Server sometimes slow

Also, please can you test using another IO scheduler. You can do that by changing the boot option in /boot/grub/menu.lst (add 'elevator=deadline'), then reboot the server.

Code:
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.24-8-pve root=/dev/mapper/pve-root ro elevator=deadline
 
Thanks Dietmar,

I will follow your advice. However I am limited on what I can test on a production server. But moving a vm to another hardware is an option that I will explore. I will let you know if I find something meaningful...

As of now the problem seems less significant. I have asked a couple of my vps users to monitor again yesterday and no one reported having as much of a slow down as previously.

I'll continue monitoring the situation.
Thanks again.
 
today i had transfer some vm's via scp an i saw a big network-issue, the transfer-rate slows down the 10kb! possibly the driver for the networkcards? i have here 4 Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II.
 
today i had transfer some vm's via scp an i saw a big network-issue, the transfer-rate slows down the 10kb! possibly the driver for the networkcards? i have here 4 Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II
 
I guess you are using the latest version? What's the output of

# pveversion -v

Is the problem reproducable? - how?
 
we installed an usb-networkcard and unloaded the broadcom module. for the moment is all fine. some people here say that the pve-1.2 are working. is in pve-1.2 an different broadcom (bnx2) module? in pve-1.4 it is 1.9.20b.

here my output from pveversion -v:

pve-manager: 1.4-9 (pve-manager/1.4/4390)
qemu-server: 1.1-6
pve-kernel: 2.6.24-16
pve-qemu-kvm: 0.11.0-2
pve-firmware: 1
vncterm: 0.9-2
vzctl: 3.0.23-1pve3
vzdump: 1.2-4
vzprocps: 2.0.11-1dso2
vzquota: 3.0.11-1
 
we compiled an old driver for the broadcom -> same result
without virtio and with the broadcom card -> same result
with the usb-network card and without broadcom -> it works for the moment

i think i will buy an e1000 or something for my server.
 
Re: Server sometimes slow - update

I thought I could post an update here.
The problem of slowness of OpenVZ vps is still current. It seems a little better with 1.4 than 1.4b but here is some latest data from the command sar -P

Is there any reason why this host with only 12 active vps would see its load spike like this every now and then causing everything else to become slow?

Is there any other kind of data or trace I could run to give you meaningful data for you to look into this?

HTML:
myhost:~# sar -P

Linux  myhost  2.6.24-8-pve  #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Oct 16 11:17:55 CEST 2009  x86_64  10/27/2009

00:00:01  pswch/s runq nrproc lavg1 lavg5 avg15                      _procload_
00:10:01     1575    6   1015  2.63  4.16  7.43
00:20:01     1796    9   1020  1.78  2.51  5.03
00:30:01     1511   17   1036  2.49  2.11  3.59
00:40:01     2810    8   1004  2.52  2.82  3.30
00:50:01     1511   15   1016  3.14  2.84  3.02
01:00:01     1682   49   1048 21.82 12.74  6.81
01:10:01     1887   11    995  4.35  8.08  8.52
01:20:01     1627    6    988  1.86  3.69  6.00
01:30:01     2741   11   1021  2.87  2.66  4.29
01:40:01     3731    9   1016  2.88  2.44  3.33
01:50:01     1856   10   1015  3.30  3.09  3.21
02:00:01     1400   24   1033  2.98  2.78  2.94
02:10:01     5579   17   1033  4.45  5.63  4.40
02:20:25     2297   38   1074 31.56 12.63  6.90
02:30:01     2180   20   1031  2.13  7.33  8.35
02:40:01      942    9   1012  2.02  2.39  5.12
02:50:01      974    8   1023  1.83  1.65  3.35
03:00:19      752   47   1076 39.07 17.09  8.34
03:10:01     1736    4    983  2.10  7.17  8.39
03:20:01     1360    7   1009  1.96  2.72  5.36
03:30:01     3534   17   1012  3.06  9.97  9.26
03:40:01     2126   11   1024  6.06 13.05 11.24
03:50:01     2286    7    983 10.25 17.33 13.83
04:00:01     2588    7    985  2.50  4.32  8.28
04:10:01     1488    8   1005  2.46  2.51  5.38
04:20:01      918   30   1027 13.51  5.47  4.96
04:30:01     1033   10   1032  2.46  3.38  4.23
04:40:01     1014    7   1017  2.33  2.14  3.12
04:50:01     1015   19   1010 22.29 17.55  9.38
05:00:01     1395   16   1002  2.58  7.51  8.17
05:10:01     1117    8    989  1.40  2.83  5.34
05:20:01      906    8    995  2.44  2.11  3.69
05:30:01     1340   28   1032  2.56  9.71  8.14
05:40:01     2164    9   1000  2.08  2.93  5.10
05:50:02     1624   37   1054 24.25  8.19  5.71
06:00:01     1837   15   1036  1.65  5.13  6.57
06:10:01      628    7   1019  2.41  2.41  4.31
06:20:01      683    7   1018  2.00  2.05  3.19
06:30:01     1030   20   1032 33.12 17.30  8.44
06:40:01      797    7   1015  1.92  5.16  6.61
06:50:01      686    9   1023  1.71  2.08  4.23
07:00:01      844   11   1037  2.09  1.83  3.03
07:10:01      714   10   1017  1.54  1.74  2.43
07:20:01      920    9   1030  2.58  2.11  2.25
07:30:01      957   13   1041  2.35  2.03  2.09
07:40:01     1368    7   1022  2.37  8.86  7.41
07:50:01      872    7   1012  1.89  3.12  4.93
08:00:01      748   21   1041  0.88  1.70  3.36
08:10:01      627    6   1019  2.06  2.01  2.72
08:20:01      666   10   1017 17.19  6.76  3.97
08:30:01     2291   10   1039  1.63  7.90  8.74
08:40:01      703    7   1020  1.61  2.42  5.30
08:50:01      813   10   1033  2.22  2.05  3.70
09:00:01      972   24   1053  2.72  2.36  3.01
09:10:01     1778    6   1029  1.54  1.61  2.32
09:20:01      733   14   1018  8.49 13.84  8.12
09:30:01     1624    9    998  1.96  3.51  5.12
09:40:01      988    8   1047  2.35  2.29  3.66
09:50:01     3086    9   1031  2.22  2.44  3.08
10:00:01     1202    8    987  1.79  2.10  2.59
10:10:01     1055   11    988  2.22  2.39  2.51
10:20:01     1543    6   1032  1.54  1.83  2.15
10:30:01     1142    7    985  0.90  1.57  1.93
10:40:01     1166    8    988  2.23  2.04  2.00
10:50:01     1212    8   1001  2.73  2.40  2.19
11:00:01     1461   15   1002  2.70  2.56  2.38
11:10:01     1383    5   1036  1.96  2.08  2.18
11:20:01     1317    9   1028  1.63  2.06  2.14
11:30:01     1263    8   1039  0.74  1.77  2.04
11:40:01      939   33   1051 11.56 12.21  6.61
11:50:01     1947   11   1041  2.09  3.61  4.93
12:00:01     1106   15   1068  4.36  9.18  7.44
12:10:01     1459    7   1076  9.95 12.32  9.48
12:20:18     1701   64   1163 47.54 22.72 13.48
12:30:01     1800   11   1089  2.61  5.22  8.40
12:40:01     1331    3   1065  2.51  2.76  5.47
12:50:01     1424    7   1092  1.09  1.68  3.65
13:00:01     2328   19   1104  2.73  2.12  2.90
13:10:01     2215    9   1082  3.14  2.73  2.83
13:20:01     2053   10   1047  3.20  2.91  2.79
13:30:01     2457   11   1061  4.37  3.78  3.26
13:40:01     3460    9   1117  4.95  6.68  5.38
13:50:01     5009   10   1135  2.66  3.51  4.35
14:00:01     2210    8   1140  1.69  2.38  3.44
14:10:01     3581   11   1120  3.21  6.69  5.89
14:20:01     4389   21   1153 20.02 11.68  7.61
14:30:01     3887    7   1091  2.34  4.43  5.94
14:40:01     1867    8   1106  2.89  2.72  4.24
14:50:01     1471   10   1107  1.91  2.32  3.31
15:00:01     1549   10   1137  2.84  2.55  2.92
15:10:01     1472    9   1084  1.95  2.34  2.67
15:20:01     2763    8   1091  2.58  2.47  2.56
15:30:01     2270   15   1093  3.72  3.10  2.75
15:40:01     1814   28   1135 13.35 12.39  7.19
15:50:01     2135    9   1117  1.81  3.62  4.86
16:00:01     1942   22   1189  9.49  4.63  4.48
16:10:01     1626    5   1129  3.00  3.49  4.16
16:20:01     1553    7   1133  2.85  7.70  7.11
16:30:01     1628   29   1192  4.08  7.91  7.82
16:40:01     1984   52   1235 28.97 14.61  9.73
16:50:01     3498   15   1170 17.87 19.75 13.76
17:00:01     6077    9   1208  4.39 10.37 12.30
17:10:01     2441    7   1204  3.45  4.64  8.23
17:20:01     2117   21   1190  6.08  4.55  6.40
17:30:02     1781   59   1212 34.15 23.12 14.95
17:40:01     1827   11   1177  3.27  6.12  9.76
 
Re: Server sometimes slow - update

Is there any other kind of data or trace I could run to give you meaningful data for you to look into this?

I would observe ram and swap usage. If you do not have enough ram things will slow down because there is insuficient cache or worse, the system starts swapping.
 
Thanks for your reply Dietmar.

Unfortunately this is not the case. Something is not normal. Here is the equivalent memory/swap for that timeframe:
The server has 24GB of RAM. It always had at least 5GB free. It never hit the swap.

HTML:
myhost:~# sar -r -n 27

Linux  myhost  2.6.24-8-pve  #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Oct 16 11:17:55 CEST 2009  x86_64  10/27/2009

00:00:01  memtot memfree buffers   cached  slabmem      swptot swpfree  _mem_
00:10:01  24096M  12533M   2162M    4122M    2623M      23551M  23551M
00:20:01  24096M  12494M   2162M    4128M    2624M      23551M  23551M
00:30:01  24096M  12419M   2163M    4133M    2625M      23551M  23551M
00:40:01  24096M  12466M   2163M    4167M    2634M      23551M  23551M
00:50:01  24096M  12453M   2163M    4171M    2635M      23551M  23551M
01:00:01  24096M  12429M   2164M    4182M    2646M      23551M  23551M
01:10:01  24096M  12362M   2164M    4190M    2643M      23551M  23551M
01:20:01  24096M  12472M   2164M    4194M    2643M      23551M  23551M
01:30:01  24096M  12381M   2164M    4197M    2643M      23551M  23551M
01:40:01  24096M  12402M   2164M    4201M    2643M      23551M  23551M
01:50:01  24096M  12422M   2164M    4204M    2643M      23551M  23551M
02:00:01  24096M  12355M   2164M    4206M    2643M      23551M  23551M
02:10:01  24096M  12238M   2164M    4223M    2646M      23551M  23551M
02:20:25  24096M  12182M   2164M    4252M    2656M      23551M  23551M
02:30:01  24096M  12311M   2164M    4253M    2652M      23551M  23551M
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03:20:01  24096M  12088M   2166M    4431M    2657M      23551M  23551M
03:30:01  24096M  12091M   2166M    4434M    2659M      23551M  23551M
03:40:01  24096M  12109M   2166M    4435M    2659M      23551M  23551M
03:50:01  24096M  12127M   2166M    4437M    2660M      23551M  23551M
04:00:01  24096M  12022M   2166M    4526M    2664M      23551M  23551M
04:10:01  24096M  11989M   2166M    4527M    2665M      23551M  23551M
04:20:01  24096M  11927M   2166M    4538M    2676M      23551M  23551M
04:30:01  24096M  11990M   2166M    4540M    2674M      23551M  23551M
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04:50:01  24096M  12007M   2167M    4546M    2675M      23551M  23551M
05:00:01  24096M  11935M   2167M    4547M    2675M      23551M  23551M
05:10:01  24096M  12022M   2167M    4548M    2675M      23551M  23551M
05:20:01  24096M  11863M   2167M    4658M    2683M      23551M  23551M
05:30:01  24096M  11837M   2167M    4657M    2684M      23551M  23551M
05:40:01  24096M  11863M   2167M    4658M    2684M      23551M  23551M
05:50:02  24096M  11798M   2167M    4664M    2692M      23551M  23551M
06:00:01  24096M  11788M   2167M    4665M    2689M      23551M  23551M
06:10:01  24096M  11822M   2167M    4666M    2688M      23551M  23551M
06:20:01  24096M  11792M   2167M    4667M    2689M      23551M  23551M
06:30:01  24096M  11519M   2241M    4827M    2745M      23551M  23551M
06:40:01  24096M  11561M   2241M    4827M    2739M      23551M  23551M
06:50:01  24096M  11538M   2241M    4827M    2739M      23551M  23551M
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08:00:01  24096M  11469M   2242M    4835M    2742M      23551M  23551M
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08:20:01  24096M  11527M   2242M    4839M    2747M      23551M  23551M
08:30:01  24096M  11502M   2242M    4837M    2740M      23551M  23551M
08:40:01  24096M  11516M   2242M    4835M    2738M      23551M  23551M
08:50:01  24096M  11493M   2242M    4837M    2738M      23551M  23551M
09:00:01  24096M  11394M   2242M    4842M    2738M      23551M  23551M
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09:20:01  24096M  11578M   2242M    4848M    2738M      23551M  23551M
09:30:01  24096M  11494M   2242M    4848M    2738M      23551M  23551M
09:40:01  24096M  11500M   2242M    4853M    2739M      23551M  23551M
09:50:01  24096M  11522M   2242M    4856M    2738M      23551M  23551M
10:00:01  24096M  11524M   2242M    4857M    2737M      23551M  23551M
10:10:01  24096M  11495M   2242M    4890M    2737M      23551M  23551M
10:20:01  24096M  11496M   2243M    4901M    2740M      23551M  23551M
10:30:01  24096M  11526M   2243M    4904M    2738M      23551M  23551M
10:40:01  24096M  11488M   2243M    4908M    2738M      23551M  23551M
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11:00:01  24096M  11427M   2243M    4918M    2738M      23551M  23551M
11:10:01  24096M  11327M   2261M    4974M    2774M      23551M  23551M
11:20:01  24096M  11348M   2262M    4898M    2772M      23551M  23551M
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12:00:01  24096M  10769M   2288M    5432M    2817M      23551M  23551M
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13:40:01  24096M   8493M   2391M    7249M    3033M      23551M  23551M
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17:40:01  24096M   5700M   2510M    9551M    3303M      23551M  23551M
 
Alright guys I have received enough complains to take this as a serious issue.
While I appreciate the work of the proxmox team, I think I am about to give up on proxmox...

This performance issue is a nightmare and no one knows the cause. I might just go straight with a centos openvz...

My last shot with proxmox is to downgrade to 1.2 to see if the issue persists.
 
I am starting to believe that this is a driver problem. Please can you post the output of:

# lsmod

Thank you for your reply Dietmar, Here is the output that you requested.

HTML:
myhost:~# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
kvm_intel              61416  0 
kvm                   203792  1 kvm_intel
vzethdev               23552  0 
vznetdev               32904  30 
simfs                  14064  15 
vzrst                 158248  0 
vzcpt                 131256  0 
tun                    23168  2 vzrst,vzcpt
vzdquota               60016  15 [permanent]
vzmon                  58008  19 vzethdev,vznetdev,vzrst,vzcpt
vzdev                  12808  4 vzethdev,vznetdev,vzdquota,vzmon
xt_tcpudp              12160  126 
xt_length              10752  0 
ipt_ttl                10624  0 
xt_tcpmss              11008  0 
xt_TCPMSS              13440  0 
iptable_mangle         13824  15 
iptable_filter         13568  25 
xt_multiport           12160  0 
xt_limit               11904  0 
ipt_tos                10368  0 
ipt_REJECT             13824  0 
ip_tables              33384  2 iptable_mangle,iptable_filter
x_tables               34056  10 xt_tcpudp,xt_length,ipt_ttl,xt_tcpmss,xt_TCPMSS,xt_multiport,xt_limit,ipt_tos,ipt_REJECT,ip_tables
ipv6                  350848  291 vzrst,vzcpt,vzmon
ib_iser                47112  0 
rdma_cm                44788  1 ib_iser
ib_cm                  45864  1 rdma_cm
iw_cm                  19848  1 rdma_cm
ib_sa                  34912  2 rdma_cm,ib_cm
ib_mad                 52008  2 ib_cm,ib_sa
ib_core                71552  6 ib_iser,rdma_cm,ib_cm,iw_cm,ib_sa,ib_mad
ib_addr                17672  1 rdma_cm
iscsi_tcp              36992  0 
libiscsi               38912  2 ib_iser,iscsi_tcp
scsi_transport_iscsi    44560  5 ib_iser,iscsi_tcp,libiscsi
bridge                 75304  0 
serio_raw              16388  0 
joydev                 23552  0 
psmouse                54684  0 
pcspkr                 12160  0 
thermal                26912  0 
evdev                  22912  0 
button                 18080  0 
igb                   119196  0 
processor              49096  17 thermal
dca                    16104  1 igb
sg                     49560  0 
scsi_wait_scan          9984  0 
virtio_blk             16264  0 
virtio                 14336  1 virtio_blk
dm_mod                 80248  7 
usbhid                 43616  0 
hid                    53312  1 usbhid
usb_storage            92608  1 
libusual               30816  1 usb_storage
sd_mod                 41088  5 
sr_mod                 27812  0 
ide_disk               26624  0 
ide_generic             9728  0 [permanent]
ide_cd                 43552  0 
cdrom                  49064  2 sr_mod,ide_cd
ide_core              147608  3 ide_disk,ide_generic,ide_cd
shpchp                 46236  0 
pci_hotplug            43056  1 shpchp
uhci_hcd               38176  0 
ehci_hcd               50188  0 
usbcore               180784  6 usbhid,usb_storage,libusual,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
ahci                   41348  0 
libata                189616  1 ahci
i2c_i801               19484  0 
i2c_core               36480  1 i2c_i801
aacraid                86020  4 
scsi_mod              189752  11 ib_iser,iscsi_tcp,libiscsi,scsi_transport_iscsi,sg,scsi_wait_scan,usb_storage,sd_mod,sr_mod,libata,aacraid
isofs                  47784  0 
msdos                  19840  0 
fat                    68912  1 msdos

Let me know if there is anything else that you need.
 
Here is my lsmod from the server where things used to work fine. That server was a Xeon 5470 at 3GHz. Note that this previous server was updated to 1.4 after everything was migrated away from it and is currently running no vps. (the new and current one is nehalem 5520).

HTML:
previoushost:~# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
kvm_intel              61416  0 
kvm                   203792  1 kvm_intel
vzethdev               23552  0 
vznetdev               32904  0 
simfs                  14064  0 
vzrst                 158248  0 
vzcpt                 131256  0 
tun                    23168  2 vzrst,vzcpt
vzdquota               60016  0 [permanent]
vzmon                  58008  4 vzethdev,vznetdev,vzrst,vzcpt
vzdev                  12808  4 vzethdev,vznetdev,vzdquota,vzmon
xt_tcpudp              12160  0 
xt_length              10752  0 
ipt_ttl                10624  0 
xt_tcpmss              11008  0 
xt_TCPMSS              13440  0 
iptable_mangle         13824  0 
iptable_filter         13568  0 
xt_multiport           12160  0 
xt_limit               11904  0 
ipt_tos                10368  0 
ipt_REJECT             13824  0 
ip_tables              33384  2 iptable_mangle,iptable_filter
x_tables               34056  10 xt_tcpudp,xt_length,ipt_ttl,xt_tcpmss,xt_TCPMSS,xt_multiport,xt_limit,ipt_tos,ipt_REJECT,ip_tables
ipv6                  350848  39 vzrst,vzcpt,vzmon
bridge                 75304  0 
dm_snapshot            27744  0 
dm_mirror              34816  0 
snd_hda_intel         391720  0 
snd_pcm                97416  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_timer              35464  1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc         19984  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep              19848  1 snd_hda_intel
snd                    79784  4 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
soundcore              18208  1 snd
thermal                26912  0 
evdev                  22912  0 
pcspkr                 12160  0 
button                 18080  0 
e1000e                155052  0 
processor              49096  1 thermal
sg                     49560  0 
scsi_wait_scan          9984  0 
virtio_blk             16264  0 
virtio                 14336  1 virtio_blk
dm_mod                 80248  9 dm_snapshot,dm_mirror
usbhid                 43616  0 
hid                    53312  1 usbhid
usb_storage            92608  0 
libusual               30816  1 usb_storage
sd_mod                 41088  5 
sr_mod                 27812  0 
ide_disk               26624  0 
ide_generic             9728  0 [permanent]
ide_cd                 43552  0 
cdrom                  49064  2 sr_mod,ide_cd
ide_core              147608  3 ide_disk,ide_generic,ide_cd
uhci_hcd               38176  0 
ehci_hcd               50188  0 
usbcore               180784  6 usbhid,usb_storage,libusual,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
iTCO_wdt               22864  0 
iTCO_vendor_support    12932  1 iTCO_wdt
ata_piix               32004  3 
pata_acpi              17152  0 
ata_generic            17156  0 
libata                189616  3 ata_piix,pata_acpi,ata_generic
scsi_mod              189752  6 sg,scsi_wait_scan,usb_storage,sd_mod,sr_mod,libata
i2c_i801               19484  0 
i2c_core               36480  1 i2c_i801
shpchp                 46236  0 
pci_hotplug            43056  1 shpchp
ohci1394               44212  0 
ieee1394              114896  1 ohci1394
isofs                  47784  0 
msdos                  19840  0 
fat                    68912  1 msdos

Let mek now if this helps.
 
No i am now not physically at the server, so i won't try chaning kernels.
maybe i'll get there next week.

Code:
# pveversion -v
pve-manager: 1.4-9 (pve-manager/1.4/4390)
qemu-server: 1.1-8
pve-kernel: 2.6.24-16
pve-qemu-kvm: 0.11.0-2
pve-firmware: 1
vncterm: 0.9-2
vzctl: 3.0.23-1pve3
vzdump: 1.2-5
vzprocps: 2.0.11-1dso2
vzquota: 3.0.11-1
i shut down all machines except of one KVM running with ide hdd and virtio ethernet.
Code:
# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
kvm_intel              61416  1
kvm                   203792  1 kvm_intel
vzethdev               23552  0
vznetdev               32904  0
simfs                  14064  0
vzrst                 158248  0
vzcpt                 131256  0
tun                    23168  3 vzrst,vzcpt
vzdquota               60016  0 [permanent]
vzmon                  58008  4 vzethdev,vznetdev,vzrst,vzcpt
vzdev                  12808  4 vzethdev,vznetdev,vzdquota,vzmon
xt_tcpudp              12160  0
xt_length              10752  0
ipt_ttl                10624  0
xt_tcpmss              11008  0
xt_TCPMSS              13440  0
iptable_mangle         13824  0
iptable_filter         13568  0
xt_multiport           12160  0
xt_limit               11904  0
ipt_tos                10368  0
ipt_REJECT             13824  0
ip_tables              33384  2 iptable_mangle,iptable_filter
x_tables               34056  10 xt_tcpudp,xt_length,ipt_ttl,xt_tcpmss,xt_TCPMSS,xt_multiport,xt_limit,ipt_tos,ipt_REJECT,ip_tables
ipv6                  350848  31 vzrst,vzcpt,vzmon
bridge                 75304  0
coretemp               17152  0
ipmi_si                58444  0
ipmi_msghandler        52216  1 ipmi_si
evdev                  22912  0
tg3                   147588  0
container              13952  0
pcspkr                 12160  0
thermal                26912  0
button                 18080  0
sg                     49560  0
processor              49096  1 thermal
dm_snapshot            27744  2
scsi_wait_scan          9984  0
virtio_blk             16264  0
virtio                 14336  1 virtio_blk
dm_mod                 80248  13 dm_snapshot
usbhid                 43616  1
hid                    53312  1 usbhid
usb_storage            92608  0
libusual               30816  1 usb_storage
sd_mod                 41088  4
sr_mod                 27812  1
ide_disk               26624  0
ide_generic             9728  0 [permanent]
ide_cd                 43552  0
cdrom                  49064  2 sr_mod,ide_cd
ide_core              147608  3 ide_disk,ide_generic,ide_cd
shpchp                 46236  0
pci_hotplug            43056  1 shpchp
uhci_hcd               38176  0
ehci_hcd               50188  0
usbcore               180784  7 usbhid,usb_storage,libusual,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
iTCO_wdt               22864  0
iTCO_vendor_support    12932  1 iTCO_wdt
i2c_i801               19484  0
i2c_core               36480  1 i2c_i801
ata_piix               32004  5
pata_acpi              17152  0
ata_generic            17156  0
libata                189616  3 ata_piix,pata_acpi,ata_generic
scsi_mod              189752  6 sg,scsi_wait_scan,usb_storage,sd_mod,sr_mod,libata
isofs                  47784  0
msdos                  19840  0
fat                    68912  1 msdos
edit: also tried with
Linux proxmox 2.6.24-7-pve #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Aug 21 09:07:39 CEST 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

now it is very consistend at this site...

edit2:
in iotop i see three processes spawning, after it went well for 20 minutes.

5931 root 0 B/s 150.32 K/s 0.00 % 0.00 % kvm -monitor unix:/var/run/qemu-server/102.mon,server,nowait -vnc unix:/var/run/qemu-server/102.vnc,password -pidfile
3922 root 0 B/s 23.74 K/s 0.00 % 0.00 % kvm -monitor unix:/var/run/qemu-server/102.mon,server,nowait -vnc unix:/var/run/qemu-server/102.vnc,password -pidfile
3923 root 0 B/s 31.65 K/s 0.00 % 0.00 % kvm -monitor unix:/var/run/qemu-server/102.mon,server,nowait -vnc unix:/var/run/qemu-server/102.vnc,password -pidfile
 
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