Re: [perf-discuss] 100% kernel usage

2009-06-15 Thread arjun
Some more insight: I have the following zpools setup: aaa_zvol: 2 250GB IDE in Raid0 storage raidZ1: 1 500 GB IDE 1 500 GB SATA //aaa_zvol/aaa_zvol (the zvol exported from the aaa_zvol pool) When I run the array in a degraded mode, ie place one of the drives in the offline state, t

Re: [perf-discuss] 100% kernel usage

2009-06-14 Thread arjun
>>Is the target zfs using compression (lzjb, or maybe gzip)? Nope. No compression >>lockstat -kIW -D 20 sleep 20 Tried that. When kernel hits 99%, lockstat doesn't return. I left it overnight with a 20 second profile period and it still hadn't return. Regards. -- This message posted from ope

Re: [perf-discuss] 100% kernel usage

2009-06-14 Thread Jürgen Keil
> Just installed 2009.06 and encounter 100% kernel > usage when I copy large files from the network to a > zpool. I have tried to use both the smb client and > rsync to do the transfer. Is the target zfs using compression (lzjb, or maybe gzip)? > The transfer begins with no issues, however, aft

[perf-discuss] 100% kernel usage

2009-06-14 Thread arjun
Hi, Just installed 2009.06 and encounter 100% kernel usage when I copy large files from the network to a zpool. I have tried to use both the smb client and rsync to do the transfer. The transfer begins with no issues, however, after 20-30 seconds, kernel usage (as indicated by top) jumps to 9