s
29

real    0m16.240s
user    5m52.338s
sys     0m5.368s
28

real    0m16.996s
user    5m49.022s
sys     0m5.572s
27

real    0m15.740s
user    5m43.665s
sys     0m5.316s
26

real    0m16.559s
user    5m55.554s
sys     0m5.608s
25

real    0m16.415s
user    5m51.942s
sys     0m5.148s
24

real    0m15.758s
user    5m45.254s
sys     0m4.432s
23

real    0m16.823s
user    5m51.534s
sys     0m4.652s
22

real    0m17.138s
user    5m50.494s
sys     0m5.172s
21

real    0m17.688s
user    5m38.421s
sys     0m4.260s
20

real    0m18.814s
user    5m40.493s
sys     0m4.752s
19

real    0m18.647s
user    5m26.072s
sys     0m4.652s
18

real    0m19.709s
user    5m30.201s
sys     0m6.956s
17

real    0m19.628s
user    5m23.804s
sys     0m6.056s
16

real    0m20.647s
user    5m17.444s
sys     0m4.516s
15

real    0m22.379s
user    5m23.796s
sys     0m4.656s
14

real    0m22.965s
user    5m11.655s
sys     0m6.576s
13

real    0m24.809s
user    5m13.244s
sys     0m6.200s
12

real    0m28.175s
user    5m29.861s
sys     0m3.404s
11

real    0m28.883s
user    5m11.543s
sys     0m6.368s
10

real    0m32.375s
user    5m13.932s
sys     0m6.384s
9

real    0m35.853s
user    5m15.488s
sys     0m5.940s
8

real    0m38.879s
user    5m4.891s
sys     0m5.540s
7

real    0m44.907s
user    5m8.147s
sys     0m6.700s
6

real    0m50.989s
user    5m3.567s
sys     0m5.536s
5

real    1m1.241s
user    5m3.831s
sys     0m6.056s
4

real    1m15.796s
user    4m59.991s
sys     0m7.264s
3

real    1m42.873s
user    5m5.695s
sys     0m7.116s
2

real    2m27.942s
user    4m54.102s
sys     0m6.896s
1

real    4m54.195s
user    4m50.094s
sys     0m12.733s
( for n in `seq 32 -1  1`; do echo -n $n:; time tar -c linux-2.6.35.7/ | lbzip2 -9  -n $n > /dev/null ; done ) 2>&1 | tee -a lbzip2.9.logi
32:
real    0m17.353s
user    6m1.871s
sys     0m5.328s
31:
real    0m19.047s
user    6m20.340s
sys     0m5.804s
30:
real    0m16.472s
user    5m49.302s
sys     0m4.724s
29:
real    0m16.214s
user    5m45.610s
sys     0m4.924s
28:
real    0m16.950s
user    5m57.566s
sys     0m5.268s
27:
real    0m17.083s
user    5m57.678s
sys     0m5.124s
26:
real    0m16.802s
user    5m58.106s
sys     0m5.756s
25:
real    0m16.301s
user    5m43.649s
sys     0m4.804s
24:
real    0m16.930s
user    5m42.637s
sys     0m7.020s
23:
real    0m16.371s
user    5m36.193s
sys     0m4.724s
22:
real    0m16.167s
user    5m31.997s
sys     0m6.732s
21:
real    0m18.207s
user    5m52.306s
sys     0m4.820s
20:
real    0m18.170s
user    5m42.529s
sys     0m7.332s
19:
real    0m18.808s
user    5m26.728s
sys     0m7.092s
18:
real    0m19.664s
user    5m33.197s
sys     0m6.120s
17:
real    0m21.225s
user    5m27.380s
sys     0m4.876s
16:
real    0m21.147s
user    5m27.060s
sys     0m4.024s
15:
real    0m21.922s
user    5m17.516s
sys     0m4.660s
14:
real    0m24.230s
user    5m29.009s
sys     0m6.420s
13:
real    0m27.260s
user    5m17.160s
sys     0m6.540s
12:
real    0m26.918s
user    5m13.436s
sys     0m4.780s
11:
real    0m28.701s
user    5m8.211s
sys     0m6.936s
10:
real    0m31.913s
user    5m10.775s
sys     0m3.760s
9:
real    0m35.804s
user    5m14.308s
sys     0m6.308s
8:
real    0m40.046s
user    5m12.088s
sys     0m6.684s
7:
real    0m44.243s
user    5m4.247s
sys     0m5.948s
6:
real    0m50.395s
user    4m59.719s
sys     0m5.764s
5:
real    1m1.662s
user    5m5.551s
sys     0m5.680s
4:
real    1m15.307s
user    4m57.667s
sys     0m6.900s
3:
real    1m43.704s
user    5m7.955s
sys     0m7.868s
2:
real    2m26.147s
user    4m50.830s
sys     0m8.265s
1:
real    4m53.091s
user    4m49.722s
sys     0m10.941s

PBzip2:
( for n in `seq 32 -1  1`; do echo -n $n:; time tar -c linux-2.6.35.7/ | pbzip2 -9  -p$n > /dev/null ; done ) 2>&1 | tee -a pbzip2.9.logi
32:
real    0m20.363s
user    6m13.891s
sys     0m6.660s
31:
real    0m19.751s
user    6m16.584s
sys     0m7.660s
30:
real    0m18.722s
user    6m6.411s
sys     0m6.820s
29:
real    0m18.299s
user    5m59.146s
sys     0m5.468s
28:
real    0m18.373s
user    6m4.579s
sys     0m5.716s
27:
real    0m18.409s
user    6m9.499s
sys     0m4.732s
26:
real    0m16.773s
user    5m56.926s
sys     0m4.936s
25:
real    0m17.047s
user    5m53.702s
sys     0m6.204s
24:
real    0m16.365s
user    5m40.773s
sys     0m6.068s
23:
real    0m17.303s
user    6m2.263s
sys     0m5.848s
22:
real    0m16.849s
user    5m42.765s
sys     0m6.192s
21:
real    0m16.980s
user    5m33.769s
sys     0m3.968s
20:
real    0m18.328s
user    5m38.669s
sys     0m5.436s
19:
real    0m18.801s
user    5m32.129s
sys     0m5.500s
18:
real    0m19.144s
user    5m26.272s
sys     0m5.968s
17:
real    0m20.689s
user    5m34.073s
sys     0m5.688s
16:
real    0m20.937s
user    5m22.972s
sys     0m5.832s
15:
real    0m22.427s
user    5m22.624s
sys     0m3.364s
14:
real    0m23.638s
user    5m20.756s
sys     0m5.192s
13:
real    0m24.918s
user    5m14.596s
sys     0m2.884s
12:
real    0m26.796s
user    5m12.692s
sys     0m3.552s
11:
real    0m29.728s
user    5m16.988s
sys     0m5.072s
10:
real    0m31.908s
user    5m10.559s
sys     0m4.800s
9:
real    0m34.283s
user    5m5.527s
sys     0m5.012s
8:
real    0m38.187s
user    5m2.931s
sys     0m6.252s
7:
real    0m43.661s
user    5m1.819s
sys     0m4.076s
6:
real    0m51.757s
user    5m5.575s
sys     0m2.916s
5:
real    1m0.706s
user    5m1.959s
sys     0m5.376s
4:
real    1m13.905s
user    4m55.290s
sys     0m5.504s
3:
real    1m38.784s
user    4m55.042s
sys     0m8.145s
2:
real    2m25.727s
user    4m51.074s
sys     0m8.597s
1:
real    4m54.990s
user    4m51.850s
sys     0m15.509s

| Testing lbzip2 compression on 24-core AMD opteron machine | | 2010.10.03-09:31.00

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