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Date:      Sat, 20 Oct 2012 15:24:59 +0200
From:      Hugo Lombard <hal@elizium.za.net>
To:        David Wimsey <dwimsey@rtsz.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-fs@freebsd.org" <freebsd-fs@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: gptzfsboot very slow
Message-ID:  <20121020132459.GE18399@squishy.elizium.za.net>
In-Reply-To: <D5C49DEE-EAC6-4D2A-8E46-CD1BF6830151@rtsz.com>
References:  <D5C49DEE-EAC6-4D2A-8E46-CD1BF6830151@rtsz.com>

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On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 04:50:22AM -0400, David Wimsey wrote:
> My file server is configured with zfs root based on
> http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/Mirror
> 
> When booting, after it gets past the BIOS drive C: is disk0 (one line
> for each of the 6 drives as expected) part, drops to a new line and
> the rotating twiddle starts its bit.  At first it moves a long at a
> almost normal looking speed, then it starts only ticking away slowly,
> maybe once or twice a minute.
> 

Hi

I've noticed something similar on my side, with eight disks.  I've been
meaning to try out these patches:

  http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&sortby=date&revision=239068

mentioned in this PR:

  http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=147560

Hope that helps.

Regards

-- 
Hugo Lombard



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