Hi Boris, You have sysfs access in /sys/block/<device>/device - this will show a lot of settings. You can go to this directory on CentOS vs. Ubuntu, and see if any setting is different? -- Alex Gorbachev https://alextelescope.blogspot.com On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 5:14 AM Boris Behrens <bb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Sven, > thanks for the input. > > So I did some testing and "maybe" optimization. > The same disk type in two different hosts (one Ubuntu and one Centos7) have > VERY different iostat %util values: > Ubuntu: > Device r/s rkB/s rrqm/s %rrqm r_await rareq-sz w/s > wkB/s wrqm/s %wrqm w_await wareq-sz d/s dkB/s drqm/s %drqm > d_await dareq-sz aqu-sz %util > sdh 45.60 2419.20 20.40 30.91 1.03 53.05 1949.40 > 12928.80 516.00 20.93 0.10 6.63 0.00 0.00 0.00 > 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 66.00 > > Centos: > Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rkB/s wkB/s avgrq-sz > avgqu-sz await r_await w_await svctm %util > sdy 6,40 352,80 30,60 1264,40 1705,60 11061,60 19,72 > 0,24 0,18 2,39 0,13 0,08 9,82 > > What I tried on the Ubuntu Host: > - disable write cache (no difference) > - set the scheduler from mq-deadline to none (ubuntu seems to not have > noop, or it might be the same) (no difference) > - set tune-adm to latency=performance (made it slightly better) > > It is really strange to see these high util values only on the ubuntu host. > > > > > Am Di., 6. Dez. 2022 um 19:22 Uhr schrieb Sven Kieske < > S.Kieske@xxxxxxxxxxx > >: > > > On Di, 2022-12-06 at 15:38 +0100, Boris Behrens wrote: > > > I've cross checked the other 8TB disks in our cluster, which are around > > > 30-50% with roughly the same IOPs. > > > Maybe I am missing some optimization, that is done on the centos7 > nodes, > > > but not on the ubuntu20.04 node. (If you know something from the top of > > > your head, I am happy to hear it). > > > Maybe it is just another measuring on ubuntu. > > > > the very first thing I would check is the drive read/write caches: > > > > > > > https://docs.ceph.com/en/quincy/start/hardware-recommendations/#write-caches > > > > (this part of the docs also applies to earlier ceph releases, but wasn't > > available > > in older releases) > > > > I'd recommend installing the udev rule which switches write caches off. > > > > You might want to evaluate first if your drives perform better or worse > > without caches. > > > > IIRC there where some reports on this ML that performance was even worse > > on some drives without the cache for certain workloads. > > > > But I never experienced this myself. > > > > HTH > > > > -- > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Regards > > > > Sven Kieske > > Systementwickler / systems engineer > > > > > > Mittwald CM Service GmbH & Co. KG > > Königsberger Straße 4-6 > > 32339 Espelkamp > > > > Tel.: 05772 / 293-900 > > Fax: 05772 / 293-333 > > > > https://www.mittwald.de > > > > Geschäftsführer: Robert Meyer, Florian Jürgens > > > > St.Nr.: 331/5721/1033, USt-IdNr.: DE814773217, HRA 6640, AG Bad > Oeynhausen > > Komplementärin: Robert Meyer Verwaltungs GmbH, HRB 13260, AG Bad > Oeynhausen > > > > Informationen zur Datenverarbeitung im Rahmen unserer Geschäftstätigkeit > > gemäß Art. 13-14 DSGVO sind unter www.mittwald.de/ds abrufbar. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@xxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-leave@xxxxxxx > > > > > -- > Die Selbsthilfegruppe "UTF-8-Probleme" trifft sich diesmal abweichend im > groüen Saal. > _______________________________________________ > ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@xxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-leave@xxxxxxx > _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@xxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-leave@xxxxxxx
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