Re: udev rule to set readahead on Ceph RBD's

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> Op 23 augustus 2016 om 22:24 schreef Nick Fisk <nick@xxxxxxxxxx>:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wido den Hollander [mailto:wido@xxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 23 August 2016 19:45
> > To: Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@xxxxxxxxx>; Nick Fisk <nick@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: ceph-users <ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re:  udev rule to set readahead on Ceph RBD's
> > 
> > 
> > > Op 23 augustus 2016 om 18:32 schreef Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 9:22 PM, Nick Fisk <nick@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >> -----Original Message-----
> > > >> From: Wido den Hollander [mailto:wido@xxxxxxxx]
> > > >> Sent: 22 August 2016 18:22
> > > >> To: ceph-users <ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; nick@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > >> Subject: Re:  udev rule to set readahead on Ceph RBD's
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> > Op 22 augustus 2016 om 15:17 schreef Nick Fisk <nick@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Hope it's useful to someone
> > > >> >
> > > >> > https://gist.github.com/fiskn/6c135ab218d35e8b53ec0148fca47bf6
> > > >> >
> > > >>
> > > >> Thanks for sharing. Might this be worth adding it to ceph-common?
> > > >
> > > > Maybe, Ilya kindly set the default for krbd to 4MB last year in the kernel, but maybe having this available would be handy if people
> > ever want a different default. It could be set to 4MB as well, with a note somewhere to point people at its direction if they need to
> > change it.
> > >
> > > I remember you running tests and us talking about it, but I didn't
> > > actually do it - the default is still a standard kernel-wide 128k.
> > > I hesitated because it's obviously a trade off and we didn't have a
> > > clear winner.  Whatever (sensible) default we pick, users with
> > > demanding all sequential workloads would want to crank it up anyway.
> 
> Yes sorry, I was getting mixed up with the default max_sectors_kb which is now 4MB.
> 
> > >
> > > I don't have an opinion on the udev file.
> > >
> > 
> > I would vote for adding it to ceph-common so that it's there and users can easily change it.
> > 
> > We can still default it to 128k which makes it just a file change for users.
> 
> Yep, this sounds like a good idea
> 

Can you send a Pull Request on Github for this?

Wido

> > 
> > Wido
> > 
> > > >
> > > >>
> > > >> And is 16MB something we should want by default or does this apply to your situation better?
> > > >
> > > > It sort of applies to me. With a 4MB readahead you will probably struggle to get much more than around 50-80MB/s sequential
> > reads, as the read ahead will only ever hit 1 object at a time. If you want to get nearer 200MB/s then you need to set either 16 or
> > 32MB readahead. I need it to stream to LTO6 tape. Depending on what you are doing this may or may not be required.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > >                 Ilya
>
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