[SOLVED] Restore VM Very Slow

cedre2

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Hello !

My restore backups are very slow when my storage is create in lvm-thin .. Restoring a vm of 60Go (what ever that bakcup is located on nas or on local : same result) take more than 24 hours !!! they are no log and no problem, just the restore are progressing very very slowly.

However, when i create a storage in directory (ext4), i restore this same bakcup in 30 minutes.

I want use lvm-thin to use snapshot

That's Wrong with lvm-thin ?

Any ideas ?

Configuration :
Hp proliant DL380 Gen10 ---> firmware ilo and ROM bios are up to date
Os proxmox installed in /dev/sda on RAID1 SSD 500Go
Vms are located in /dev/sdb on RAID5 (4 physical disk) 10TB
Raid is configured with the controller raid of Server HP Proliant DL380
Proxmox 6.3-6
 
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is the directory storage and lvmthin on the same disk?

lvmthin has a performance penalty on new lvs, since on every block that is allocated, lvmthin first has to zero it out so you basically write everything twice, but this should not take
48 times as long...

are the disks ok? (smartctl/dmesg/syslog)
 
is the directory storage and lvmthin on the same disk?
---> Yes on a same disk. Directory 30 min to restor and LvmThin More 24h for the same backup

are the disks ok? (smartctl/dmesg/syslog)
---> Yes Disk is ok, no error log

hdparm -Tt /dev/sdb
/dev/sdb:
Timing cached reads: 16560 MB in 2.00 seconds = 8289.19 MB/sec
SG_IO: bad/missing sense data, sb[]: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Timing buffered disk reads: 2238 MB in 3.00 seconds = 744.93 MB/sec
 
i'd do a write benchmark on the disk, the hdparm command only becnmarks reads, which can be wildly different from the writes..
 
Hello !
I think i've resolved the problem !!

It was the firmware of my Controller Raid Card !!

Be careful on HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 Server : if you Controller Raid is on 2.65 firmware update to 3.0
It works for me !!


Update : On a second server hp proliant380 Gen with same card controller raid not working. Restor are always very slow.

Be carefull with HP and Proxmox many problems !!!
https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-a00019005en_us
look here, debian and proxmox aren't listed on os support ! Only HyperV, Vmware etc ..

Sometimes it works and sometimes not, it's, nothing to understand with HP !!
 
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