Good afternoon,
We're running into some pretty severe performance issues with gluster
when we're using io-cache on the server side. We're just doing some
basic performance measuring between one server and one client. Here's
our setup:
client:
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volume client
type protocol/client
option transport-type tcp
option remote-host server
option remote-subvolume io-cache
end-volume
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server:
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volume posix
type storage/posix
option directory /tmp/gluster
end-volume
volume posix-locks
type features/locks
subvolumes posix
end-volume
volume io-cache
type performance/io-cache
option cache-size 8GB
subvolumes posix-locks
end-volume
volume server
type protocol/server
subvolumes io-cache
option transport-type tcp
option auth.addr.io-cache.allow *
end-volume
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We're just testing streaming a 4gb file full of /dev/random through
gluster with a "cat /mnt/glusterfs/giant-4gb | pv > /dev/null". The
two machines are completely idle. On the client side, the copy starts
out fine at about 112 MB/s, but once we hit about 1.75gb transfered
the performance plummets:
110MB 0:00:01 [ 110MB/s]
223MB 0:00:02 [ 113MB/s]
336MB 0:00:03 [ 113MB/s]
448MB 0:00:04 [ 113MB/s]
533MB 0:00:05 [ 79MB/s]
637MB 0:00:06 [ 113MB/s]
750MB 0:00:07 [ 113MB/s]
863MB 0:00:08 [ 113MB/s]
975MB 0:00:09 [ 113MB/s]
1.06GB 0:00:10 [ 113MB/s]
1.17GB 0:00:11 [ 113MB/s]
1.28GB 0:00:12 [ 113MB/s]
1.39GB 0:00:13 [ 113MB/s]
1.5GB 0:00:14 [ 113MB/s]
1.61GB 0:00:15 [ 111MB/s]
1.72GB 0:00:16 [ 106MB/s]
1.81GB 0:00:17 [99.3MB/s]
1.9GB 0:00:18 [93.7MB/s]
1.99GB 0:00:19 [86.8MB/s]
2.07GB 0:00:20 [82.8MB/s]
2.11GB 0:00:21 [44.9MB/s]
2.19GB 0:00:22 [74.5MB/s]
2.25GB 0:00:23 [70.4MB/s]
2.32GB 0:00:24 [66.9MB/s]
2.38GB 0:00:25 [59.6MB/s]
2.43GB 0:00:26 [55.7MB/s]
2.48GB 0:00:27 [ 53MB/s]
2.53GB 0:00:28 [50.4MB/s]
2.58GB 0:00:29 [48.3MB/s]
2.63GB 0:00:30 [47.6MB/s]
2.67GB 0:00:31 [45.5MB/s]
2.71GB 0:00:32 [43.8MB/s]
2.76GB 0:00:33 [42.2MB/s]
2.8GB 0:00:34 [40.9MB/s]
2.83GB 0:00:35 [39.6MB/s]
2.87GB 0:00:36 [37.8MB/s]
2.91GB 0:00:37 [36.5MB/s]
2.94GB 0:00:38 [ 35MB/s]
2.98GB 0:00:39 [34.5MB/s]
3.01GB 0:00:40 [33.9MB/s]
3.04GB 0:00:41 [33.1MB/s]
3.07GB 0:00:42 [32.8MB/s]
3.1GB 0:00:43 [28.5MB/s]
3.12GB 0:00:44 [21.2MB/s]
On the server side, the output of dstat shows that the server is just
not sending much data at all:
----total-cpu-usage---- -disk/dm-0----disk/sda- --net/eth1-
---paging-- ---system--
usr sys idl wai hiq siq|_read write _read write|_recv _send|__in_
_out_|_int_ _csw_
72 1 24 2 0 0| 0 0 : 0 0 | 0 0 | 0 0
| 0 0
0 0 100 0 0 0| 0 0 : 0 0 |3274B 5256B| 0 0
| 286 424
0 0 99 1 0 0| 0 76k: 0 76k|1738B 3378B| 0 0
| 283 422
0 0 100 0 0 0| 0 0 : 0 0 |1664B 3332B| 0 0
| 286 408
0 0 99 1 0 0| 0 0 : 0 144k|1728B 3390B| 0 0
| 278 408
0 0 100 0 0 0| 0 0 : 0 0 |1344B 2724B| 0 0
| 275 404
0 0 100 0 0 0| 0 0 : 0 0 |1280B 2840B| 0 0
| 283 406
1 1 90 8 0 0| 0 796k: 0 796k|1600B 3194B| 0 0
| 413 455
0 0 100 0 0 0| 0 0 : 0 0 |1992B 3943B| 0 0
| 282 393
0 1 99 0 0 0| 0 0 : 0 12k|1472B 2982B| 0 0
|3144 954
1 3 94 0 0 3| 0 20k: 0 20k| 201k 23.1M| 0 0
|14.8k 4039
1 3 94 0 0 3| 0 0 : 0 0 |1995k 235M| 0 0
|14.8k 4009
1 4 92 1 0 2| 0 88k: 0 88k| 991k 118M| 0 0
|14.7k 3967
2 4 92 1 0 2| 0 100k: 0 100k| 986k 117M| 0 0
|14.6k 4075
2 3 93 1 0 2| 0 0 : 0 48k| 989k 118M| 0 0
|14.6k 3821
3 3 92 0 0 2| 0 276k: 0 276k| 994k 118M| 0 0
|14.7k 3537
2 4 92 0 0 2| 0 0 : 0 0 | 996k 118M| 0 0
|14.7k 3168
3 3 91 0 0 2| 0 0 : 0 0 | 999k 118M| 0 0
|14.7k 2677
4 4 90 1 0 2| 0 56k: 0 56k| 999k 118M| 0 0
|14.7k 2246
5 3 88 1 1 2| 0 0 : 0 12k| 993k 118M| 0 0
|14.7k 2254
6 4 87 0 1 2| 0 0 : 0 0 | 995k 117M| 0 0
|14.8k 2182
8 3 87 0 0 3| 0 0 : 0 0 | 986k 118M| 0 0
|14.6k 2202
12 3 83 1 0 1| 0 180k: 0 176k| 989k 116M| 0 0
|14.7k 2175
10 3 80 4 0 3| 0 192k: 0 196k| 997k 116M| 0 0
|15.2k 2170
11 3 81 0 1 4| 0 0 : 0 28k|1009k 114M| 0 0
|15.8k 2145
15 2 81 0 0 2| 0 0 : 0 0 | 941k 105M| 0 0
|14.9k 2004
16 3 79 0 0 2| 0 0 : 0 0 | 897k 101M| 0 0
|14.5k 1655
16 3 78 0 0 3| 0 0 : 0 0 | 899k 93.5M| 0 0
|14.5k 1765
20 3 74 1 0 2| 0 100k: 0 100k| 842k 88.6M| 0 0
|13.9k 1576
19 3 75 1 0 3| 0 0 : 0 12k| 792k 83.8M| 0 0
|13.5k 722
22 2 75 0 0 1| 0 12k: 0 16k| 733k 77.7M| 0 0
|12.6k 423
22 2 75 0 0 2| 0 0 : 0 0 | 668k 71.5M| 0 0
|11.6k 403
23 1 75 0 0 1| 0 0 : 0 0 | 620k 66.5M| 0 0
|10.8k 379
22 2 74 1 0 1| 0 36k: 0 36k| 580k 62.3M| 0 0
|10.1k 429
22 2 75 0 0 2| 0 0 : 0 12k| 548k 58.8M| 0 0
|9578 377
22 2 75 0 0 2| 0 8192B: 0 228k| 515k 55.1M| 0 0
|9099 406
23 2 75 0 0 1| 0 0 : 0 0 | 492k 52.7M| 0 0
|8639 394
23 1 74 1 0 2| 0 60k: 0 60k| 469k 50.3M| 0 0
|8261 411
25 1 68 4 0 1| 0 340k: 0 340k| 464k 49.8M| 0 0
|8354 422
24 1 72 1 0 2| 0 0 : 0 12k| 451k 48.6M| 0 0
|8070 468
24 2 74 0 0 1| 0 32k: 0 32k| 429k 46.0M| 0 0
|7487 470
25 2 72 0 0 1| 0 0 : 0 0 | 405k 42.6M| 0 0
|7182 555
24 1 73 0 0 1| 0 0 : 0 0 | 399k 42.8M| 0 0
|7075 379
23 2 75 0 0 1| 0 176k: 0 176k| 380k 40.8M| 0 0
|6715 402
23 1 74 0 0 1| 0 0 : 0 40k| 366k 39.3M| 0 0
|6497 388
24 1 75 0 0 1| 0 0 : 0 0 | 356k 38.2M| 0 0
|6316 393
23 1 75 0 0 1| 0 0 : 0 0 | 345k 37.2M| 0 0
|6181 405
23 1 75 0 0 1| 0 0 : 0 0 | 337k 36.2M| 0 0
|6024 408
23 1 74 1 0 1| 0 60k: 0 60k| 332k 35.5M| 0 0
|5922 394
24 1 74 1 0 1| 0 0 : 0 12k| 323k 34.6M| 0 0
|5744 401
21 1 78 0 0 1| 0 156k: 0 156k| 278k 29.9M| 0 0
|5063 410
23 2 75 0 0 1| 0 0 : 0 0 | 309k 33.2M| 0 0
|5520 409
24 1 75 0 0 1| 0 0 : 0 0 | 303k 32.4M| 0 0
|5450 387
23 3 68 5 0 1| 0 356k: 0 356k| 255k 27.2M| 0 0
|4378 449
24 1 74 1 0 1| 0 0 : 0 12k| 202k 21.3M| 0 0
|3659 402
24 1 75 0 0 1| 0 0 : 0 0 | 193k 20.5M| 0 0
|3538 393
23 1 75 0 0 1| 0 0 : 0 0 | 190k 20.3M| 0 0
|3490 394
24 1 75 0 0 1| 0 0 : 0 0 | 188k 20.1M| 0 0
|3458 395
23 2 73 2 0 0| 0 116k: 0 116k| 185k 19.9M| 0 0
|3434 395
24 1 74 0 0 1| 0 0 : 0 12k| 184k 19.7M| 0 0
|3431 466
15 1 84 0 0 1| 0 0 : 0 0 | 162k 16.8M| 0 0
|2300 401
0 0 100 0 0 0| 0 0 : 0 0 | 842B 1974B| 0 0
| 267 388
Looking at the process itself, you can see that the cpu usage stays
constant for a couple seconds, but then rises until it maxes out at
100%. When it hits 100% the transfer speed plummets:
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
11975 root 17 0 31336 1916 804 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 glusterfsd
11975 root 17 0 31336 1916 804 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 glusterfsd
11975 root 17 0 31336 1916 804 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 glusterfsd
11975 root 17 0 31336 1916 804 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 glusterfsd
11975 root 17 0 31336 1916 804 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 glusterfsd
11975 root 16 0 105m 77m 888 R 20 0.5 0:00.20 glusterfsd
11975 root 15 0 222m 193m 888 S 29 1.2 0:00.49 glusterfsd
11975 root 15 0 339m 310m 888 S 34 1.9 0:00.83 glusterfsd
11975 root 15 0 456m 427m 888 R 27 2.7 0:01.10 glusterfsd
11975 root 15 0 572m 544m 888 S 36 3.4 0:01.46 glusterfsd
11975 root 15 0 688m 659m 888 S 44 4.1 0:01.90 glusterfsd
11975 root 15 0 804m 776m 888 S 48 4.9 0:02.38 glusterfsd
11975 root 15 0 921m 893m 888 S 45 5.6 0:02.83 glusterfsd
11975 root 15 0 1035m 1.0g 888 S 52 6.3 0:03.35 glusterfsd
11975 root 15 0 1150m 1.1g 888 S 53 7.0 0:03.88 glusterfsd
11975 root 16 0 1263m 1.2g 888 R 61 7.7 0:04.49 glusterfsd
11975 root 15 0 1371m 1.3g 888 S 65 8.4 0:05.14 glusterfsd
11975 root 15 0 1474m 1.4g 888 S 73 9.1 0:05.87 glusterfsd
11975 root 15 0 1573m 1.5g 888 S 79 9.7 0:06.66 glusterfsd
11975 root 15 0 1666m 1.6g 888 S 84 10.3 0:07.50 glusterfsd
11975 root 16 0 1755m 1.7g 888 R 90 10.8 0:08.40 glusterfsd
11975 root 16 0 1839m 1.8g 888 R 94 11.3 0:09.34 glusterfsd
11975 root 17 0 1919m 1.8g 888 R 98 11.9 0:10.32 glusterfsd
11975 root 19 0 1994m 1.9g 888 R 100 12.3 0:11.32 glusterfsd
11975 root 21 0 2063m 2.0g 888 R 100 12.7 0:12.32 glusterfsd
11975 root 25 0 2125m 2.0g 888 R 101 13.1 0:13.33 glusterfsd
11975 root 25 0 2184m 2.1g 888 R 99 13.5 0:14.32 glusterfsd
11975 root 25 0 2238m 2.2g 888 R 100 13.9 0:15.32 glusterfsd
11975 root 25 0 2290m 2.2g 888 R 100 14.2 0:16.32 glusterfsd
11975 root 25 0 2340m 2.3g 888 R 100 14.5 0:17.32 glusterfsd
11975 root 25 0 2386m 2.3g 888 R 100 14.8 0:18.32 glusterfsd
11975 root 25 0 2431m 2.3g 888 R 101 15.1 0:19.33 glusterfsd
11975 root 25 0 2473m 2.4g 888 R 99 15.3 0:20.32 glusterfsd
11975 root 25 0 2514m 2.4g 888 R 101 15.6 0:21.33 glusterfsd
...
This is repeatable. With the same glusterfs and glusterfsd (that has
it's cache now full with the 4.1gb file), the pattern is exactly the
same. The copy maxes out at 112 MB/s for a couple seconds, but once
around 1.5gb has been copied the glusterfsd cpu spikes to 100% and the
transfer speed plummets. In comparison, when I disable the cache (and
just let the kernel manage the file caching), with these files:
client:
#############################
volume client
type protocol/client
option transport-type tcp
option remote-host server
option remote-subvolume posix-locks
end-volume
#############################
server:
#############################
volume posix
type storage/posix
option directory /tmp/gluster
end-volume
volume posix-locks
type features/locks
subvolumes posix
end-volume
volume server
type protocol/server
subvolumes posix-locks
option transport-type tcp
option auth.addr.posix-locks.allow *
end-volume
###############################
The transfer stays at 112 MB/s the entire copy, and glusterfsd cpu
usage doesn't go above 30%. Does anyone know what's going on?
