Why do I see a consistent variation in performance between RHEL 5 and RHEL 6 when running benchmark tests on GFS2 ?

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Issue

  • When doing io performance testing to the same storage, GFS2 displays a consistent variation in performance between RHEL 5 and RHEL 6.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 (with the High Availability and Resilient Storage Add Ons)

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