Hello! The data i was able to find with lsscsi: Enclosure: [0:0:24:0] enclosu LSI SAS3x40 0601 - state=running queue_depth=254 scsi_level=6 type=13 device_blocked=0 timeout=0 Server https://www.supermicro.com/products/system/2u/2028/ssg-2028r-e1cr24l.cfm Drives are: === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Vendor: TOSHIBA Product: AL14SEB18EQ Revision: 0101 User Capacity: 1,800,360,124,416 bytes [1.80 TB] Logical block size: 512 bytes Physical block size: 4096 bytes Lowest aligned LBA: 0 Rotation Rate: 10500 rpm Form Factor: 2.5 inches Logical Unit id: 0x500003975840f759 Serial number: X6K0A0D5FZRC Device type: disk Transport protocol: SAS Local Time is: Mon Jun 5 09:51:56 2017 UTC SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled Temperature Warning: Enabled (don't think it matters though) On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 6:31 PM, Nikhil Kshirsagar <nkshirsa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Did you check max_sectors_kb ? We found once, in some setups with raid, in > particular with HP raid controllers, larger number of drives seemed to > reduce the value of max_sectors_kb. Sorry if its already mentioned, I > haven't read the entire thread in detail. > > On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 4:50 PM, Roger Heflin <rogerheflin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Also supply an "iostat -x 1 5" since that will show each disks usage. >> >> vmstat in my experience does not appear to show internal MD disk traffic. >> >> On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 1:33 AM, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx> wrote: >> > On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 12:59:01PM +0700, CoolCold wrote: >> >> Hello! >> >> Roman, i've updated the kernel to 4.11 and started "check" action, >> >> results are basically the same, output on github >> >> https://gist.github.com/CoolCold/663de7c006490d7fd0ac7cc98b7a6844 >> >> 1 cpu is overloaded, not more than 1.3 - 1.4GB/sec >> >> >> > >> > You need to provide more details about the actual storage setup. >> > >> > Like already said/asked for: >> > >> > - Which HBA are you using? >> > - Which PCIe link speed are you using for the HBA? >> > - Which driver version for the HBA? >> > - Which HBA firmware version? >> > >> > - How are the disks connected to the HBA ? Direct-connect, or via an >> > Expander? >> > - If you have an expander, what's the (SAS) link speed/count between the >> > HBA(s) and the Expander? >> > >> > >> > -- Pasi >> > >> >> On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 9:14 PM, Roman Mamedov <rm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> > On Wed, 31 May 2017 19:20:10 +0700 >> >> > CoolCold <coolthecold@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> Creation (disable write intent bitmap, with bitmap all is much >> >> >> worse): >> >> >> mdadm --create -c 64 -b none -n 20 -l 10 /dev/md1 /dev/sde /dev/sdf >> >> >> /dev/sdg /dev/sdh /dev/sdi /dev/sdj /dev/sdk /dev/sdl /dev/sdm >> >> >> /dev/sdn /dev/sdo /dev/sdp /dev/sdq /dev/sdr /dev/sds /dev/sdt >> >> >> /dev/sdu /dev/sdv /dev/sdw /dev/sdx >> >> >> >> >> >> kernel: >> >> >> [root@spare-a17484327407661 rovchinnikov]# cat /proc/version >> >> >> Linux version 3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64 >> >> >> (builder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) >> >> >> (gcc version 4.8.3 20140911 (Red Hat 4.8.3-9) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Thu Nov >> >> >> 19 22:10:57 UTC 2015 >> >> >> >> >> >> So, the question is - why cpu usage is so high and I suppose is a >> >> >> limit here? >> >> > >> >> > Definitely try a newer kernel, 4.4 at the very least; if no changes >> >> > then 4.11. >> >> > >> >> > Also I would suggest to try out larger chunk sizes, such as 512 and >> >> > 1024 KB. >> >> > >> >> > If you plan to use this long-term in production, also read up on the >> >> > various >> >> > RAID10 data layouts and their benefits and downsides (man md, search >> >> > for >> >> > "layout"; and search the Internet for benchmarks of all three). >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > With respect, >> >> > Roman >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Best regards, >> >> [COOLCOLD-RIPN] >> >> -- >> >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" >> >> in >> >> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> > -- >> > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in >> > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > -- Best regards, [COOLCOLD-RIPN] -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html