From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 3 04:21:00 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BE991065672 for ; Mon, 3 May 2010 04:21:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f201.google.com (mail-qy0-f201.google.com [209.85.221.201]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6FCF8FC0A for ; Mon, 3 May 2010 04:20:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk39 with SMTP id 39so3268942qyk.8 for ; Sun, 02 May 2010 21:20:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=vrX8OobS+mdd2Rix7pKrELrao28iKMhNWdqVYQqhwB8=; b=Xoi7DdJWggqEHuAWb5mud3U3cmkiArafqNWtUKkkoPnOBYnqZGdlacZRLRgVtH37bf d85QeHRwJ9oAhsGD64dTTIPNxhcK/mVy/s8E1+K1oT+FYwTi4Yt17fIs980VE1t85uWi LaeEKvs4iXpXML9uC4y1JA0/dgroMsXGABVLM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=jOOTOyLB4eHqdu4la/V50jpro4AZt6joju4HkBOQQPadGZ3WgnlTyA5cXKq9SDev4V +sB9ICPramKNonI+1/NIQoc+mSEFPOQb8Lbp3+i7K7Hvi7jc1FmKhd8opGVZZWD7/B62 Yjdy9h74rrwPIhcc/7WK72hnw/yauZu14fH4Q= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.96.82 with SMTP id g18mr1480035qcn.82.1272860452944; Sun, 02 May 2010 21:20:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.99.67 with HTTP; Sun, 2 May 2010 21:20:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 23:20:52 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Bryce Edwards Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8-STABLE performance issues on Supermicro Core i7 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 May 2010 04:21:00 -0000 On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 9:40 PM, Bryce Edwards wrote: > Hello, > > I've got a new Supermicro X58 system with an Intel Core i7 930 with 6 > GB ram that is not performing nearly as fast as it should in many ways > (compiling, network transfers). To give an example, it has been > building the gcc44 port for about 10 hours now and at the same time > rsync'ing from a Linux box on the same Gigabit network is only getting > throughput of between 10-25 MB/sec. When I did a buildkernel for > 8-STABLE, it took 17 hours! My investigations have shown inhibited > performance on compute, network and storage activities. > > Have you investigated potential faulty HD? I have an i7 870 and your ahci interrupts are an order of magintude greater than mine. That could be many other things too, but I think a SMART scan could help. -- Adam Vande More