Hello Jason, according to this, latency between client and osd should not be the problem: (the high amount of user time in the measure above, network communication should not be the problem) Finding the involved osd: # ceph osd map RBD_XenStorage-07449252-bf96-4daa-b0a6-687b7f1c369c rbd_directory osdmap e7570 pool 'RBD_XenStorage-07449252-bf96-4daa-b0a6-687b7f1c369c' (14) object 'rbd_directory' -> pg 14.30a98c1c (14.1c) -> up ([36,0,38], p36) acting ([36,0,38], p36) # ceph osd find osd.36 { "osd": 36, "ip": "10.23.27.149:6826/7195", "crush_location": { "host": "ceph-ssd-s39", "root": "default" } } ssh ceph-ssd-s39 # nuttcp -w1m ceph-mon-s43 11186.3391 MB / 10.00 sec = 9381.8890 Mbps 12 %TX 32 %RX 0 retrans 0.15 msRTT # time rbd ls -l -p RBD_XenStorage-07449252-bf96-4daa-b0a6-687b7f1c369c --rbd_concurrent_management_ops=1 --id xen_test NAME SIZE PARENT FMT PROT LOCK RBD-0192938e-cb4b-4ee1-9988-b8145704ac81 20480M RBD_XenStorage-07449252-bf96-4daa-b0a6-687b7f1c369c/RBD-8b2cfe76-44b7-4393-b376-f675366831c3@BASE 2 RBD-0192938e-cb4b-4ee1-9988-b8145704ac81@BASE 20480M RBD_XenStorage-07449252-bf96-4daa-b0a6-687b7f1c369c/RBD-8b2cfe76-44b7-4393-b376-f675366831c3@BASE 2 yes ... RBD-feb32ab0-a5ee-44e6-9089-486e91ee8af3 20480M RBD_XenStorage-07449252-bf96-4daa-b0a6-687b7f1c369c/RBD-bbbc2ce0-4ad3-44ae-a52f-e57df0441e27@BASE 2 __srlock__ 0 2 real 0m23.667s user 0m15.949s sys 0m1.276s # time rbd ls -l -p RBD_XenStorage-07449252-bf96-4daa-b0a6-687b7f1c369c --rbd_concurrent_management_ops=1 --id xen_test NAME SIZE PARENT FMT PROT LOCK RBD-0192938e-cb4b-4ee1-9988-b8145704ac81 20480M RBD_XenStorage-07449252-bf96-4daa-b0a6-687b7f1c369c/RBD-8b2cfe76-44b7-4393-b376-f675366831c3@BASE 2 RBD-0192938e-cb4b-4ee1-9988-b8145704ac81@BASE 20480M RBD_XenStorage-07449252-bf96-4daa-b0a6-687b7f1c369c/RBD-8b2cfe76-44b7-4393-b376-f675366831c3@BASE 2 yes ... RBD-feb32ab0-a5ee-44e6-9089-486e91ee8af3 20480M RBD_XenStorage-07449252-bf96-4daa-b0a6-687b7f1c369c/RBD-bbbc2ce0-4ad3-44ae-a52f-e57df0441e27@BASE 2 .... __srlock__ 0 2 real 0m13.937s user 0m14.404s sys 0m1.089s Regards Marc Am 25.04.2018 um 16:38 schrieb Jason Dillaman: > I'd check your latency between your client and your cluster. On my > development machine w/ only a single OSD running and 200 clones, each > with 1 snapshot, "rbd -l" only takes a couple seconds for me: > > $ time rbd ls -l --rbd_concurrent_management_ops=1 | wc -l > 403 > > real 0m1.746s > user 0m1.136s > sys 0m0.169s > > Also, I have to ask, but how often are you expecting to scrape the > images from pool? The long directory list involves opening each image > in the pool (which involves numerous round-trips to the OSDs) plus > iterating through each snapshot (which also involves round-trips). > > On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 10:13 AM, Marc Schöchlin <ms@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hello Piotr, >> >> i updated the issue. >> (https://tracker.ceph.com/issues/23853?next_issue_id=23852&prev_issue_id=23854) >> >> # time rbd ls -l --pool >> RBD_XenStorage-07449252-bf96-4daa-b0a6-687b7f1c369c >> --rbd_concurrent_management_ops=1 >> NAME SIZE PARENT >> >> RBD-feb32ab0-a5ee-44e6-9089-486e91ee8af3 20480M >> RBD_XenStorage-07449252-bf96-4daa-b0a6-687b7f1c369c/RBD-bbbc2ce0-4ad3-44ae-a52f-e57df0441e27@BASE >> 2 >> __srlock__ >> 0 >> 2 >> .... >> real 0m18.562s >> user 0m12.513s >> sys 0m0.793s >> >> I also attached a json dump of my pool structure. >> >> Regards >> Marc >> >> Am 25.04.2018 um 14:46 schrieb Piotr Dałek: >>> On 18-04-25 02:29 PM, Marc Schöchlin wrote: >>>> Hello list, >>>> >>>> we are trying to integrate a storage repository in xenserver. >>>> (i also describe the problem as a issue in the ceph bugtracker: >>>> https://tracker.ceph.com/issues/23853) >>>> >>>> Summary: >>>> >>>> The slowness is a real pain for us, because this prevents the xen >>>> storage repository to work efficently. >>>> Gathering information for XEN Pools with hundreds of virtual machines >>>> (using "--format json") would be a real pain... >>>> The high user time consumption and the really huge amount of threads >>>> suggests that there is something really inefficient in the "rbd" >>>> utility. >>>> >>>> So what can i do to make "rbd ls -l" faster or to get comparable >>>> information regarding snapshot hierarchy information? >>> Can you run this command with extra argument >>> "--rbd_concurrent_management_ops=1" and share the timing of that? >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> ceph-users mailing list >> ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com > > _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com