Re: [zfs-discuss] x4500 performance tuning.

2008-07-25 Thread Richard Elling
Moore, Joe wrote: > Richard Elling wrote: > >> There are known issues with the Marvell drivers in X4500s. You will >> want to pay attention to the release notes, SRDBs, InfoDocs, >> and SunAlerts >> for the platform. >> http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/validateUser.do?target=Sy >> stems/Su

Re: [zfs-discuss] x4500 performance tuning.

2008-07-25 Thread Moore, Joe
Richard Elling wrote: > There are known issues with the Marvell drivers in X4500s. You will > want to pay attention to the release notes, SRDBs, InfoDocs, > and SunAlerts > for the platform. > http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/validateUser.do?target=Sy > stems/SunFireX4500/SunFireX4500 > > Yo

Re: [zfs-discuss] x4500 performance tuning.

2008-07-24 Thread Eric Schrock
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 08:38:21PM -0700, Neal Pollack wrote: > > As of build 94, it does not automatically bring the disk online. > I replaced a failed disk on an x4500 today running Nevada build 94, and > still > had to manually issue > > # cfgadm -c configure sata1/3 > # zpool replace tank cx

Re: [zfs-discuss] x4500 performance tuning.

2008-07-24 Thread Neal Pollack
Lida Horn wrote: Richard Elling wrote: There are known issues with the Marvell drivers in X4500s. You will want to pay attention to the release notes, SRDBs, InfoDocs, and SunAlerts for the platform. http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/validateUser.do?target=Systems/SunFireX4500/SunFireX450

Re: [zfs-discuss] x4500 performance tuning.

2008-07-24 Thread Lida Horn
Richard Elling wrote: > There are known issues with the Marvell drivers in X4500s. You will > want to pay attention to the release notes, SRDBs, InfoDocs, and SunAlerts > for the platform. > http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/validateUser.do?target=Systems/SunFireX4500/SunFireX4500 > > You will

Re: [zfs-discuss] x4500 performance tuning.

2008-07-24 Thread Jorgen Lundman
Since we were drowning, we decided to go ahead and reboot with my guesses, even though I have not heard and expert opinions on the changes. (Also, 3 mins was way under estimated. It takes 12 minutes to reboot our x4500). The new values are: (original) set bufhwm_pct=10(2%) set m

Re: [zfs-discuss] x4500 performance tuning.

2008-07-24 Thread Brett Monroe
> Yup, and the Supermicro card uses the "Marvell > Hercules-2 88SX6081 (Rev. C0) SATA Host Controller", > which is part of the series supported by the same > driver: > http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-5177/marvell88sx > 7d?a=view. I've seen the Supermicro card mentioned > in connection with t

Re: [zfs-discuss] x4500 performance tuning.

2008-07-24 Thread Ross
> Ross, > > The X4500 uses 6x Marvell 88SX SATA controllers for > its internal disks. They are not Supermicro > controllers. The new X4540 uses an LSI chipset > instead of the Marvell chipset. > > --Brett Yup, and the Supermicro card uses the "Marvell Hercules-2 88SX6081 (Rev. C0) SATA Host C

Re: [zfs-discuss] x4500 performance tuning.

2008-07-24 Thread Brett Monroe
Ross, The X4500 uses 6x Marvell 88SX SATA controllers for its internal disks. They are not Supermicro controllers. The new X4540 uses an LSI chipset instead of the Marvell chipset. --Brett This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] x4500 performance tuning.

2008-07-24 Thread Richard Elling
There are known issues with the Marvell drivers in X4500s. You will want to pay attention to the release notes, SRDBs, InfoDocs, and SunAlerts for the platform. http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/validateUser.do?target=Systems/SunFireX4500/SunFireX4500 You will want to especially pay attention

Re: [zfs-discuss] x4500 performance tuning.

2008-07-24 Thread Ross
Have any of you guys reported this to Sun? A quick search of the bug database doesn't bring up anything that appears related to sata drives and hanging or hot swapping. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discu

Re: [zfs-discuss] x4500 performance tuning.

2008-07-24 Thread Glaser, David
2008 7:40 AM To: zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] x4500 performance tuning. We have had a disk fail in the the existing x4500 and it sure froze the whole server. I believe it is an OS problem which (should have) been fixed in a version newer than we have. If you want me to tes

Re: [zfs-discuss] x4500 performance tuning.

2008-07-24 Thread Jorgen Lundman
We have had a disk fail in the the existing x4500 and it sure froze the whole server. I believe it is an OS problem which (should have) been fixed in a version newer than we have. If you want me to test it on the new x4500 because it runs Sol10 508 I can do. Ross wrote: > Hi Jorgen, > > This

Re: [zfs-discuss] x4500 performance tuning.

2008-07-24 Thread Ross
Hi Jorgen, This isn't an answer to your problem I'm afraid, but a request for you to do a test when you get your new x4500. Could you try pulling a SATA drive to see if the system hangs? I'm finding Solaris just locks up if I pull a drive connected to the Supermicro AOC-SAT2-MV8 card, and I w

Re: [zfs-discuss] x4500 performance tuning.

2008-07-23 Thread Jorgen Lundman
>> SunOS x4500-01.unix 5.11 snv_70b i86pc i386 i86pc > That's a very old release, have you considered upgrading? > Ian. > It was the absolute latest version available when we received the x4500, and now it is live and supporting a large number of customers. However, the 2nd unit will arrive nex

Re: [zfs-discuss] x4500 performance tuning.

2008-07-23 Thread Ian Collins
Jorgen Lundman writes: > > We are having slow performance with the UFS volumes on the x4500. They > are slow even on the local server. Which makes me think it is (for once) > not NFS related. > > > Current settings: > > SunOS x4500-01.unix 5.11 snv_70b i86pc i386 i86pc > That's a very ol

[zfs-discuss] x4500 performance tuning.

2008-07-23 Thread Jorgen Lundman
We are having slow performance with the UFS volumes on the x4500. They are slow even on the local server. Which makes me think it is (for once) not NFS related. Current settings: SunOS x4500-01.unix 5.11 snv_70b i86pc i386 i86pc # cat /etc/release Solaris Express Developer Ed