Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs receive slowness - lots of systime spent in genunix`list_next ?

2011-12-05 Thread Lachlan Mulcahy
Hi All, Just a follow up - it seems like whatever it was doing it eventually got done with and the speed picked back up again. The send/recv finally finished -- I guess I could do with a little patience :) Lachlan On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Lachlan Mulcahy wrote: > Hi All, > &g

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs receive slowness - lots of systime spent in genunix`list_next ?

2011-12-05 Thread Lachlan Mulcahy
Hi Bob, On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Bob Friesenhahn < bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us> wrote: > On Mon, 5 Dec 2011, Lachlan Mulcahy wrote: > >> >> Anything else you suggest I'd check for faults? (Though I'm sort of >> doubting it is an issue, I'

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs receive slowness - lots of systime spent in genunix`list_next ?

2011-12-05 Thread Lachlan Mulcahy
Hi Bob, On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Bob Friesenhahn < bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us> wrote: > On Mon, 5 Dec 2011, Lachlan Mulcahy wrote: > >> genunix`list_next ** 5822 3.7% >> unix`mach_cpu_idle**

[zfs-discuss] zfs receive slowness - lots of systime spent in genunix`list_next ?

2011-12-05 Thread Lachlan Mulcahy
f a single CPUs time doing a lot of genunix`list_next ... Any ideas what is going on here? Best Regards, -- Lachlan Mulcahy Senior DBA, Marin Software Inc. San Francisco, USA AU Mobile: +61 458 448 721 US Mobile: +1 (415) 867 2839 Office : +1 (415) 671 6080 ___

Re: [zfs-discuss] Solaris Based Systems "Lock Up" - Possibly ZFS/memory related?

2011-11-08 Thread Lachlan Mulcahy
Hi All, On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Lachlan Mulcahy wrote: > Now trying another suggestion sent to me by a direct poster: >> >> * Recommendation from Sun (Oracle) to work around a bug: >> * 6958068 - Nehalem deeper C-states cause erratic scheduli

Re: [zfs-discuss] Solaris Based Systems "Lock Up" - Possibly ZFS/memory related?

2011-11-03 Thread Lachlan Mulcahy
id spending money on something that is going away. This sort of precludes buying SnOracle(Sun) hardware to run Solaris on tried and true gear. :-/ Thanks and Regards, -- Lachlan Mulcahy Senior DBA, Marin Software Inc. San Francisco, USA AU Mobile: +61 458 448 721 US Mobile: +1 (415) 867 2839

Re: [zfs-discuss] Solaris Based Systems "Lock Up" - Possibly ZFS/memory related?

2011-11-02 Thread Lachlan Mulcahy
will make me more confident. Maybe a week or so Regards, -- Lachlan Mulcahy Senior DBA, Marin Software Inc. San Francisco, USA AU Mobile: +61 458 448 721 US Mobile: +1 (415) 867 2839 Office : +1 (415) 671 6080 ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@ope

Re: [zfs-discuss] Solaris Based Systems "Lock Up" - Possibly ZFS/memory related?

2011-10-31 Thread Lachlan Mulcahy
o_deep_c = 1 Was apparently the cause of a similar symptom for them and we are using Nehalem. At this point I'm running out of options, so it can't hurt to try it. Regards, -- Lachlan Mulcahy Senior DBA, Marin Software Inc. San Francisco, USA AU Mobile: +61 458 448 721 US Mobile: +1 (415

Re: [zfs-discuss] Solaris Based Systems "Lock Up" - Possibly ZFS/memory related?

2011-10-31 Thread Lachlan Mulcahy
Just kicked off the system running with the same logging as before with this new firmware, so I'll see if this goes any better. Regards, -- Lachlan Mulcahy Senior DBA, Marin Software Inc. San Francisco, USA AU Mobile: +61 458 448 721 US Mobile: +1 (415) 867 2839 Office : +1 (415) 671 6080 ___

Re: [zfs-discuss] Solaris Based Systems "Lock Up" - Possibly ZFS/memory related?

2011-10-31 Thread Lachlan Mulcahy
ice] ^MSunOS Release 5.11 Version snv_151a 64-bit Oct 31 20:44:33 mslvstdp02r genunix: [ID 877030 kern.notice] Copyright (c) 1983, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Just some ntpd stuff really... I'm going to check out a firmware upgrade next.. I can't believe that th

[zfs-discuss] Solaris Based Systems "Lock Up" - Possibly ZFS/memory related?

2011-10-31 Thread Lachlan Mulcahy
eally concerned about this issue - we want to make use of ZFS in production, but this seemingly inexplicable lock ups are not filling us with confidence :( Has anyone seen similar things before and do you have any suggestions for what else I should consider looking at? Thanks and Regards, -- L