Optimize Dell PowerEdge 2950 Disk Performance ?

fpausp

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I got a Dell 2950 with a PERC 5/i Integrated Raid Controller with 4x300GB SAS HDD and like to get a better Performance.

Some Infos:

Code:
pveperf

CPU BOGOMIPS:      15960.32
REGEX/SECOND:      762587
HD SIZE:           19.69 GB (/dev/mapper/pve-root)
BUFFERED READS:    232.04 MB/sec
AVERAGE SEEK TIME: 4.05 ms
FSYNCS/SECOND:     53.75
DNS EXT:           108.81 ms
DNS INT:           48.40 ms


pveperf /var/lib/vz

CPU BOGOMIPS:      15960.32
REGEX/SECOND:      780605
HD SIZE:           757.06 GB (/dev/mapper/pve-data)
BUFFERED READS:    245.78 MB/sec
AVERAGE SEEK TIME: 6.81 ms
FSYNCS/SECOND:     45.84
DNS EXT:           101.97 ms
DNS INT:           46.68 ms



Code:
megacli -AdpAllInfo -aAll

Adapter #0

==============================================================================
                    Versions
                ================
Product Name    : PERC 5/i Integrated
Serial No       : XXXXX
FW Package Build: 5.0.2-0003

                    
                Image Versions in Flash:
                ================
Boot Block Version : R.2.3.2
BIOS Version       : MT23
MPT Version        : MPTFW-00.06.71.00-IT
FW Version         : 1.00.02-0157
WebBIOS Version    : 1.01-021
Ctrl-R Version     : 1.02-007


                HW Configuration
                ================
SAS Address      : XXXXXXX
BBU              : Present
Alarm            : Present
NVRAM            : Present
Serial Debugger  : Present
Memory           : Present
Flash            : Present
Memory Size      : 256MB
TPM              : Absent
On board Expander: Absent
Upgrade Key      : Absent
Temperature sensor for ROC    : Absent
Temperature sensor for controller    : Absent


                Settings
                ================
Current Time                     : 14:50:11 6/16, 2014
Predictive Fail Poll Interval    : 300sec
Interrupt Throttle Active Count  : 16
Interrupt Throttle Completion    : 50us
Rebuild Rate                     : 30%
PR Rate                          : 30%
BGI Rate                         : 30%
Check Consistency Rate           : 30%
Reconstruction Rate              : 30%
Cache Flush Interval             : 4s
Max Drives to Spinup at One Time : 2
Delay Among Spinup Groups        : 12s
Physical Drive Coercion Mode     : 128MB
Cluster Mode                     : Disabled
Alarm                            : Disabled
Auto Rebuild                     : Enabled
Battery Warning                  : Enabled
Ecc Bucket Size                  : 15
Ecc Bucket Leak Rate             : 1440 Minutes
Restore HotSpare on Insertion    : Disabled
Expose Enclosure Devices         : Disabled
Maintain PD Fail History         : Disabled
Host Request Reordering          : Enabled
Auto Detect BackPlane Enabled    : SGPIO/i2c SEP
Load Balance Mode                : Auto
Use FDE Only                     : No
Security Key Assigned            : No
Security Key Failed              : No
Security Key Not Backedup        : No
Default LD PowerSave Policy      : Controller Defined
Maximum number of direct attached drives to spin up in 1 min : 0
Auto Enhanced Import             : No
Any Offline VD Cache Preserved   : No
Allow Boot with Preserved Cache  : No
Disable Online Controller Reset  : No
PFK in NVRAM                     : No
Use disk activity for locate     : No
POST delay                       : 90 seconds
BIOS Error Handling              : Stop On Errors
Current Boot Mode                 :Normal
                Capabilities
                ================
RAID Level Supported             : RAID0, RAID1, RAID5, RAID00, RAID10, RAID50, SRL 3 supported
Supported Drives                 : SAS, SATA

Allowed Mixing:

Mix in Enclosure Allowed

                Status
                ================
ECC Bucket Count                 : 0

                Limitations
                ================
Max Arms Per VD          : 32
Max Spans Per VD         : 8
Max Arrays               : 128
Max Number of VDs        : 64
Max Parallel Commands    : 1008
Max SGE Count            : 80
Max Data Transfer Size   : 8192 sectors
Max Strips PerIO         : 84
Max LD per array         : 0
Min Strip Size           : 8 KB
Max Strip Size           : 128 KB
Max Configurable CacheCade Size: 0 GB
Current Size of CacheCade      : 0 GB
Current Size of FW Cache       : 0 MB

                Supported Adapter Operations
                ================
Rebuild Rate                    : Yes
CC Rate                         : Yes
BGI Rate                        : Yes
Reconstruct Rate                : Yes
Patrol Read Rate                : Yes
Alarm Control                   : Yes
Cluster Support                 : No
BBU                             : Yes
Spanning                        : Yes
Dedicated Hot Spare             : Yes
Revertible Hot Spares           : No
Foreign Config Import           : Yes
Self Diagnostic                 : Yes
Allow Mixed Redundancy on Array : No
Global Hot Spares               : Yes
Deny SCSI Passthrough           : No
Deny SMP Passthrough            : No
Deny STP Passthrough            : No
Support Security                : No
Snapshot Enabled                : No
Support the OCE without adding drives : No
Support PFK                     : No
Support PI                      : No
Support Boot Time PFK Change    : No
Disable Online PFK Change       : No
Support Shield State            : No
Block SSD Write Disk Cache Change: No

                Supported VD Operations
                ================
Read Policy          : Yes
Write Policy         : Yes
IO Policy            : Yes
Access Policy        : Yes
Disk Cache Policy    : Yes
Reconstruction       : Yes
Deny Locate          : No
Deny CC              : No
Allow Ctrl Encryption: No
Enable LDBBM         : No
Support Breakmirror  : No
Power Savings        : No

                Supported PD Operations
                ================
Force Online                            : Yes
Force Offline                           : Yes
Force Rebuild                           : Yes
Deny Force Failed                       : No
Deny Force Good/Bad                     : No
Deny Missing Replace                    : No
Deny Clear                              : No
Deny Locate                             : No
Support Temperature                     : No
NCQ                                     : No
Disable Copyback                        : No
Enable JBOD                             : No
Enable Copyback on SMART                : No
Enable Copyback to SSD on SMART Error   : No
Enable SSD Patrol Read                  : No
PR Correct Unconfigured Areas           : No
                Error Counters
                ================
Memory Correctable Errors   : 0
Memory Uncorrectable Errors : 0

                Cluster Information
                ================
Cluster Permitted     : No
Cluster Active        : No

                Default Settings
                ================
Phy Polarity                     : 0
Phy PolaritySplit                : 0
Background Rate                  : 30
Strip Size                       : 64kB
Flush Time                       : 4 seconds
Write Policy                     : WB
Read Policy                      : None
Cache When BBU Bad               : Disabled
Cached IO                        : No
SMART Mode                       : Mode 6
Alarm Disable                    : No
Coercion Mode                    : 128MB
ZCR Config                       : IDSEL
Dirty LED Shows Drive Activity   : No
BIOS Continue on Error           : 0
Spin Down Mode                   : None
Allowed Device Type              : SAS/SATA Mix
Allow Mix in Enclosure           : Yes
Allow HDD SAS/SATA Mix in VD     : No
Allow SSD SAS/SATA Mix in VD     : No
Allow HDD/SSD Mix in VD          : No
Allow SATA in Cluster            : No
Max Chained Enclosures           : 1
Disable Ctrl-R                   : No
Enable Web BIOS                  : No
Direct PD Mapping                : No
BIOS Enumerate VDs               : No
Restore Hot Spare on Insertion   : No
Expose Enclosure Devices         : No
Maintain PD Fail History         : No
Disable Puncturing               : No
Zero Based Enclosure Enumeration : No
PreBoot CLI Enabled              : Yes
LED Show Drive Activity          : No
Cluster Disable                  : Yes
SAS Disable                      : No
Auto Detect BackPlane Enable     : SGPIO/i2c SEP
Use FDE Only                     : No
Enable Led Header                : No
Delay during POST                : 0
EnableCrashDump                  : No
Disable Online Controller Reset  : No
EnableLDBBM                      : No
Un-Certified Hard Disk Drives    : Block
Treat Single span R1E as R10     : No
Max LD per array                 : 16
Power Saving option              : All power saving options are enabled
Default spin down time in minutes: 0
Enable JBOD                      : No
Time taken to detect CME         : 60s

Exit Code: 0x00




Is the Battery OK ?


Code:
megacli -AdpBbuCmd -GetBbuStatus -a0 | grep -e '^isSOHGood' -e '^Charger Status' -e '^Remaining Capacity'

Charger Status: Complete
Remaining Capacity: 0 mAh
isSOHGood: Yes
 
Last edited:
Thank you for the Link...


I tried to aktivate the write-back:

Code:
megacli -LDSetProp -WB -Immediate -Lall -aAll

Set Write Policy to WriteBack on Adapter 0, VD 0 (target id: 0) success

Exit Code: 0x00


I guess the battery is not OK ?

Code:
megacli -AdpBbuCmd  -a0

BBU status for Adapter: 0

BatteryType: BBU
Voltage: 4 mV
Current: 0 mA
Temperature: 65500 C
Battery State: Optimal
BBU Firmware Status:

  Charging Status              : None
  Voltage                                 : OK
  Temperature                             : OK
  Learn Cycle Requested                   : No
  Learn Cycle Active                      : No
  Learn Cycle Status                      : OK
  Learn Cycle Timeout                     : No
  I2c Errors Detected                     : No
  Battery Pack Missing                    : No
  Battery Replacement required            : No
  Remaining Capacity Low                  : No
  Periodic Learn Required                 : No
  Transparent Learn                       : No
  No space to cache offload               : No
  Pack is about to fail & should be replaced : No
  Cache Offload premium feature required  : No
  Module microcode update required        : No


GasGuageStatus:
  Fully Discharged        : Yes
  Fully Charged           : No
  Discharging             : Yes
  Initialized             : Yes
  Remaining Time Alarm    : No
  Discharge Terminated    : Yes
  Over Temperature        : No
  Charging Terminated     : No
  Over Charged            : No
Relative State of Charge: 0 %
Charger Status: Complete
Remaining Capacity: 0 mAh
Full Charge Capacity: 1882 mAh
isSOHGood: Yes
  Battery backup charge time : 0 hours

BBU Capacity Info for Adapter: 0

  Relative State of Charge: 0 %
  Absolute State of charge: 0 %
  Remaining Capacity: 0 mAh
  Full Charge Capacity: 1882 mAh
  Run time to empty: Battery is not being charged.
  Average time to empty: Battery is not being charged.
  Estimated Time to full recharge: Battery is not being charged.
  Cycle Count: 1
Max Error = 100 %
Remaining Capacity Alarm = 190 mAh
Remining Time Alarm = 10 Min

BBU Design Info for Adapter: 0

  Date of Manufacture: 08/29, 2007
  Design Capacity: 1900 mAh
  Design Voltage: 3700 mV
  Specification Info: 8000
  Serial Number: 1535
  Pack Stat Configuration: 0xe4e8
  Manufacture Name: SMP-PA
  Firmware Version   :
  Device Name: X848378
  Device Chemistry: LION
  Battery FRU: N/A
  Transparent Learn = 0
  App Data = 0

BBU Properties for Adapter: 0

  Auto Learn Period: 90 Days
  Next Learn time: Thu Sep 11 15:03:40 2014
  Learn Delay Interval:0 Hours
  Auto-Learn Mode: Enabled

Exit Code: 0x00
root@proxmox2:/var/lib/vz#
root@proxmox2:/var/lib/vz#
root@proxmox2:/var/lib/vz# clear
root@proxmox2:/var/lib/vz# megacli -AdpBbuCmd  -a0

BBU status for Adapter: 0

BatteryType: BBU
Voltage: 5 mV
Current: 0 mA
Temperature: 65500 C
Battery State: Optimal
BBU Firmware Status:

  Charging Status              : None
  Voltage                                 : OK
  Temperature                             : OK
  Learn Cycle Requested                   : No
  Learn Cycle Active                      : No
  Learn Cycle Status                      : OK
  Learn Cycle Timeout                     : No
  I2c Errors Detected                     : No
  Battery Pack Missing                    : No
  Battery Replacement required            : No
  Remaining Capacity Low                  : No
  Periodic Learn Required                 : No
  Transparent Learn                       : No
  No space to cache offload               : No
  Pack is about to fail & should be replaced : No
  Cache Offload premium feature required  : No
  Module microcode update required        : No


GasGuageStatus:
  Fully Discharged        : Yes
  Fully Charged           : No
  Discharging             : Yes
  Initialized             : Yes
  Remaining Time Alarm    : No
  Discharge Terminated    : Yes
  Over Temperature        : No
  Charging Terminated     : No
  Over Charged            : No
Relative State of Charge: 0 %
Charger Status: Complete
Remaining Capacity: 0 mAh
Full Charge Capacity: 1882 mAh
isSOHGood: Yes
  Battery backup charge time : 0 hours

BBU Capacity Info for Adapter: 0

  Relative State of Charge: 0 %
  Absolute State of charge: 0 %
  Remaining Capacity: 0 mAh
  Full Charge Capacity: 1882 mAh
  Run time to empty: Battery is not being charged.
  Average time to empty: Battery is not being charged.
  Estimated Time to full recharge: Battery is not being charged.
  Cycle Count: 1
Max Error = 100 %
Remaining Capacity Alarm = 190 mAh
Remining Time Alarm = 10 Min

BBU Design Info for Adapter: 0

  Date of Manufacture: 08/29, 2007
  Design Capacity: 1900 mAh
  Design Voltage: 3700 mV
  Specification Info: 8000
  Serial Number: 1535
  Pack Stat Configuration: 0xe4e8
  Manufacture Name: SMP-PA
  Firmware Version   :
  Device Name: X848378
  Device Chemistry: LION
  Battery FRU: N/A
  Transparent Learn = 0
  App Data = 0

BBU Properties for Adapter: 0

  Auto Learn Period: 90 Days
  Next Learn time: Thu Sep 11 15:03:40 2014
  Learn Delay Interval:0 Hours
  Auto-Learn Mode: Enabled

Exit Code: 0x00


Code:
pveperf
CPU BOGOMIPS:      15960.02
REGEX/SECOND:      812564
HD SIZE:           19.69 GB (/dev/mapper/pve-root)
BUFFERED READS:    197.26 MB/sec
AVERAGE SEEK TIME: 6.91 ms
FSYNCS/SECOND:     28.45
DNS EXT:           116.86 ms
DNS INT:           53.43 ms