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From: "lkml@tigusoft.pl" <lkml@tigusoft.pl>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Very poor latency when using hard drive (raid1)
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:49:33 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <kkis9q$g09$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <kkgj31$jc6$1@ger.gmane.org>

On 15/04/13 11:59, lkml@tigusoft.pl wrote:
> There are 2 hard drives (normal, magnetic) in software raid 1
> on 3.2.41 kernel.
> 
> When I write into them e.g. using dd from /dev/zero to a local file
> (ext4 on default settings), running 2 dd at once (writing two files) it
> starves all other programs that try to use the disk.
> 
> Running ls on any directory on same disk (same fs btw), takes over half
> minute to execute, same for any other disk touching action.
> 
> Did anyone seen such problem, where too look, what to test?
> 
> What could solve it (other then ionice on applications that I expect to
> use hard drive)?

I got reply (by e-mail) suggesting to use XFS.
Thanks, possible for other/next server.

But I fell this should work correctly as well on ext4.





  reply	other threads:[~2013-04-16  6:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-15  9:59 Very poor latency when using hard drive (raid1) lkml
2013-04-16  6:49 ` lkml [this message]
2013-04-16  7:24   ` Mike Galbraith
2013-04-16 11:23 ` Michael Tokarev
2013-04-19 15:01 ` Jan Kara

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