VPS I/O priority command?

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openaspace

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I've heard from chatgpt that it's possible to set I/O priorities for a specific VPS on Proxmox using the pct command, where lower values indicate higher priority. Can someone please confirm if this is accurate advice for managing I/O priority in Proxmox? If so, I would appreciate guidance on how to do it effectively.

Summary of Information Received:
  • To set I/O priorities for a specific VPS in Proxmox, you can use the pct command.
  • The command syntax is: pct set <VM_ID> --ioprio <priority>.
  • Replace <VM_ID> with the ID of your VPS and <priority> with the desired priority value (e.g., 1 for highest priority, 8 for lowest priority).
  • After running the command, the VPS will have the specified I/O priority.
  • You can apply the changes by restarting the VPS or container using pct stop and pct start.
I'd greatly appreciate any insights or additional instructions on this topic. Thank you!

(this text was written from chatgpt :rolleyes:) ahah
 
Pretty sure the documentation for pct [1] is more trustworthy than ChatGPT... Please just look at our current documentation first before trusting a text prediction model. In this case this seems to be a mash-up of an option that used to be a thing for OpenVZ containers and the current tool chain. So no, this is not in fact possible at this time.

Is there a particular problem you try to solve with this?

[1]: https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pct.1.html
 
openaspace said:
I was working on some tests..like fio.. on my zfs raid 1 ssd array to try to find this problem:

https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/__pfx_process_timeout.133247/
Click to expand...
Code: 
root@prx1:~# fio /root/fio.conf
test: (g=0): rw=randrw, bs=(R) 4096KiB-4096KiB, (W) 4096KiB-4096KiB, (T) 4096KiB-4096KiB, ioengine=libaio, iodepth=64
...
fio-3.33
Starting 4 processes
Jobs: 4 (f=4): [m(4)][100.0%][r=2846MiB/s,w=934MiB/s][r=711,w=233 IOPS][eta 00m:00s]
test: (groupid=0, jobs=1): err= 0: pid=2758559: Fri Sep  8 15:42:45 2023
  read: IOPS=167, BW=670MiB/s (702MB/s)(39.2GiB/60004msec)
    slat (usec): min=1320, max=82078, avg=4052.70, stdev=1472.26
    clat (usec): min=23, max=548390, avg=280998.55, stdev=43922.49
     lat (msec): min=3, max=553, avg=285.05, stdev=44.41
    clat percentiles (msec):
     |  1.00th=[  226],  5.00th=[  243], 10.00th=[  249], 20.00th=[  253],
     | 30.00th=[  257], 40.00th=[  266], 50.00th=[  271], 60.00th=[  275],
     | 70.00th=[  288], 80.00th=[  300], 90.00th=[  334], 95.00th=[  363],
     | 99.00th=[  472], 99.50th=[  506], 99.90th=[  531], 99.95th=[  542],
     | 99.99th=[  550]
   bw (  KiB/s): min=122880, max=876544, per=24.59%, avg=683211.63, stdev=112333.37, samples=119
   iops        : min=   30, max=  214, avg=166.54, stdev=27.40, samples=119
  write: IOPS=56, BW=224MiB/s (235MB/s)(13.1GiB/60004msec); 0 zone resets
    slat (usec): min=3068, max=32822, avg=5592.28, stdev=1792.55
    clat (msec): min=3, max=532, avg=280.97, stdev=42.37
     lat (msec): min=7, max=538, avg=286.57, stdev=43.00
    clat percentiles (msec):
     |  1.00th=[  226],  5.00th=[  245], 10.00th=[  249], 20.00th=[  253],
     | 30.00th=[  257], 40.00th=[  266], 50.00th=[  271], 60.00th=[  279],
     | 70.00th=[  288], 80.00th=[  300], 90.00th=[  334], 95.00th=[  363],
     | 99.00th=[  451], 99.50th=[  481], 99.90th=[  527], 99.95th=[  531],
     | 99.99th=[  535]
   bw (  KiB/s): min=32768, max=351552, per=24.16%, avg=228060.19, stdev=48081.96, samples=119
   iops        : min=    8, max=   85, avg=55.34, stdev=11.66, samples=119
  lat (usec)   : 50=0.01%
  lat (msec)   : 4=0.01%, 10=0.01%, 20=0.01%, 50=0.06%, 100=0.10%
  lat (msec)   : 250=15.09%, 500=84.25%, 750=0.47%
  cpu          : usr=4.13%, sys=91.67%, ctx=11775, majf=0, minf=15
  IO depths    : 1=0.1%, 2=0.1%, 4=0.1%, 8=0.1%, 16=0.1%, 32=0.2%, >=64=99.5%
     submit    : 0=0.0%, 4=100.0%, 8=0.0%, 16=0.0%, 32=0.0%, 64=0.0%, >=64=0.0%
     complete  : 0=0.0%, 4=100.0%, 8=0.0%, 16=0.0%, 32=0.0%, 64=0.1%, >=64=0.0%
     issued rwts: total=10047,3361,0,0 short=0,0,0,0 dropped=0,0,0,0
     latency   : target=0, window=0, percentile=100.00%, depth=64
test: (groupid=0, jobs=1): err= 0: pid=2758560: Fri Sep  8 15:42:45 2023
  read: IOPS=170, BW=683MiB/s (717MB/s)(40.0GiB/60002msec)
    slat (usec): min=1393, max=41838, avg=3918.34, stdev=1315.29
    clat (usec): min=23, max=604238, avg=273349.08, stdev=49207.07
     lat (msec): min=2, max=610, avg=277.27, stdev=49.73
    clat percentiles (msec):
     |  1.00th=[  203],  5.00th=[  226], 10.00th=[  241], 20.00th=[  249],
     | 30.00th=[  253], 40.00th=[  257], 50.00th=[  264], 60.00th=[  271],
     | 70.00th=[  275], 80.00th=[  288], 90.00th=[  313], 95.00th=[  363],
     | 99.00th=[  485], 99.50th=[  535], 99.90th=[  600], 99.95th=[  600],
     | 99.99th=[  600]
   bw (  KiB/s): min=81920, max=933888, per=25.06%, avg=696195.03, stdev=119067.95, samples=119
   iops        : min=   20, max=  228, avg=169.73, stdev=29.04, samples=119
  write: IOPS=59, BW=236MiB/s (248MB/s)(13.8GiB/60002msec); 0 zone resets
    slat (usec): min=2882, max=49333, avg=5459.48, stdev=2074.90
    clat (msec): min=7, max=596, avg=272.88, stdev=47.85
     lat (msec): min=10, max=606, avg=278.34, stdev=48.74
    clat percentiles (msec):
     |  1.00th=[  205],  5.00th=[  226], 10.00th=[  241], 20.00th=[  249],
     | 30.00th=[  253], 40.00th=[  257], 50.00th=[  262], 60.00th=[  271],
     | 70.00th=[  275], 80.00th=[  288], 90.00th=[  313], 95.00th=[  359],
     | 99.00th=[  485], 99.50th=[  523], 99.90th=[  592], 99.95th=[  600],
     | 99.99th=[  600]
   bw (  KiB/s): min=40960, max=409600, per=25.59%, avg=241599.24, stdev=51924.35, samples=119
   iops        : min=   10, max=  100, avg=58.68, stdev=12.66, samples=119
  lat (usec)   : 50=0.01%
  lat (msec)   : 4=0.01%, 10=0.01%, 20=0.03%, 50=0.05%, 100=0.09%
  lat (msec)   : 250=21.73%, 500=77.26%, 750=0.81%
  cpu          : usr=4.62%, sys=90.89%, ctx=11628, majf=0, minf=14
  IO depths    : 1=0.1%, 2=0.1%, 4=0.1%, 8=0.1%, 16=0.1%, 32=0.2%, >=64=99.5%
     submit    : 0=0.0%, 4=100.0%, 8=0.0%, 16=0.0%, 32=0.0%, 64=0.0%, >=64=0.0%
     complete  : 0=0.0%, 4=100.0%, 8=0.0%, 16=0.0%, 32=0.0%, 64=0.1%, >=64=0.0%
     issued rwts: total=10250,3542,0,0 short=0,0,0,0 dropped=0,0,0,0
     latency   : target=0, window=0, percentile=100.00%, depth=64
test: (groupid=0, jobs=1): err= 0: pid=2758561: Fri Sep  8 15:42:45 2023
  read: IOPS=169, BW=679MiB/s (712MB/s)(39.8GiB/60002msec)
    slat (usec): min=1351, max=71337, avg=3965.19, stdev=1649.73
    clat (usec): min=25, max=610934, avg=275656.11, stdev=50919.96
     lat (msec): min=3, max=615, avg=279.62, stdev=51.44
    clat percentiles (msec):
     |  1.00th=[  209],  5.00th=[  232], 10.00th=[  245], 20.00th=[  251],
     | 30.00th=[  253], 40.00th=[  257], 50.00th=[  262], 60.00th=[  268],
     | 70.00th=[  275], 80.00th=[  292], 90.00th=[  326], 95.00th=[  368],
     | 99.00th=[  531], 99.50th=[  567], 99.90th=[  600], 99.95th=[  609],
     | 99.99th=[  609]
   bw (  KiB/s): min=122880, max=891145, per=24.91%, avg=692204.44, stdev=121792.39, samples=119
   iops        : min=   30, max=  217, avg=168.72, stdev=29.71, samples=119
  write: IOPS=58, BW=232MiB/s (244MB/s)(13.6GiB/60002msec); 0 zone resets
    slat (usec): min=2583, max=41498, avg=5473.55, stdev=1993.95
    clat (msec): min=3, max=608, avg=275.96, stdev=51.83
     lat (msec): min=8, max=615, avg=281.43, stdev=52.58
    clat percentiles (msec):
     |  1.00th=[  209],  5.00th=[  232], 10.00th=[  245], 20.00th=[  251],
     | 30.00th=[  253], 40.00th=[  257], 50.00th=[  262], 60.00th=[  271],
     | 70.00th=[  275], 80.00th=[  292], 90.00th=[  330], 95.00th=[  368],
     | 99.00th=[  531], 99.50th=[  558], 99.90th=[  592], 99.95th=[  600],
     | 99.99th=[  609]
   bw (  KiB/s): min=49152, max=352256, per=25.19%, avg=237781.35, stdev=53436.02, samples=119
   iops        : min=   12, max=   86, avg=57.73, stdev=13.07, samples=119
  lat (usec)   : 50=0.01%
  lat (msec)   : 4=0.01%, 10=0.01%, 20=0.01%, 50=0.05%, 100=0.10%
  lat (msec)   : 250=20.91%, 500=77.59%, 750=1.30%
  cpu          : usr=4.33%, sys=91.03%, ctx=11661, majf=0, minf=14
  IO depths    : 1=0.1%, 2=0.1%, 4=0.1%, 8=0.1%, 16=0.1%, 32=0.2%, >=64=99.5%
     submit    : 0=0.0%, 4=100.0%, 8=0.0%, 16=0.0%, 32=0.0%, 64=0.0%, >=64=0.0%
     complete  : 0=0.0%, 4=100.0%, 8=0.0%, 16=0.0%, 32=0.0%, 64=0.1%, >=64=0.0%
     issued rwts: total=10186,3485,0,0 short=0,0,0,0 dropped=0,0,0,0
     latency   : target=0, window=0, percentile=100.00%, depth=64
test: (groupid=0, jobs=1): err= 0: pid=2758562: Fri Sep  8 15:42:45 2023
  read: IOPS=170, BW=681MiB/s (714MB/s)(39.9GiB/60001msec)
    slat (usec): min=1151, max=94065, avg=3970.43, stdev=1644.05
    clat (usec): min=13, max=585914, avg=275584.93, stdev=51115.53
     lat (usec): min=1164, max=591057, avg=279555.37, stdev=51735.80
    clat percentiles (msec):
     |  1.00th=[  207],  5.00th=[  232], 10.00th=[  245], 20.00th=[  249],
     | 30.00th=[  253], 40.00th=[  255], 50.00th=[  257], 60.00th=[  264],
     | 70.00th=[  275], 80.00th=[  296], 90.00th=[  351], 95.00th=[  376],
     | 99.00th=[  481], 99.50th=[  527], 99.90th=[  575], 99.95th=[  584],
     | 99.99th=[  584]
   bw (  KiB/s): min=130810, max=899321, per=24.99%, avg=694293.22, stdev=123196.27, samples=119
   iops        : min=   31, max=  219, avg=169.26, stdev=30.07, samples=119
  write: IOPS=57, BW=230MiB/s (241MB/s)(13.4GiB/60001msec); 0 zone resets
    slat (usec): min=1606, max=53706, avg=5496.92, stdev=1998.93
    clat (usec): min=1179, max=582594, avg=276297.84, stdev=53049.74
     lat (msec): min=2, max=593, avg=281.79, stdev=53.80
    clat percentiles (msec):
     |  1.00th=[  207],  5.00th=[  232], 10.00th=[  245], 20.00th=[  249],
     | 30.00th=[  251], 40.00th=[  255], 50.00th=[  257], 60.00th=[  264],
     | 70.00th=[  275], 80.00th=[  292], 90.00th=[  355], 95.00th=[  380],
     | 99.00th=[  498], 99.50th=[  527], 99.90th=[  575], 99.95th=[  584],
     | 99.99th=[  584]
   bw (  KiB/s): min=57229, max=359728, per=24.79%, avg=234008.38, stdev=50462.01, samples=119
   iops        : min=   13, max=   87, avg=56.80, stdev=12.29, samples=119
  lat (usec)   : 20=0.01%
  lat (msec)   : 2=0.01%, 4=0.01%, 10=0.03%, 20=0.04%, 50=0.07%
  lat (msec)   : 100=0.09%, 250=23.53%, 500=75.31%, 750=0.91%
  cpu          : usr=4.39%, sys=91.34%, ctx=11020, majf=0, minf=15
  IO depths    : 1=0.1%, 2=0.1%, 4=0.1%, 8=0.1%, 16=0.1%, 32=0.2%, >=64=99.5%
     submit    : 0=0.0%, 4=100.0%, 8=0.0%, 16=0.0%, 32=0.0%, 64=0.0%, >=64=0.0%
     complete  : 0=0.0%, 4=100.0%, 8=0.0%, 16=0.0%, 32=0.0%, 64=0.1%, >=64=0.0%
     issued rwts: total=10221,3443,0,0 short=0,0,0,0 dropped=0,0,0,0
     latency   : target=0, window=0, percentile=100.00%, depth=64

Run status group 0 (all jobs):
   READ: bw=2713MiB/s (2845MB/s), 670MiB/s-683MiB/s (702MB/s-717MB/s), io=159GiB (171GB), run=60001-60004msec
  WRITE: bw=922MiB/s (967MB/s), 224MiB/s-236MiB/s (235MB/s-248MB/s), io=54.0GiB (58.0GB), run=60001-60004msec
 
I responded in the other thread, fio may help trigger this issue, but I don't think you need to set IO priorities on your guests to debug this necessarily.
 
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