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Joris van Lieshout updated CLOUDSTACK-7319:
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Summary: Copy Snapshot command too heavy on XenServer Dom0 resources when
using dd to copy incremental snapshots (was: Copy Snapshot command to heavy on
XenServer Dom0 resources when using dd to copy incremental snapshots)
> Copy Snapshot command too heavy on XenServer Dom0 resources when using dd to
> copy incremental snapshots
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> Key: CLOUDSTACK-7319
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-7319
> Project: CloudStack
> Issue Type: Bug
> Security Level: Public(Anyone can view this level - this is the
> default.)
> Components: Snapshot, XenServer
> Affects Versions: 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.2.0, Future, 4.2.1,
> 4.3.0, 4.4.0, 4.5.0, 4.3.1, 4.4.1
> Reporter: Joris van Lieshout
> Priority: Critical
>
> We noticed that the dd process was way to agressive on Dom0 causing all kinds
> of problems on a xenserver with medium workloads.
> ACS uses the dd command to copy incremental snapshots to secondary storage.
> This process is to heavy on Dom0 resources and even impacts DomU performance,
> and can even lead to domain freezes (including Dom0) of more then a minute.
> We've found that this is because the Dom0 kernel caches the read and write
> operations of dd.
> We've developed a patch on the xenserver scripts
> /etc/xapi.d/plugins/vmopsSnapshot that added the direct flag of both input
> and output files.
> Our test have shown that Dom0 load during snapshot copy is way lower. I will
> upload the patch on review.
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