Re: Some hint for a DELL PowerEdge T440/PERC H750 Controller...

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With the LSI HBAs I’ve used, HBA cache seemed to only be used for VDs, not for passthrough drives. And then with various nasty bugs.  Be careful not to conflate HBA cache with cache on the HDD itself. 

> On Apr 15, 2023, at 11:51 AM, Konstantin Shalygin <k0ste@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Current controller mode is RAID. You can switch to HBA mode and disable cache in controller settings at the BIOS
> 
> 
> k
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On 15 Apr 2023, at 12:11, Marco Gaiarin <gaio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> Mandi! Frank Schilder
>> In chel di` si favelave...
>> 
>>>> iops        : min=    2, max=   40, avg=21.13, stdev= 6.10, samples=929
>>>> iops        : min=    2, max=   42, avg=21.52, stdev= 6.56, samples=926
>>> That looks horrible.
>> 
>> Exactly, horrible.
>> 
>> The strange thing is that we came from an homegrown Ceph cluster built using
>> old hardware (HP G6 servers) and spare disks, that perform 'better', or at
>> least perform 'more uniformly' that this 'new'.
>> 
>> With these embarassing IOPS, sooner or later we reach the point where
>> performances go to the ground, and sometimes it suffices to launch some
>> 'find' on the filesystem involved...
>> 
>> 
>>> We also have a few SATA HDDs in Dell servers and they do about 100-150 IOP/s read or write. Originally, I was also a bit afraid that these disks would drag performance down, but they are on par with the NL-SAS drives.
>>> For ceph we use the cheapest Dell disk controller one can get (Dell HBA330 Mini (Embedded)) and it works perfectly. All ceph-disks are configured non-raid, which is equivalent to JBOD mode or pass-through. These controllers have no cache options, if your do, disable all of them. Mode should be write-through.
>>> For your disk type I saw "volatile write cache available = yes" on "the internet". This looks a bit odd, but maybe these HDDs do have some volatile cache. Try to disable it with smartctl and do the benchmark again.
>> 
>> Sorry, i'm a bit puzzled here.
>> 
>> Matthias suggest to enable write cache, you suggest to disble it... or i'm
>> cache-confused?! ;-)
>> 
>> 
>> My actually controller configuration is:
>> 
>> root@pppve1:~# perccli /c0 show
>> Generating detailed summary of the adapter, it may take a while to complete.
>> 
>> CLI Version = 007.1910.0000.0000 Oct 08, 2021
>> Operating system = Linux 5.4.203-1-pve
>> Controller = 0
>> Status = Success
>> Description = None
>> 
>> Product Name = PERC H750 Adapter
>> Serial Number = 23L01Y6
>> SAS Address =  5f4ee0802ba3a400
>> PCI Address = 00:b3:00:00
>> System Time = 04/14/2023 18:03:24
>> Mfg. Date = 03/25/22
>> Controller Time = 04/14/2023 16:03:22
>> FW Package Build = 52.16.1-4405
>> BIOS Version = 7.16.00.0_0x07100501
>> FW Version = 5.160.02-3552
>> Driver Name = megaraid_sas
>> Driver Version = 07.713.01.00-rc1
>> Current Personality = RAID-Mode 
>> Vendor Id = 0x1000
>> Device Id = 0x10E2
>> SubVendor Id = 0x1028
>> SubDevice Id = 0x2176
>> Host Interface = PCI-E
>> Device Interface = SAS-12G
>> Bus Number = 179
>> Device Number = 0
>> Function Number = 0
>> Domain ID = 0
>> Security Protocol = None
>> JBOD Drives = 6
>> 
>> JBOD LIST :
>> =========
>> 
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ID EID:Slt DID State Intf Med       Size SeSz Model                Vendor   Port 
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 0 64:0      6 Onln  SATA SSD 447.130 GB 512B MTFDDAK480TDT        ATA      x1   
>> 1 64:1      8 Onln  SATA SSD 447.130 GB 512B MTFDDAK480TDT        ATA      x1   
>> 3 64:3      7 Onln  SATA SSD 447.130 GB 512B MZ7KH480HAHQ0D3      ATA      x1   
>> 5 64:5      9 Onln  SATA HDD   3.638 TB 512B HGST HUS726T4TALA6L0 ATA      x1   
>> 6 64:6     10 Onln  SATA HDD   3.638 TB 512B HGST HUS726T4TALA6L0 ATA      x1   
>> 7 64:7     11 Onln  SATA HDD   3.638 TB 512B HGST HUS726T4TALA6L0 ATA      x1   
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> ID=JBOD Target ID|EID=Enclosure Device ID|Slt=Slot No|DID=Device ID|Onln=Online
>> Offln=Offline|Intf=Interface|Med=Media Type|SeSz=Sector Size
>> SED=Self Encryptive Drive|PI=Protection Info|Sp=Spun|U=Up|D=Down
>> 
>> Physical Drives = 6
>> 
>> PD LIST :
>> =======
>> 
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> EID:Slt DID State DG       Size Intf Med SED PI SeSz Model                Sp Type 
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 64:0      6 Onln  -  447.130 GB SATA SSD N   N  512B MTFDDAK480TDT        U  JBOD 
>> 64:1      8 Onln  -  447.130 GB SATA SSD N   N  512B MTFDDAK480TDT        U  JBOD 
>> 64:3      7 Onln  -  447.130 GB SATA SSD N   N  512B MZ7KH480HAHQ0D3      U  JBOD 
>> 64:5      9 Onln  -    3.638 TB SATA HDD N   N  512B HGST HUS726T4TALA6L0 U  JBOD 
>> 64:6     10 Onln  -    3.638 TB SATA HDD N   N  512B HGST HUS726T4TALA6L0 U  JBOD 
>> 64:7     11 Onln  -    3.638 TB SATA HDD N   N  512B HGST HUS726T4TALA6L0 U  JBOD 
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> EID=Enclosure Device ID|Slt=Slot No|DID=Device ID|DG=DriveGroup
>> DHS=Dedicated Hot Spare|UGood=Unconfigured Good|GHS=Global Hotspare
>> UBad=Unconfigured Bad|Sntze=Sanitize|Onln=Online|Offln=Offline|Intf=Interface
>> Med=Media Type|SED=Self Encryptive Drive|PI=Protection Info
>> SeSz=Sector Size|Sp=Spun|U=Up|D=Down|T=Transition|F=Foreign
>> UGUnsp=UGood Unsupported|UGShld=UGood shielded|HSPShld=Hotspare shielded
>> CFShld=Configured shielded|Cpybck=CopyBack|CBShld=Copyback Shielded
>> UBUnsp=UBad Unsupported|Rbld=Rebuild
>> 
>> Enclosures = 1
>> 
>> Enclosure LIST :
>> ==============
>> 
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>> EID State Slots PD PS Fans TSs Alms SIM Port# ProdID VendorSpecific 
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 64 OK        8  6  0    0   0    0   0 -     BP14G+      ?         
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> EID=Enclosure Device ID | PD=Physical drive count | PS=Power Supply count
>> TSs=Temperature sensor count | Alms=Alarm count | SIM=SIM Count | ProdID=Product ID
>> 
>> 
>> BBU_Info :
>> ========
>> 
>> ----------------------------------------------
>> Model State   RetentionTime Temp Mode MfgDate 
>> ----------------------------------------------
>> BBU   Optimal 0 hour(s)     48C  -    0/00/00 
>> ----------------------------------------------
>> 
>> 
>> So BBU seems enabled.
>> 
>> -- 
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>>                           (@nucleus)
>> 
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