> What is the SAS controller? the RAID controller? HP Smart Array P600 > Please provide more details about the enclosure/drives/cabling too. Both enclosures are HP MSA70, 25 drives each, SAS 10k rpm drives, not sure about the cabling (server is at another location) > What is the kernel/distro? SLES 10 SP2, 2.6.16.60-0.21-bigsmp, x86 > Did you striped your LVs across multiple physical volumes except the last one? None of the LV's are stripped > What's the output for pvdisplay, vgdisplay, lvdisplay? # pvdisplay --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/cciss/c1d0p1 VG Name vg0 PV Size 2.94 TB / not usable 1.51 MB Allocatable yes PE Size (KByte) 4096 Total PE 769902 Free PE 150192 Allocated PE 619710 PV UUID k52E36-n3Xw-10rw-hSXo-3col-TEvC-75iHZ2 --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/cciss/c1d1p1 VG Name vg0 PV Size 2.94 TB / not usable 1.51 MB Allocatable yes PE Size (KByte) 4096 Total PE 769902 Free PE 562351 Allocated PE 207551 PV UUID IAZAbk-eMNZ-puMJ-DqW1-zsC7-C0ux-66vYTN # vgdisplay --- Volume group --- VG Name vg0 System ID Format lvm2 Metadata Areas 4 Metadata Sequence No 217 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV 0 Cur LV 6 Open LV 6 Max PV 0 Cur PV 2 Act PV 2 VG Size 5.87 TB PE Size 4.00 MB Total PE 1539804 Alloc PE / Size 827261 / 3.16 TB Free PE / Size 712543 / 2.72 TB VG UUID p1SANa-30vR-BymQ-cOls-XeVU-92nj-YP4wSU # lvdisplay --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/vg0/apps VG Name vg0 LV UUID LLMOor-D0mP-k2kM-qvM3-Vjse-6fE0-7DdRjJ LV Write Access read/write LV Status available # open 2 LV Size 348.00 MB Current LE 87 Segments 2 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors 0 Block device 253:0 --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/vg0/netlogon VG Name vg0 LV UUID FxR324-yAH9-F6y3-Dz30-stqY-bYwc-4t6AZ7 LV Write Access read/write LV Status available # open 2 LV Size 52.00 MB Current LE 13 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors 0 Block device 253:1 --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/vg0/print VG Name vg0 LV UUID EAISuT-a8zd-dJQa-0c6t-Zkus-I3ws-0IU9q3 LV Write Access read/write LV Status available # open 2 LV Size 712.00 MB Current LE 178 Segments 2 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors 0 Block device 253:2 --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/vg0/sqlbackup VG Name vg0 LV UUID 22NfsZ-iqdm-jWUz-9MOW-fAh1-qfB7-nWkSSG LV Write Access read/write LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 270.00 GB Current LE 69120 Segments 2 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors 0 Block device 253:3 --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/vg0/homes VG Name vg0 LV UUID HMGhLH-0iA3-fp7n-A5Za-svJF-Tzxb-D291WR LV Write Access read/write LV Status available # open 2 LV Size 810.00 GB Current LE 207360 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors 0 Block device 253:5 --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/vg0/shared VG Name vg0 LV UUID Czj3gb-Adl9-FqRW-wPqH-JnW2-rDGT-toR8zL LV Write Access read/write LV Status available # open 2 LV Size 2.10 TB Current LE 550503 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors 0 Block device 253:8 Keep in mind that I only have poor write performance on /dev/vg0/shared, the others are fine. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The information contained in this communication is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above. It may contain information that is privileged or confidential, and may be protected by State and/or Federal Regulations. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or any of its contents, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please return it to the sender immediately and delete the original message and any copy of it from your computer system. If you have any questions concerning this message, please contact the sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs