Re: [PERFORM] Poor performance on HP Package Cluster

2005-09-04 Thread Luke Lonergan
Title: Re: [PERFORM] Poor performance on HP Package Cluster Sure – I posted the excel spreadsheet to the list right after my message, but I think it blocks attachments.  I’ll send it to you now privately. I recommend switching to software RAID 10 or 5 using simple SCSI U320 adapter(s) from LSI

Re: [PERFORM] Poor performance on HP Package Cluster

2005-09-04 Thread Ernst Einstein
Hi ! Sorry, for my late answer. I was unavailable for a few days... Yes, I'm using the build-in HP Smart Array Controller. Both, the internal disks, and the external storrage are using the controller. Can you send me your test results? I'm interested in it. I've done some testing now. I've

Re: [PERFORM] Poor performance on HP Package Cluster

2005-09-01 Thread Luke Lonergan
Dan, On 9/1/05 4:02 PM, "Dan Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you have any sources for that information? I am running dual > SmartArray 6402's in my DL585 and haven't noticed anything poor about > their performance. I've previously posted comprehensive results using the 5i and 6xxx serie

Re: [PERFORM] Poor performance on HP Package Cluster

2005-09-01 Thread Dan Harris
Do you have any sources for that information? I am running dual SmartArray 6402's in my DL585 and haven't noticed anything poor about their performance. On Sep 1, 2005, at 2:24 PM, Luke Lonergan wrote: Are you using the built-in HP SmartArray RAID/SCSI controllers? If so, that could be

Re: [PERFORM] Poor performance on HP Package Cluster

2005-09-01 Thread Luke Lonergan
Are you using the built-in HP SmartArray RAID/SCSI controllers? If so, that could be your problem, they are known to have terrible and variable performance with Linux. The only good fix is to add a simple SCSI controller to your system (HP sells them) and stay away from hardware RAID. - Luke

Re: [PERFORM] Poor performance on HP Package Cluster

2005-09-01 Thread Ron
Your HD raw IO rate seems fine, so the problem is not likely to be with the HDs. That consistent ~10x increase in how long it takes to do an import or a select is noteworthy. This "smells" like an interconnect problem. Was the Celeron locally connected to the HDs while the new Xeons are net

[PERFORM] Poor performance on HP Package Cluster

2005-09-01 Thread Ernst Einstein
Hi! I've set up a Package Cluster ( Fail-Over Cluster ) on our two HP DL380 G4 with MSA Storrage G2.( Xeon 3,4Ghz, 6GB Ram, 2x [EMAIL PROTECTED] Raid1) The system is running under Suse Linux Enterprise Server. My problem is, that the performance is very low. On our old Server ( Celeron 2Ghz with