* redhat 2.4.18-5 client huge slowdown
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@ 2002-07-09 19:19 ` Raphael Clifford
2002-07-09 22:19 ` Tom McNeal
2002-07-10 10:54 ` Yusuf Goolamabbas
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From: Raphael Clifford @ 2002-07-09 19:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: nfs
I was wondering if everyone else is experiencing huge nfs write
slowdowns using redhat kernel 2.4.18-5 (as opposed to 2.4.18-4). I am
using a Sun Solaris machine as the server and following mount options.
rw,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,nfsvers=3,proto=tcp
I understand that both 2.4.18-4 and 2.4.18-5 default to 'sync' but as
the slow down is between those versions so that shouldn't make any
difference. I also understand that there were a lot of nfs client
"fixes" in 2.4.18-5 so I assume they have caused this problem.
The linux machine is a dual 500 MHz if that makes any difference.
Cheers,
Raphael
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* Re: redhat 2.4.18-5 client huge slowdown
2002-07-09 19:19 ` redhat 2.4.18-5 client huge slowdown Raphael Clifford
@ 2002-07-09 22:19 ` Tom McNeal
2002-07-10 10:54 ` Yusuf Goolamabbas
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From: Tom McNeal @ 2002-07-09 22:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Raphael Clifford; +Cc: nfs
Raphael Clifford wrote:
> I was wondering if everyone else is experiencing huge nfs write
> slowdowns using redhat kernel 2.4.18-5 (as opposed to 2.4.18-4). I am
> using a Sun Solaris machine as the server and following mount options.
>
> rw,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,nfsvers=3,proto=tcp
>
> I understand that both 2.4.18-4 and 2.4.18-5 default to 'sync' but as
> the slow down is between those versions so that shouldn't make any
> difference. I also understand that there were a lot of nfs client
> "fixes" in 2.4.18-5 so I assume they have caused this problem.
>
> The linux machine is a dual 500 MHz if that makes any difference.
>
> Cheers,
> Raphael
>
The sync/async default is determined at the server, not the client,
and Solaris defaults to sync, as does almost everyone else.
Also, the default is determined in the utilities, not in the kernel,
which is why Linux servers currently default to async. They will
default to sync when using the latest, unreleased export utilites;
They will be released "very soon" as version 1.0.1.
Regards -
Tom
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* Re: redhat 2.4.18-5 client huge slowdown
2002-07-09 19:19 ` redhat 2.4.18-5 client huge slowdown Raphael Clifford
2002-07-09 22:19 ` Tom McNeal
@ 2002-07-10 10:54 ` Yusuf Goolamabbas
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From: Yusuf Goolamabbas @ 2002-07-10 10:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Raphael Clifford; +Cc: nfs
Can you see if reducing rsize,wsize to 8192 seems to help
This bugzilla entry is referenced by the 2.4.18-5 kernel release note
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=64984
Add your observations to it if it makes a difference
> I was wondering if everyone else is experiencing huge nfs write
> slowdowns using redhat kernel 2.4.18-5 (as opposed to 2.4.18-4). I am
> using a Sun Solaris machine as the server and following mount options.
>
> rw,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,nfsvers=3,proto=tcp
>
> I understand that both 2.4.18-4 and 2.4.18-5 default to 'sync' but as
> the slow down is between those versions so that shouldn't make any
> difference. I also understand that there were a lot of nfs client
> "fixes" in 2.4.18-5 so I assume they have caused this problem.
>
> The linux machine is a dual 500 MHz if that makes any difference.
>
> Cheers,
> Raphael
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* Re: redhat 2.4.18-5 client huge slowdown
2002-07-11 19:29 ` Rex Dieter
@ 2002-07-12 12:07 ` Trond Myklebust
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From: Trond Myklebust @ 2002-07-12 12:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Rex Dieter; +Cc: nfs
>>>>> " " == Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> writes:
> Here's some interesting data (on switched fast ethernet) to
> chew on (using Redhat's 2.4.18-5 kernel on both server and
> client): Server(1) Client(2) Speed async async ~8.5MB/sec async
> sync ~6.5MB/sec sync async ~350K/sec sync sync ~50k/sec
If you switch off write caching using the '-o sync' mount option then
of course you will see a dramatic slowdown. Where's the beef?
Cheers,
Trond
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* Re: redhat 2.4.18-5 client huge slowdown
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2002-07-11 19:08 ` Rex Dieter
@ 2002-07-11 19:29 ` Rex Dieter
2002-07-12 12:07 ` Trond Myklebust
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From: Rex Dieter @ 2002-07-11 19:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: nfs
Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> wrote:
> Raphael Clifford wrote:
> > I was wondering if everyone else is experiencing huge nfs write
> > slowdowns using redhat kernel 2.4.18-5 (as opposed to 2.4.18-4). I a=
m
>
> Yes, I've also experienced a huge nfs client slowdown (~50k/sec writes)=
on
> 'sync' nfs mounts with the 2.4.18-5 kernel... See me bugzilla report:
> http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D67199
=2E..
Here's some interesting data (on switched fast ethernet) to chew on (usin=
g=20
Redhat's 2.4.18-5 kernel on both server and client):
Server(1) Client(2) Speed=20
async async ~8.5MB/sec=20
async sync ~6.5MB/sec=20
sync async ~350K/sec=20
sync sync ~50k/sec=20
=20
(1) using the 'async/sync' option in /etc/exports
(2) using the 'async/sync' option when mounting, ie, mount -t nfs -o sync=
...
Is this really the kind of performance I should expect to get? (I hope no=
t)
-- Rex
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* Re: redhat 2.4.18-5 client huge slowdown
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@ 2002-07-11 19:08 ` Rex Dieter
2002-07-11 19:29 ` Rex Dieter
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From: Rex Dieter @ 2002-07-11 19:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: nfs
On Thursday 11 July 2002 2:02 pm, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> >>>>> " " =3D=3D Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> writes:
> > Yes, I've also experienced a huge nfs client slowdown (~50k/sec
> > writes) on 'sync' nfs mounts with the 2.4.18-5 kernel... See me
> > bugzilla report:
> > http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D67199 and =
a
> > similar report as well:
> > http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D67461
>
> > The only way I found to get any sort of respectable performance
> > out of 2.4.18-5 was to mount 'async'. *ack*
>
> For 2.4.18-5 RedHat appears to have decided to set the default r/wsize
> to 4k.=20
For me, the r/wsize made no significant difference as long as the 'sync'=20
option was used. Write speeds consistantly stayed ~50k/sec.
-- Rex
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