Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:32:49 -0500 From: Paul MacKenzie <bsdlist@cogeco.ca> To: Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 7.1-PRERELEASE: arcmsr write performance problem Message-ID: <494A5F11.5080701@cogeco.ca> In-Reply-To: <42A989748EC74EB3A6520F7845446360@multiplay.co.uk> References: <494967A9.3000503@elehost.com> <42A989748EC74EB3A6520F7845446360@multiplay.co.uk>
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> Just to confirm we see something similar on the box which runs our stats. > > We have updated from 5.4 -> 6.0 -> 6.2 -> 7.0 all have had no effect on > the lockups which happen when the stats run. > > This box is also on an areca controller but it was on an Adaptec and we > saw pretty much the same thing so I suspect its not related to the > controller more to the way things are read from and flushed to disk. > > When we see this problem any ssh sessions become totally unresponsive. > > The stats we are running are a combination of rrdtool updates from a > mysql DB and rrdtool backed mrtg for network stats. > > This is very reproducible here as it "stalls" the box every few mins > when the stats kick off so if there needs to be more investigation > we should be able to help. > > Regards > Steve Hi Steve, Thanks for your message. Do your processes also lock in UFS state? Well I went and bought a new Areca controller to see if this would fix it. It is quicker and seems to work much better but unfortunately I am still seeing the locking. I moved from a PCI-X Areca controller w/ 1 GB of Cache to a PCI-Express controller w/ 2 GB of cache. Main Processor : 800MHz CPU ICache Size : 32KB CPU DCache Size : 32KB CPU SCache Size : 512KB System Memory : 2048MB/533MHz/ECC Firmware Version : V1.46 2008-08-06 BOOT ROM Version : V1.45 2008-08-26 Controller Name : ARC-1231 As I try to see if there is a hardware connection to this I will let you know. I guess I am going to have to replace the full chassis SR2500ALBRPNA and mainboard S5000PAL next. If no solution is found with hardware replacement then am I out of options with using Freebsd? I wonder would there be any need to also try to replace the ram and cpus given there are no errors? Thanks, Paulhome | help
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