[OpenIndiana-discuss] ZFS read speed(iSCSI)

Michael Stapleton michael.stapleton at techsologic.com
Tue Jun 11 12:51:18 UTC 2013


I have no idea what the problem is, but it is worth noting that last
time I checked, Oracles storage arrays were running Solaris and Comstar.

Mike

On Mon, 2013-06-10 at 20:36 -0400, Heinrich van Riel wrote:

> spoke to soon died again.
> Give up. Just posting the result in case someone else run into issues with
> fc target and find this. Solaris is not even the answer. When it slows down
> I kill the copies and wait until there is no more IO and can see that from
> VMware side and pool io. When I try to reboot it is not able to the same as
> OI. clearly a problem with comstar's ability to deal with fc. after a hard
> reset it will work for again a short bit
> Last post
> Cheers
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 7:36 PM, Heinrich van Riel <
> heinrich.vanriel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > switch to the qlogic adpater using solaris 11.1. Problem resolved.... well
> > for now. Not as fast as OI with the emulex adapter, perhaps it is the older
> > pool/fs version since I want to keep my options open for now. I am getting
> > around 200MB/s when cloning. At least backups can run for now. Getting a
> > license for 11.1 for one year. I will worry about it again after that.
> > Never had problems with any device connected fc like this, that is usually
> > the beauty of it but expensive. Downside right now is  qlt card I have only
> > has a single port.
> > thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 2:46 PM, Heinrich van Riel <
> > heinrich.vanriel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Just want to provide an update here.
> >>
> >> Installed Solaris 11.1 reconfigured everything. Went back to Emulex card
> >> since it is a dual port for connect to both switches. Same problem, well
> >> the link does not fail, but it is writing at 20k/s.
> >>
> >>
> >> I am really not sure what to do anymore other that to accept fc target is
> >> no longer an option, but I will post in the ora solaris forum. Either this
> >> has been an issue for some time or it is a hardware combination or perhaps
> >> I am doing something seriously wrong.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Heinrich van Riel <
> >> heinrich.vanriel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I took a look at every server that I knew I could power down or that is
> >>> slated for removal in the future and I found a qlogic adapter not in use.
> >>>
> >>> HBA Port WWN: 2100001b3280b
> >>>         Port Mode: Target
> >>>         Port ID: 12000
> >>>         OS Device Name: Not Applicable
> >>>         Manufacturer: QLogic Corp.
> >>>         Model: QLE2460
> >>>         Firmware Version: 5.2.1
> >>>         FCode/BIOS Version: N/A
> >>>         Serial Number: not available
> >>>         Driver Name: COMSTAR QLT
> >>>         Driver Version: 20100505-1.05
> >>>         Type: F-port
> >>>         State: online
> >>>         Supported Speeds: 1Gb 2Gb 4Gb
> >>>         Current Speed: 4Gb
> >>>         Node WWN: 2000001b3280b
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Link does not go down but useless, right from the start it is as slow as
> >>> the emulex after I made the xfer change.
> >>> So it is not a driver issue.
> >>>
> >>> alloc free read write read write
> >>> ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
> >>> 681G 53.8T 5 12 29.9K 51.3K
> >>> 681G 53.8T 0 0 0 0
> >>> 681G 53.8T 0 0 0 0
> >>> 681G 53.8T 0 0 0 0
> >>> 681G 53.8T 0 0 0 0
> >>> 681G 53.8T 0 88 0 221K
> >>> 681G 53.8T 0 0 0 0
> >>> 681G 53.8T 0 0 0 0
> >>> 681G 53.8T 0 0 0 0
> >>> 681G 53.8T 0 0 0 0
> >>> 681G 53.8T 0 163 0 812K
> >>> 681G 53.8T 0 0 0 0
> >>> 681G 53.8T 0 0 0 0
> >>> 681G 53.8T 0 0 0 0
> >>> 681G 53.8T 0 0 0 0
> >>> 681G 53.8T 0 198 0 1.13M
> >>> 681G 53.8T 0 0 0 0
> >>> 681G 53.8T 0 0 0 0
> >>> 681G 53.8T 0 0 0 0
> >>> 681G 53.8T 0 0 0 0
> >>> 681G 53.8T 0 88 0 221K
> >>> 681G 53.8T 0 0 0 0
> >>> 681G 53.8T 0 0 0 0
> >>> 681G 53.8T 0 0 0 0
> >>> 681G 53.8T 0 0 0 0
> >>> 681G 53.8T 0 187 0 1.02M
> >>> 681G 53.8T 0 0 0 0
> >>> 681G 53.8T 0 0 0 0
> >>> 681G 53.8T 0 0 0 0
> >>> 681G 53.8T 0 0 0 0
> >>>
> >>> This is a clean install of a7 with nothing done other than nic config in
> >>> lacp. I did not attempt a reinstall of a5 yet and prob won't either.
> >>> I dont know what to do anymore I was going to try OmniOS but there is no
> >>> way of knowing if it would work.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I will see if I can get approved for a solaris license for one year, if
> >>> not I am switching back to windows storage spaces. Cant backup the current
> >>> lab on the EMC array to this node in any event since there is no ip
> >>> connectivity and fc is a dream.
> >>>
> >>> Guess I am the only one trying to use it as an fc target and these
> >>> problems are not noticed.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Heinrich van Riel <
> >>> heinrich.vanriel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> changing max-xfer-size causes the link to stay up and no problem are
> >>>> reported from stmf.
> >>>>
> >>>> #       Memory_model       max-xfer-size
> >>>> #     ----------------------------------------
> >>>> #       Small              131072 - 339968
> >>>> #       Medium             339969 - 688128
> >>>> #       Large              688129 - 1388544
> >>>> #
> >>>> # Range:  Min:131072   Max:1388544   Default:339968
> >>>> #
> >>>> max-xfer-size=339968;
> >>>>
> >>>> as soon as I changed it to 339969 the there is no link loss, but I
> >>>> would be so lucky that is solves my problem. after a few min it would grind
> >>>> to a crawl, so much so that in vmware it will take well over a min to just
> >>>> browse a folder, we talking are a few k/s.
> >>>>
> >>>> Setting it to the max causes the the link to go down again and smtf
> >>>> reports the following again:
> >>>> FROM STMF:0062568: abort_task_offline called for LPORT: lport abort
> >>>> timed out
> >>>>
> >>>> I also played around with the buffer settings.
> >>>>
> >>>> Any ideas?
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>  On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 8:38 PM, Heinrich van Riel <
> >>>> heinrich.vanriel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> New card, different PCI-E slot (removed the other one) different FC
> >>>>> switch (same model with same code) older hba firmware (2.72a2)  = same
> >>>>> result.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On the setting changes when it boots it complains about this option,
> >>>>> does not exist: szfs_txg_synctime
> >>>>> The changes still allowed for a constant write, but at a max of
> >>>>> 100Mb/s so not much better than iscsi over 1Gbe. I guess I would need to
> >>>>> increase write_limit_override. if i disable the settings again it
> >>>>> shows 240MB/s with bursts up to 300, both stats are from VMware's disk perf
> >>>>> monitoring while cloning the same VM.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> All iSCSI luns remain active with no impact.
> >>>>> So I will conclude, I guess, it seems to be the problem that was there
> >>>>> in 2009 from build ~100 to 128. When I search the error messages all posts
> >>>>> date back to 2009.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I will try one more thing to reinstall with 151a5 since a server that
> >>>>> was removed from the env was running this with no issues, but was using an
> >>>>> older emulex HBA, LP10000 PCIX
> >>>>> Looking at the notable changes in the release notes past a5 I do see
> >>>>> anything that changed that I would think would cause the behavior. Would
> >>>>> this just be a waste of time?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Heinrich van Riel <
> >>>>> heinrich.vanriel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> In the debug info I see 1000's of the following events:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> FROM STMF:0149225: abort_task_offline called for LPORT: lport abort
> >>>>>> timed out
> >>>>>> FROM STMF:0149225: abort_task_offline called for LPORT: lport abort
> >>>>>> timed out
> >>>>>> FROM STMF:0149225: abort_task_offline called for LPORT: lport abort
> >>>>>> timed out
> >>>>>> FROM STMF:0149226: abort_task_offline called for LPORT: lport abort
> >>>>>> timed out
> >>>>>> FROM STMF:0149226: abort_task_offline called for LPORT: lport abort
> >>>>>> timed out
> >>>>>> FROM STMF:0149226: abort_task_offline called for LPORT: lport abort
> >>>>>> timed out
> >>>>>> FROM STMF:0149227: abort_task_offline called for LPORT: lport abort
> >>>>>> timed out
> >>>>>> FROM STMF:0149227: abort_task_offline called for LPORT: lport abort
> >>>>>> timed out
> >>>>>> FROM STMF:0149227: abort_task_offline called for LPORT: lport abort
> >>>>>> timed out
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0149228: port state change from 11 to 11
> >>>>>> FROM STMF:0149228: abort_task_offline called for LPORT: lport abort
> >>>>>> timed out
> >>>>>> FROM STMF:0149228: abort_task_offline called for LPORT: lport abort
> >>>>>> timed out
> >>>>>> FROM STMF:0149228: abort_task_offline called for LPORT: lport abort
> >>>>>> timed out
> >>>>>> :0149228: fct_port_shutdown: port-ffffff1157ff1278, fct_process_logo:
> >>>>>> unable to
> >>>>>> clean up I/O. iport-ffffff1157ff1378, icmd-ffffff1195463110
> >>>>>> FROM STMF:0149229: abort_task_offline called for LPORT: lport abort
> >>>>>> timed out
> >>>>>> FROM STMF:0149229: abort_task_offline called for LPORT: lport abort
> >>>>>> timed out
> >>>>>> FROM STMF:0149229: abort_task_offline called for LPORT: lport abort
> >>>>>> timed out
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> And then the following as the port recovers.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0150128: port state change from 11 to 11
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0150128: port state change from 11 to 0
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0150128: port state change from 0 to 11
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0150128: port state change from 11 to 0
> >>>>>> :0150850: fct_port_initialize: port-ffffff1157ff1278, emlxs initialize
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0150950: port state change from 0 to e
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0150953: Posting sol ELS 3 (PLOGI) rp_id=fffffd lp_id=22000
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0150953: Processing sol ELS 3 (PLOGI) rp_id=fffffd
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0150953: Sol ELS 3 (PLOGI) completed with status 0, did/fffffd
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0150953: Posting sol ELS 62 (SCR) rp_id=fffffd lp_id=22000
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0150953: Processing sol ELS 62 (SCR) rp_id=fffffd
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0150953: Sol ELS 62 (SCR) completed with status 0, did/fffffd
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151053: Posting sol ELS 3 (PLOGI) rp_id=fffffc lp_id=22000
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151053: Processing sol ELS 3 (PLOGI) rp_id=fffffc
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151053: Sol ELS 3 (PLOGI) completed with status 0, did/fffffc
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151054: Posting unsol ELS 3 (PLOGI) rp_id=fffc02 lp_id=22000
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151054: Processing unsol ELS 3 (PLOGI) rp_id=fffc02
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151054: Posting unsol ELS 20 (PRLI) rp_id=fffc02 lp_id=22000
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151054: Processing unsol ELS 20 (PRLI) rp_id=fffc02
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151055: Posting unsol ELS 5 (LOGO) rp_id=fffc02 lp_id=22000
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151055: Processing unsol ELS 5 (LOGO) rp_id=fffc02
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151146: Posting unsol ELS 3 (PLOGI) rp_id=21500 lp_id=22000
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151146: Processing unsol ELS 3 (PLOGI) rp_id=21500
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151146: Posting unsol ELS 20 (PRLI) rp_id=21500 lp_id=22000
> >>>>>>  emlxs1:0151146: Processing unsol ELS 20 (PRLI) rp_id=21500
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151146: Posting unsol ELS 3 (PLOGI) rp_id=21600 lp_id=22000
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151146: Processing unsol ELS 3 (PLOGI) rp_id=21600
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151146: Posting unsol ELS 20 (PRLI) rp_id=21600 lp_id=22000
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151146: Processing unsol ELS 20 (PRLI) rp_id=21600
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151338: Posting unsol ELS 3 (PLOGI) rp_id=21500 lp_id=22000
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151338: Processing unsol ELS 3 (PLOGI) rp_id=21500
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151338: Posting unsol ELS 20 (PRLI) rp_id=21500 lp_id=22000
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151338: Processing unsol ELS 20 (PRLI) rp_id=21500
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151338: Posting unsol ELS 3 (PLOGI) rp_id=21600 lp_id=22000
> >>>>>>  emlxs1:0151338: Processing unsol ELS 3 (PLOGI) rp_id=21600
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151338: Posting unsol ELS 20 (PRLI) rp_id=21600 lp_id=22000
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151338: Processing unsol ELS 20 (PRLI) rp_id=21600
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151428: Posting unsol ELS 3 (PLOGI) rp_id=21500 lp_id=22000
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151428: Processing unsol ELS 3 (PLOGI) rp_id=21500
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151428: port state change from e to 4
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151428: Posting unsol ELS 20 (PRLI) rp_id=21500 lp_id=22000
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151428: Processing unsol ELS 20 (PRLI) rp_id=21500
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151428: Posting unsol ELS 3 (PLOGI) rp_id=21600 lp_id=22000
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151428: Processing unsol ELS 3 (PLOGI) rp_id=21600
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151428: Posting unsol ELS 20 (PRLI) rp_id=21600 lp_id=22000
> >>>>>> emlxs1:0151428: Processing unsol ELS 20 (PRLI) rp_id=21600
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> To be honest it does not really tell me much since I do not
> >>>>>> understand comstar to these depths. It would appear that the link fails so
> >>>>>> either driver problem or hardware issue? I will replace the LPe11002 with a
> >>>>>> brand new unopened one and then  give up on FC on OI.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Heinrich van Riel <
> >>>>>> heinrich.vanriel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I did find this in my inbox from 2009, I have been using FC with ZFS
> >>>>>>> for quite sometime and only recently retired an install with OI a5 that was
> >>>>>>> upgraded from opensolaris. It did not do real heavy duty stuff, but I had a
> >>>>>>> similar problem where we were stuck on build 99 for quite some time.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> To  Jean-Yves Chevallier at emulex
> >>>>>>> Any comments on the future of Emulex with regards to the COMSTAR
> >>>>>>> project?
> >>>>>>> It seems I am not the only one that have problems using Emulex in
> >>>>>>> later builds. For now I am stuck with build 99.
> >>>>>>> As always any feedback would be greatly appreciated since we have to
> >>>>>>> make a decision of sticking with Opensolaris & COMSTAR or start migrating
> >>>>>>> to another solution since we cannot stay on build 99 forever.
> >>>>>>> What I am really trying to find out is if there is a
> >>>>>>> roadmap/decision to ultimately only support Qlogic HBA’s in target mode.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Response:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Sorry for the delay in answering you. I do have news for you.
> >>>>>>> First off, the interface used by COMSTAR has changed in recent
> >>>>>>> Nevada releases (NV120 and up I believe). Since it is not a public
> >>>>>>> interface we had no prior indication on this.
> >>>>>>> We know of a number of issues, some on our driver, some on the
> >>>>>>> COMSTAR stack. Based on the information we have from you and other
> >>>>>>> community members, we have addressed all these issues in our next driver
> >>>>>>> version – we will know for sure after we run our DVT (driver verification
> >>>>>>> testing) next week. Depending on progress, this driver will be part of NV
> >>>>>>> 128 or else NV 130.
> >>>>>>> I believe it is worth taking another look based on these upcoming
> >>>>>>> builds, which I imagine might also include fixes to the rest of the COMSTAR
> >>>>>>> stack.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Best regards.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I can confirm that this was fixed in 128 and all I did was update
> >>>>>>> from 99 to 128 and there were no problems.
> >>>>>>> Seem like the same problem has now returned and emulex does not
> >>>>>>> appear to be a good fit since sun mostly used qlogic.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> guess it is back to iscsi only for now.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Heinrich van Riel <
> >>>>>>> heinrich.vanriel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> I changed the settings. I do see it writing all the time now, but
> >>>>>>>> the link still dies after a a few min
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Jun  7 16:30:57  emlxs: [ID 349649 kern.info] [ 5.0608]emlxs1:
> >>>>>>>> NOTICE: 730: Link reset. (Disabling link...)
> >>>>>>>> Jun  7 16:30:57 emlxs: [ID 349649 kern.info] [ 5.0333]emlxs1:
> >>>>>>>> NOTICE: 710: Link down.
> >>>>>>>> Jun  7 16:33:16 emlxs: [ID 349649 kern.info] [ 5.055D]emlxs1:
> >>>>>>>> NOTICE: 720: Link up. (4Gb, fabric, target)
> >>>>>>>> Jun  7 16:33:16 fct: [ID 132490 kern.notice] NOTICE: emlxs1 LINK
> >>>>>>>> UP, portid 22000, topology Fabric Pt-to-Pt,speed 4G
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Jim Klimov <jimklimov at cos.ru>wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Comment below
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> On 2013-06-07 20:42, Heinrich van Riel wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> One sec apart cloning 150GB vm from a datastore on EMC to OI.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> alloc free read write read write
> >>>>>>>>>> ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
> >>>>>>>>>> 309G 54.2T 81 48 452K 1.34M
> >>>>>>>>>> 309G 54.2T 0 8.17K 0 258M
> >>>>>>>>>> 310G 54.2T 0 16.3K 0 510M
> >>>>>>>>>> 310G 54.2T 0 0 0 0
> >>>>>>>>>> 310G 54.2T 0 0 0 0
> >>>>>>>>>> 310G 54.2T 0 0 0 0
> >>>>>>>>>> 310G 54.2T 0 10.1K 0 320M
> >>>>>>>>>> 311G 54.2T 0 26.1K 0 820M
> >>>>>>>>>> 311G 54.2T 0 0 0 0
> >>>>>>>>>> 311G 54.2T 0 0 0 0
> >>>>>>>>>> 311G 54.2T 0 0 0 0
> >>>>>>>>>> 311G 54.2T 0 10.6K 0 333M
> >>>>>>>>>> 313G 54.2T 0 27.4K 0 860M
> >>>>>>>>>> 313G 54.2T 0 0 0 0
> >>>>>>>>>> 313G 54.2T 0 0 0 0
> >>>>>>>>>> 313G 54.2T 0 0 0 0
> >>>>>>>>>> 313G 54.2T 0 9.69K 0 305M
> >>>>>>>>>> 314G 54.2T 0 10.8K 0 337M
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> ...
> >>>>>>>>> Were it not for your complaints about link resets and "unusable"
> >>>>>>>>> connections, I'd say this looks like a normal behavior for async
> >>>>>>>>> writes: they get cached up, and every 5 sec you have a transaction
> >>>>>>>>> group (TXG) sync which flushes the writes from cache to disks.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> In fact, the picture still looks like that, and possibly is the
> >>>>>>>>> reason for hiccups.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> The TXG sync may be an IO intensive process, which may block or
> >>>>>>>>> delay many other system tasks; previously when the interval
> >>>>>>>>> defaulted to 30 sec we got unusable SSH connections and temporarily
> >>>>>>>>> "hung" disk requests on the storage server every half a minute when
> >>>>>>>>> it was really busy (i.e. initial filling up with data from older
> >>>>>>>>> boxes). It cached up about 10 seconds worth of writes, then spewed
> >>>>>>>>> them out and could do nothing else. I don't think I ever saw
> >>>>>>>>> network
> >>>>>>>>> connections timing out or NICs reporting resets due to this, but I
> >>>>>>>>> wouldn't be surprised if this were the cause for your case, though
> >>>>>>>>> (i.e. disk IO threads preempting HBA/NIC threads for too long
> >>>>>>>>> somehow, making the driver very puzzled about staleness state of its card).
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> At the very least, TXG syncs can be tuned by two knobs: the time
> >>>>>>>>> limit (5 sec default) and the size limit (when the cache is "this"
> >>>>>>>>> full, begin the sync to disk). The latter is a realistic figure
> >>>>>>>>> that
> >>>>>>>>> can allow you to sync in shorter bursts - with less interruptions
> >>>>>>>>> to smooth IO and process work.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> A somewhat related tunable is the number of requests that ZFS would
> >>>>>>>>> queue up for a disk. Depending on its NCQ/TCQ abilities and random
> >>>>>>>>> IO abilities (HDD vs. SSD), long or short queues may be preferable.
> >>>>>>>>> See also: http://www.solarisinternals.**
> >>>>>>>>> com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Evil_**Tuning_Guide#Device_I.2FO_**
> >>>>>>>>> Queue_Size_.28I.2FO_**Concurrency.29<http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Evil_Tuning_Guide#Device_I.2FO_Queue_Size_.28I.2FO_Concurrency.29>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> These tunables can be set at runtime with "mdb -K", as well as in
> >>>>>>>>> the /etc/system file to survive reboots. One of our storage boxes
> >>>>>>>>> has these example values in /etc/system:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> *# default: flush txg every 5sec (may be max 30sec, optimize
> >>>>>>>>> *# for 5 sec writing)
> >>>>>>>>> set zfs:zfs_txg_synctime = 5
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> *# Spool to disk when the ZFS cache is 0x18000000 (384Mb) full
> >>>>>>>>> set zfs:zfs_write_limit_override = 0x18000000
> >>>>>>>>> *# ...for realtime changes use mdb.
> >>>>>>>>> *# Example sets 0x18000000 (384Mb, 402653184 b):
> >>>>>>>>> *# echo zfs_write_limit_override/**W0t402653184 | mdb -kw
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> *# ZFS queue depth per disk
> >>>>>>>>> set zfs:zfs_vdev_max_pending = 3
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> HTH,
> >>>>>>>>> //Jim Klimov
> >>>>>>>>>
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