Re: XFS hangs and freezes with LSI 9265-8i controller on high i/o

Andre Noll
2012-06-13T11:58:48Z

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On Wed, Jun 13, 10:54, Matthew Whittaker-Williams wrote:
> Current Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAheadNone, Direct, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU
> Disk Cache Policy : Disk's Default

Check if these two policy settings are what you really want. AFAICT
they can make a huge difference, depending on the workload.

Here's what gives best performance. Of course these are also the most
risky settings, so use with care:

Current Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAdaptive, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU
Disk Cache Policy: Enabled

To select these settings for all lds on adapter 0, use

CLI=MegaCli; lsi_adapter_number=0
$CLI -ldsetprop CachedBadBBU -LALL -a$lsi_adapter_number &&
$CLI -ldsetprop -Cached -LAll -a$lsi_adapter_number &&
$CLI -ldsetprop -EnDskCache -LAll -a$lsi_adapter_number &&
$CLI -ldsetprop WB -LALL -a$lsi_adapter_number

Best
Andre
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