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Date:      Tue, 4 Dec 2007 12:08:47 +0100
From:      Gergely CZUCZY <phoemix@harmless.hu>
To:        Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
Cc:        Jeff Roberson <jroberson@chesapeake.net>, freebsd-performance@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mysql scaling questions
Message-ID:  <20071204110847.GA67306@harmless.hu>
In-Reply-To: <200712040942.lB49glKZ021633@lava.sentex.ca>
References:  <20071129101729.GA57985@harmless.hu> <20071130143023.I884@192.168.1.107> <20071201163334.GA21709@harmless.hu> <200712012055.lB1Kt5IQ005728@lava.sentex.ca> <20071201205609.GA54238@harmless.hu> <200712012108.lB1L8qAd005766@lava.sentex.ca> <20071204092209.GA55785@harmless.hu> <200712040942.lB49glKZ021633@lava.sentex.ca>

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On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 04:40:55AM -0500, Mike Tancsa wrote:
> At 04:22 AM 12/4/2007, Gergely CZUCZY wrote:
> >On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 04:06:55PM -0500, Mike Tancsa wrote:
> >> At 03:56 PM 12/1/2007, Gergely CZUCZY wrote:
> >> >I don't quite understand the question. It's the very same box, with
> >> >a dualboot configuration.
> >>
> >> Fire up the 3ware controller's RAID management software and make sure =
the same write caching strategy is set for FreeBSD and Linux. The driver my
> >> default to different values.
> >>
> >> i.e. under "controller settings" make sure "write cache" and "queuing"=
 are the same values for linux and freebsd.
> >I fail to see such an option, not under the 3ware BIOS software, nor in =
the tw_cli interface.
> >
> >Could you be more specific on this?
> >
> >Note: in the BIOS i've seen WC turned on for all units, and there were no
> >OS-specific options.
>=20
>=20
> Hi,
>         Its not in the bios, but in the management daemon.  On FreeBSD, g=
o to /usr/ports/sysutils/3dm and install the daemon.  Start up 3dm2, point=
=20
> your browser to https://127.0.0.1:888  and login.  Go to management menu =
and look at "controller settings" and there will be the values of write cac=
he=20
> and queuing and storsav.  Make sure the values set there, are the same on=
 Linux and FreeBSD.  You can download the LINUX version from 3ware's websit=
e.
Thank you very much, I've made it worked. In both FreeBSD and Linux the wri=
te cache seems to be turned on in the web-based management. However, I stil=
l don't think this is OS-specific, since I see no OS-specific options, and =
3ware makes the devices available through SCSI, and WC is handled different=
ly there.



Sincerely,

Gergely Czuczy
mailto: gergely.czuczy@harmless.hu

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Weenies test. Geniuses solve problems that arise.

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