来自有关确保数据位于磁盘上的信息（http://winntfs.com/2012/11/29/windows-write-caching-part-2-an-overview-for-application-developers/ http://winntfs.com/2012/11/29/windows-write-caching-part-2-an-overview-for-application-developers/），即使在例如停电了，看来Windows平台上需要依赖它的“fsync”版本FlushFileBuffers最好地保证缓冲区实际上从磁盘设备缓存刷新到存储介质本身。的组合FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING with FILE_FLAG_WRITE_THROUGH不确保刷新设备缓存，而仅对文件系统缓存产生影响（如果此信息正确）。
鉴于我将处理相当大的文件，需要“事务性”更新，这意味着在事务提交结束时执行“fsync”。因此，我创建了一个小应用程序来测试这样做的性能。它基本上使用 8 次写入执行一批 8 个内存页大小的随机字节的顺序写入，然后刷新。该批处理循环重复，每写入这么多页后，就会记录性能。此外，它还有两个可配置选项：在刷新时进行 fsync 以及是否在开始页面写入之前将字节写入文件的最后位置。
// Code updated to reflect new results as discussed in answer below.
// 26/Aug/2013: Code updated again to reflect results as discussed in follow up question.
// 28/Aug/2012: Increased file stream buffer to ensure 8 page flushes.
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
BenchSequentialWrites(reuseExistingFile:false);
}
public static void BenchSequentialWrites(bool reuseExistingFile = false)
{
Tuple<string, bool, bool, bool, bool>[] scenarios = new Tuple<string, bool, bool, bool, bool>[]
{ // output csv, fsync?, fill end?, write through?, mem map?
Tuple.Create("timing FS-E-B-F.csv", true, false, false, false),
Tuple.Create("timing NS-E-B-F.csv", false, false, false, false),
Tuple.Create("timing FS-LB-B-F.csv", true, true, false, false),
Tuple.Create("timing NS-LB-B-F.csv", false, true, false, false),
Tuple.Create("timing FS-E-WT-F.csv", true, false, true, false),
Tuple.Create("timing NS-E-WT-F.csv", false, false, true, false),
Tuple.Create("timing FS-LB-WT-F.csv", true, true, true, false),
Tuple.Create("timing NS-LB-WT-F.csv", false, true, true, false),
Tuple.Create("timing FS-E-B-MM.csv", true, false, false, true),
Tuple.Create("timing NS-E-B-MM.csv", false, false, false, true),
Tuple.Create("timing FS-LB-B-MM.csv", true, true, false, true),
Tuple.Create("timing NS-LB-B-MM.csv", false, true, false, true),
Tuple.Create("timing FS-E-WT-MM.csv", true, false, true, true),
Tuple.Create("timing NS-E-WT-MM.csv", false, false, true, true),
Tuple.Create("timing FS-LB-WT-MM.csv", true, true, true, true),
Tuple.Create("timing NS-LB-WT-MM.csv", false, true, true, true),
};
foreach (var scenario in scenarios)
{
Console.WriteLine("{0,-12} {1,-16} {2,-16} {3,-16} {4:F2}", "Total pages", "Interval pages", "Total time", "Interval time", "MB/s");
CollectGarbage();
var timingResults = SequentialWriteTest("test.data", !reuseExistingFile, fillEnd: scenario.Item3, nPages: 200 * 1000, fSync: scenario.Item2, writeThrough: scenario.Item4, writeToMemMap: scenario.Item5);
using (var report = File.CreateText(scenario.Item1))
{
report.WriteLine("Total pages,Interval pages,Total bytes,Interval bytes,Total time,Interval time,MB/s");
foreach (var entry in timingResults)
{
Console.WriteLine("{0,-12} {1,-16} {2,-16} {3,-16} {4:F2}", entry.Item1, entry.Item2, entry.Item5, entry.Item6, entry.Item7);
report.WriteLine("{0},{1},{2},{3},{4},{5},{6}", entry.Item1, entry.Item2, entry.Item3, entry.Item4, entry.Item5.TotalSeconds, entry.Item6.TotalSeconds, entry.Item7);
}
}
}
}
public unsafe static IEnumerable<Tuple<long, long, long, long, TimeSpan, TimeSpan, double>> SequentialWriteTest(
string fileName,
bool createNewFile,
bool fillEnd,
long nPages,
bool fSync = true,
bool writeThrough = false,
bool writeToMemMap = false,
long pageSize = 4096)
{
// create or open file and if requested fill in its last byte.
var fileMode = createNewFile ? FileMode.Create : FileMode.OpenOrCreate;
using (var tmpFile = new FileStream(fileName, fileMode, FileAccess.ReadWrite, FileShare.ReadWrite, (int)pageSize))
{
Console.WriteLine("Opening temp file with mode {0}{1}", fileMode, fillEnd ? " and writing last byte." : ".");
tmpFile.SetLength(nPages * pageSize);
if (fillEnd)
{
tmpFile.Position = tmpFile.Length - 1;
tmpFile.WriteByte(1);
tmpFile.Position = 0;
tmpFile.Flush(true);
}
}
// Make sure any flushing / activity has completed
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1));
System.Threading.Thread.SpinWait(50); // warm up.
var buf = new byte[pageSize];
new Random().NextBytes(buf);
var ms = new System.IO.MemoryStream(buf);
var stopwatch = new System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch();
var timings = new List<Tuple<long, long, long, long, TimeSpan, TimeSpan, double>>();
var pageTimingInterval = 8 * 2000;
var prevPages = 0L;
var prevElapsed = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(0);
// Open file
const FileOptions NoBuffering = ((FileOptions)0x20000000);
var options = writeThrough ? (FileOptions.WriteThrough | NoBuffering) : FileOptions.None;
using (var file = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.ReadWrite, FileShare.ReadWrite, (int)(16 *pageSize), options))
{
stopwatch.Start();
if (writeToMemMap)
{
// write pages through memory map.
using (var mmf = MemoryMappedFile.CreateFromFile(file, Guid.NewGuid().ToString(), file.Length, MemoryMappedFileAccess.ReadWrite, null, HandleInheritability.None, true))
using (var accessor = mmf.CreateViewAccessor(0, file.Length, MemoryMappedFileAccess.ReadWrite))
{
byte* base_ptr = null;
accessor.SafeMemoryMappedViewHandle.AcquirePointer(ref base_ptr);
var offset = 0L;
for (long i = 0; i < nPages / 8; i++)
{
using (var memStream = new UnmanagedMemoryStream(base_ptr + offset, 8 * pageSize, 8 * pageSize, FileAccess.ReadWrite))
{
for (int j = 0; j < 8; j++)
{
ms.CopyTo(memStream);
ms.Position = 0;
}
}
FlushViewOfFile((IntPtr)(base_ptr + offset), (int)(8 * pageSize));
offset += 8 * pageSize;
if (fSync)
FlushFileBuffers(file.SafeFileHandle);
if (((i + 1) * 8) % pageTimingInterval == 0)
timings.Add(Report(stopwatch.Elapsed, ref prevElapsed, (i + 1) * 8, ref prevPages, pageSize));
}
accessor.SafeMemoryMappedViewHandle.ReleasePointer();
}
}
else
{
for (long i = 0; i < nPages / 8; i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < 8; j++)
{
ms.CopyTo(file);
ms.Position = 0;
}
file.Flush(fSync);
if (((i + 1) * 8) % pageTimingInterval == 0)
timings.Add(Report(stopwatch.Elapsed, ref prevElapsed, (i + 1) * 8, ref prevPages, pageSize));
}
}
}
timings.Add(Report(stopwatch.Elapsed, ref prevElapsed, nPages, ref prevPages, pageSize));
return timings;
}
private static Tuple<long, long, long, long, TimeSpan, TimeSpan, double> Report(TimeSpan elapsed, ref TimeSpan prevElapsed, long curPages, ref long prevPages, long pageSize)
{
var intervalPages = curPages - prevPages;
var intervalElapsed = elapsed - prevElapsed;
var intervalPageSize = intervalPages * pageSize;
var mbps = (intervalPageSize / (1024.0 * 1024.0)) / intervalElapsed.TotalSeconds;
prevElapsed = elapsed;
prevPages = curPages;
return Tuple.Create(curPages, intervalPages, curPages * pageSize, intervalPageSize, elapsed, intervalElapsed, mbps);
}
private static void CollectGarbage()
{
GC.Collect();
GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(200);
GC.Collect();
GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
System.Threading.Thread.SpinWait(10);
}
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
static extern bool FlushViewOfFile(
IntPtr lpBaseAddress, int dwNumBytesToFlush);
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
static extern bool FlushFileBuffers(SafeFileHandle hFile);
}
我获得的性能结果（64 位 Win 7，慢速主轴磁盘）并不是很令人鼓舞。看来“fsync”性能很大程度上取决于要刷新的文件的大小，因此这主导了时间，而不是要刷新的“脏”数据量。下图显示了小基准应用程序 4 个不同设置选项的结果。
正如您所看到的，“fsync”的性能随着文件的增长而呈指数下降（直到几 GB 时它才真正停止）。此外，磁盘本身似乎并没有做很多事情（即资源监视器显示其活动时间仅为百分之几左右，并且其磁盘队列在大多数时间大多为空）。
我显然预计“fsync”性能会比正常的缓冲刷新差很多，但我预计它或多或少是恒定的并且与文件大小无关。像这样，它似乎表明它不能与单个大文件结合使用。
有人有解释、不同的经验或不同的解决方案来确保数据位于磁盘上并且具有或多或少恒定的、可预测的性能吗？
UPDATED请参阅下面答案中的新信息。
