From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list xfs); Thu, 03 May 2007 19:46:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailsecure1.itc.griffith.edu.au (mailsecure1-out.itc.griffith.edu.au [132.234.242.61]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id l442jwfB031706 for ; Thu, 3 May 2007 19:46:01 -0700 Received: from mailsecure1.itc.griffith.edu.au (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by mailsecure1.itc.griffith.edu.au (Symantec Mail Security) with ESMTP id 04449286 for ; Fri, 4 May 2007 12:45:57 +1000 (EST) Received: from nox-1.itc.griffith.edu.au (sc2bigip02-242.nms.griffith.edu.au [132.234.242.254]) by mailsecure1.itc.griffith.edu.au (Symantec Mail Security) with ESMTP id 4AF7730187 for ; Fri, 4 May 2007 12:45:56 +1000 (EST) Received: from [132.234.242.254] (helo=studentemail.griffith.edu.au) by nox-1.itc.griffith.edu.au with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Hjnnw-0006gz-52 for xfs@oss.sgi.com; Fri, 04 May 2007 12:45:56 +1000 Received: from ss64.me.griffith.edu.au ([132.234.103.168]) by studentemail.griffith.edu.au (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0JHH002HWX0KTM40@studentemail.griffith.edu.au> for xfs@oss.sgi.com; Fri, 04 May 2007 12:45:56 +1000 (EST) Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 12:45:55 +1000 From: Stephen So Subject: Re: Slow performance when extracting tarballs In-reply-to: <20070430213538.GA30809@tuatara.stupidest.org> Message-id: <463A9E63.7010007@griffith.edu.au> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <4635DAA4.4070402@griffith.edu.au> <20070430213538.GA30809@tuatara.stupidest.org> Sender: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: xfs To: xfs@oss.sgi.com Hi, thanks for the reply xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com wrote: > what does "vmstat 1" look like during this? > I did a vmstat 1 and this is the output: % vmstat 1 procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- -----cpu------ r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa st 0 0 0 1002716 3540 745316 0 0 59 15 559 560 1 2 96 1 0 0 0 0 1002700 3540 745316 0 0 0 12 1091 1543 2 2 97 0 0 1 0 0 995464 3540 750300 0 0 2060 401 1134 2569 18 3 76 4 0 2 0 0 980884 3540 762652 0 0 3712 1376 1238 4850 43 7 43 8 0 1 0 0 968368 3540 776152 0 0 3968 1568 1224 5155 43 7 44 7 0 2 0 0 954660 3540 787264 0 0 3584 1344 1244 4542 38 6 45 11 0 1 0 0 942668 3540 797556 0 0 2944 1431 1224 4376 36 6 48 11 0 1 0 0 932852 3540 807304 0 0 3072 1312 1229 4164 33 6 46 15 0 3 0 0 922724 3540 817912 0 0 3072 1440 1215 4378 37 7 44 12 0 0 1 0 911612 3540 828552 0 0 3328 1568 1242 4558 37 5 46 12 0 1 0 0 900804 3540 839140 0 0 3072 1568 1222 4279 36 5 45 13 0 0 0 0 887824 3540 848788 0 0 3072 1427 1250 3862 35 5 46 14 0 1 0 0 880036 3540 857700 0 0 2560 1529 1229 3775 31 7 47 16 0 1 0 0 867552 3540 867548 0 0 3072 1632 1250 4035 36 5 46 14 0 0 1 0 859156 3540 877576 0 0 2944 1696 1239 4291 33 6 45 16 0 1 0 0 852904 3540 883628 0 0 1664 5403 1229 3111 23 4 48 25 0 0 1 0 846328 3540 888188 0 0 1536 5300 1188 2622 21 6 61 12 0 0 1 0 842076 3540 892752 0 0 1280 5383 1232 2478 21 5 62 12 0 1 1 0 837312 3540 897396 0 0 1408 5330 1211 2476 20 5 53 24 0 6 1 0 828876 3540 903572 0 0 1920 5771 1245 2904 24 5 46 25 0 1 0 0 822016 3540 912304 0 0 2304 1203 1216 3897 30 7 55 7 0 0 1 0 818404 3540 915628 0 0 1024 9446 1181 2028 14 5 63 17 0 0 1 0 809552 3540 923336 0 0 2432 1109 1228 3344 28 5 46 22 0 1 0 0 801124 3540 928892 0 0 1664 9195 1201 2821 22 6 59 13 0 0 0 0 794364 3540 935364 0 0 1792 5296 1218 3052 24 6 52 18 0 2 1 0 789784 3540 941564 0 0 2048 4992 1194 3116 23 4 51 23 0 procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- -----cpu------ r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa st 1 0 0 781540 3540 947180 0 0 1536 6434 1226 2942 23 6 50 22 0 4 0 0 777300 3540 953628 0 0 1920 1088 1200 2970 25 5 56 14 0 0 1 0 772892 3540 957032 0 0 1152 9440 1201 2141 17 4 59 21 0 1 0 0 764432 3540 964572 0 0 2304 1253 1216 3198 29 4 46 22 0 2 0 0 756516 3540 970284 0 0 1664 9720 1222 2832 22 5 57 17 0 1 1 0 750880 3540 977204 0 0 2176 1100 1207 2973 25 5 49 20 0 0 0 0 745424 3540 980768 0 0 1024 9140 1200 2205 16 4 66 14 0 0 1 0 741928 3540 986200 0 0 1664 1376 1193 2746 20 5 61 15 0 0 1 0 734536 3540 992480 0 0 1920 5516 1226 2874 24 5 57 14 0 0 1 0 729072 3540 997168 0 0 1408 5328 1199 2473 21 5 62 13 0 0 1 0 723228 3540 1003288 0 0 1792 5509 1243 2959 24 6 54 15 0 2 0 0 717948 3540 1007752 0 0 1408 5308 1196 2418 20 4 59 18 0 4 0 0 709940 3540 1013564 0 0 1536 5568 1217 3145 25 4 55 16 0 0 0 0 701132 3540 1021948 0 0 2816 5612 1224 3562 32 6 47 16 0 0 1 0 702448 3540 1023140 0 0 256 5108 1203 1538 6 5 73 15 0 0 1 0 691688 3540 1032264 0 0 2688 1852 1239 3630 32 5 45 18 0 0 1 0 688292 3540 1034228 0 0 768 9348 1198 1671 10 3 60 27 0 1 0 0 682636 3540 1039248 0 0 1408 1069 1198 2729 20 5 47 29 0 1 0 0 676848 3540 1044456 0 0 1408 5704 1234 2897 20 5 59 16 0 1 0 0 672460 3540 1049428 0 0 1536 5484 1215 2813 19 5 55 22 0 1 0 0 663820 3540 1056108 0 0 2176 5258 1241 3245 27 5 49 20 0 1 0 0 660064 3540 1061708 0 0 1664 1688 1222 3100 22 6 60 11 0 0 0 0 653400 3540 1065924 0 0 1152 5496 1221 2495 17 4 51 28 0 0 1 0 651468 3540 1069324 0 0 1152 5278 1187 2157 16 3 67 14 0 2 0 0 645132 3540 1073620 0 0 1152 5466 1221 2714 19 5 61 17 0 3 0 0 640544 3540 1078720 0 0 1664 5587 1219 2830 21 6 51 21 0 procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- -----cpu------ r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa st 1 0 0 634040 3540 1083872 0 0 1536 5223 1208 2996 20 3 64 14 0 0 1 0 629024 3540 1090772 0 0 2048 5342 1199 3141 26 5 49 20 0 0 0 0 621116 3540 1095840 0 0 1664 4410 1211 2631 22 4 52 22 0 0 0 0 615760 3540 1100840 0 0 1408 6032 1186 2601 20 6 61 14 0 0 0 0 608852 3540 1107448 0 0 1920 1192 1215 3228 24 6 50 21 0 0 1 0 605872 3540 1112248 0 0 1536 5424 1220 2779 22 4 63 12 0 0 0 0 598016 3540 1117476 0 0 1536 5603 1227 3016 23 4 53 21 0 2 0 0 592416 3540 1122576 0 0 1536 5407 1217 2671 22 7 56 16 0 0 0 0 587504 3540 1127404 0 0 1408 4624 1230 2599 19 5 55 21 0 2 1 0 585800 3540 1130704 0 0 1152 1880 1175 2431 15 2 53 30 0 0 1 0 582732 3540 1133696 0 0 896 5293 1210 2357 16 4 74 6 0 2 0 0 575528 3540 1138696 0 0 1536 5424 1214 2585 22 5 48 26 0 1 0 0 569992 3540 1145872 0 0 2176 1519 1245 3267 27 5 50 17 0 0 0 0 563568 3540 1149772 0 0 1152 8164 1189 2364 15 4 74 6 0 0 0 0 559936 3540 1153020 0 0 896 2483 1198 2145 16 6 64 15 0 1 0 0 556504 3540 1156720 0 0 1408 5248 1206 2152 17 6 62 14 0 0 1 0 553568 3540 1161280 0 0 1280 5716 1231 2620 19 4 59 18 0 1 0 0 544820 3540 1167580 0 0 2048 1545 1234 2947 26 5 51 18 0 1 0 0 541096 3540 1170748 0 0 1024 5272 1205 2107 17 3 73 8 0 0 1 0 535092 3540 1176848 0 0 1792 6132 1225 2861 25 6 49 19 0 0 1 0 531696 3540 1181220 0 0 1280 969 1215 2758 18 3 66 14 0 0 1 0 528920 3540 1184220 0 0 896 5268 1192 2248 16 4 71 10 0 0 0 0 520532 3540 1189884 0 0 1664 5425 1252 3008 21 4 64 10 0 0 0 0 514012 3540 1196084 0 0 1920 1920 1214 3110 25 6 60 10 0 1 0 0 511804 3540 1199608 0 0 1152 5336 1240 2224 20 6 60 15 0 0 0 0 503212 3540 1206108 0 0 2048 6516 1227 2963 26 4 58 12 0 procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- -----cpu------ r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa st 2 0 0 500968 3540 1208380 0 0 512 4684 1214 2066 13 5 79 3 0 2 0 0 496216 3540 1212580 0 0 1408 5727 1214 2399 21 7 65 8 0 4 0 0 491268 3540 1217184 0 0 1408 4304 1243 2593 21 5 64 11 0 2 0 0 488856 3540 1219784 0 0 896 2058 1189 1849 15 4 70 11 0 0 1 0 483660 3540 1224340 0 0 1408 5824 1240 2571 23 4 52 22 0 0 0 0 477704 3540 1229940 0 0 1536 5170 1173 2855 21 6 52 21 0 0 1 0 474500 3540 1234952 0 0 1536 5163 1212 2629 20 3 55 23 0 1 0 0 465196 3540 1242552 0 0 2304 940 1204 3265 28 4 47 22 0 0 0 0 458280 3540 1247892 0 0 1664 9382 1211 2719 19 6 70 4 0 1 0 0 453276 3540 1252592 0 0 1408 5040 1176 2827 19 5 58 18 0 0 0 0 446840 3540 1258496 0 0 1792 5676 1221 3025 24 5 56 14 0 1 0 0 443180 3540 1264096 0 0 1664 932 1193 2680 21 5 56 19 0 1 0 0 435748 3540 1269060 0 0 1664 5182 1209 2635 21 4 49 27 0 0 1 0 432060 3540 1274860 0 0 1536 5376 1183 2860 21 7 51 20 0 0 1 0 426376 3540 1279492 0 0 1408 5177 1214 2480 19 3 51 27 0 0 1 0 422356 3540 1283992 0 0 1280 5256 1196 2516 18 4 55 23 0 0 0 0 410112 3540 1292848 0 0 2560 1916 1254 3839 32 5 49 14 0 1 0 0 407296 3540 1295448 0 0 896 8244 1203 1816 15 6 74 6 0 1 0 0 405256 3540 1297456 0 0 384 2276 1192 1729 10 5 78 7 0 1 0 0 401044 3540 1303756 0 0 1920 2004 1260 2779 29 5 56 11 0 1 0 0 397668 3540 1306976 0 0 1024 5432 1229 2264 18 4 68 9 0 1 0 0 393720 3540 1310076 0 0 1024 5520 1219 1983 17 6 66 11 0 1 0 0 384148 3540 1316896 0 0 2048 2224 1279 3279 33 5 54 9 0 1 0 0 384716 3540 1318996 0 0 336 5291 1194 2084 12 3 74 13 0 0 0 0 384716 3540 1319252 0 0 0 149 1115 1467 1 1 98 0 0 0 0 0 384716 3540 1319252 0 0 0 92 1065 1075 2 3 95 0 0 > have you also tried setting (increasing) logbsize? (i think you need > > v2 logs to make that work) > I read in the man page for mount that the max logbsize is 32K and the default value for machines with more than 32 MB of memory is 32768, so I assumed it was already set to maximum. Best regards, Steve. -- __________________________________________________ Dr Stephen So, PhD, MIEEE Griffith School of Engineering & Institute for Integrated and Intelligent Systems Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus PMB 50 Gold Coast Mail Centre Gold Coast, QLD, 9726, Australia. E-mail: s.so@griffith.edu.au Phone: +61 7 5552 8663 Fax: +61 7 5552 8065 __________________________________________________