Hi,

sorry for the lengthy post ...

On Dec 15, 2007 1:56 PM, Robert Milkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...]
> Sequential writing problem with process throttling - there's an open
> bug for it for quite a while. Try to lower txg_time to 1s - should
> help a little bit.

Since setting txg_time to 1 the periodic drop in bandwidth seems to have gone.
That's great. Unfortunately the performance is still not amazing - 10MB/s over
the network and not more...

> Can you also post iostat -xnz 1 while you're doing dd?
> and zpool status

---
# zpool status
  pool: storage_array
 state: ONLINE
 scrub: scrub completed with 0 errors on Wed Dec 12 23:38:36 2007
config:

        NAME         STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
        storage_array  ONLINE       0     0     0
          raidz2     ONLINE       0     0     0
            c2t8d0   ONLINE       0     0     0
            c2t9d0   ONLINE       0     0     0
            c2t10d0  ONLINE       0     0     0
            c2t11d0  ONLINE       0     0     0
            c2t12d0  ONLINE       0     0     0

errors: No known data errors


---
dd'ing to NFS mount:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]://tmp> dd if=./file.tmp of=/home/fpz/file.tmp
200000+0 records in
200000+0 records out
102400000 bytes (102 MB) copied, 11.3959 seconds, 9.0 MB/s

# iostat -xnz 1
                    extended device statistics
    r/s    w/s   kr/s   kw/s wait actv wsvc_t asvc_t  %w  %b device
    2.8   17.3  149.4  127.6  0.0  1.3    0.0   66.0   0  12 c2t8d0
    2.8   17.3  149.4  127.6  0.0  1.3    0.0   65.9   0  13 c2t9d0
    2.8   17.3  149.3  127.6  0.0  1.3    0.0   66.1   0  13 c2t10d0
    2.8   17.3  149.3  127.6  0.0  1.3    0.0   66.4   0  13 c2t11d0
    2.8   17.3  149.5  127.6  0.0  1.3    0.0   66.5   0  13 c2t12d0
    0.3    1.0    5.4  133.9  0.0  0.0    0.1   27.2   0   1 c1t1d0
    0.5    0.3   26.8   16.5  0.0  0.0    0.1   11.1   0   0 c1t0d0
                    extended device statistics
    r/s    w/s   kr/s   kw/s wait actv wsvc_t asvc_t  %w  %b device
    0.0    1.0    0.0    8.0  0.0  0.0    0.0    8.9   0   1 c1t1d0
                    extended device statistics
    r/s    w/s   kr/s   kw/s wait actv wsvc_t asvc_t  %w  %b device
    0.0   10.0    0.0    7.0  0.0  0.0    0.0    0.5   0   0 c2t8d0
    0.0   10.0    0.0    7.5  0.0  0.0    0.0    0.5   0   1 c2t9d0
    0.0   10.0    0.0    6.0  0.0  0.0    0.0    0.7   0   1 c2t10d0
    0.0   10.0    0.0    7.0  0.0  0.0    0.0    0.3   0   0 c2t11d0
    0.0   10.0    0.0    7.5  0.0  0.0    0.0    0.3   0   0 c2t12d0
                    extended device statistics
    r/s    w/s   kr/s   kw/s wait actv wsvc_t asvc_t  %w  %b device
    0.0   67.6    0.0 1298.6  0.0  9.8    0.2  145.2   1  71 c2t8d0
    0.0   64.8    0.0 1139.4  0.0  9.2    0.0  141.8   0  69 c2t9d0
    0.0   59.2    0.0  898.9  0.0  8.6    0.0  144.9   0  68 c2t10d0
    0.0   67.6    0.0 1379.4  0.0  9.5    0.0  140.0   0  68 c2t11d0
    0.0   70.4    0.0 1257.3  0.0 11.4    0.0  162.1   0  73 c2t12d0
                    extended device statistics
    r/s    w/s   kr/s   kw/s wait actv wsvc_t asvc_t  %w  %b device
    0.0   43.8    0.0 3068.5  0.0 34.9    0.0  796.0   0 100 c2t8d0
    0.0   55.6    0.0 3891.9  0.0 34.7    0.0  624.9   0 100 c2t9d0
    0.0   58.8    0.0 4211.9  0.0 33.4    0.0  568.2   0 100 c2t10d0
    0.0   49.2    0.0 3388.6  0.0 34.5    0.0  702.3   0 100 c2t11d0
    0.0   57.7    0.0 3805.3  0.0 34.3    0.0  594.0   0 100 c2t12d0
                    extended device statistics
    r/s    w/s   kr/s   kw/s wait actv wsvc_t asvc_t  %w  %b device
    0.0   60.0    0.0 4279.6  0.0 35.0    0.0  583.2   0 100 c2t8d0
    0.0   48.0    0.0 3423.7  0.0 35.0    0.0  729.1   0 100 c2t9d0
    0.0   41.0    0.0 2910.3  0.0 35.0    0.0  853.6   0 100 c2t10d0
    0.0   50.0    0.0 3552.2  0.0 35.0    0.0  699.9   0 100 c2t11d0
    0.0   48.0    0.0 3423.7  0.0 35.0    0.0  729.1   0 100 c2t12d0
                    extended device statistics
    r/s    w/s   kr/s   kw/s wait actv wsvc_t asvc_t  %w  %b device
    0.0   48.0    0.0 3424.6  0.0 35.0    0.0  728.9   0 100 c2t8d0
    0.0   60.0    0.0 4280.8  0.0 35.0    0.0  583.1   0 100 c2t9d0
    0.0   55.0    0.0 3938.2  0.0 35.0    0.0  636.1   0 100 c2t10d0
    0.0   56.0    0.0 4024.3  0.0 35.0    0.0  624.7   0 100 c2t11d0
    0.0   48.0    0.0 3424.6  0.0 35.0    0.0  728.9   0 100 c2t12d0
                    extended device statistics
    r/s    w/s   kr/s   kw/s wait actv wsvc_t asvc_t  %w  %b device
    0.0   52.0    0.0 3723.5  0.0 35.0    0.0  672.9   0 100 c2t8d0
    0.0   43.0    0.0 3081.5  0.0 35.0    0.0  813.8   0 100 c2t9d0
    0.0   46.0    0.0 3296.0  0.0 35.0    0.0  760.7   0 100 c2t10d0
    0.0   48.0    0.0 3424.0  0.0 35.0    0.0  729.0   0 100 c2t11d0
    0.0   62.0    0.0 4408.1  0.0 35.0    0.0  564.4   0 100 c2t12d0
                    extended device statistics
    r/s    w/s   kr/s   kw/s wait actv wsvc_t asvc_t  %w  %b device
    0.0   60.0    0.0 4279.8  0.0 35.0    0.0  583.2   0 100 c2t8d0
    0.0   57.0    0.0 4065.8  0.0 35.0    0.0  613.9   0 100 c2t9d0
    0.0   59.0    0.0 4194.3  0.0 35.0    0.0  593.1   0 100 c2t10d0
    0.0   56.0    0.0 4023.3  0.0 35.0    0.0  624.9   0 100 c2t11d0
    0.0   48.0    0.0 3424.3  0.0 35.0    0.0  729.1   0 100 c2t12d0
                    extended device statistics
    r/s    w/s   kr/s   kw/s wait actv wsvc_t asvc_t  %w  %b device
    0.0   65.7    0.0 1385.0  0.0 14.5    0.0  220.8   0  90 c2t8d0
    0.9   68.4   39.8 1623.6  0.0 13.0    0.0  187.8   0  87 c2t9d0
    0.9   74.9   39.3 2054.6  0.0 16.7    0.0  219.6   0  94 c2t10d0
    0.9   70.3   39.3 1662.9  0.0 15.4    0.0  216.1   0  95 c2t11d0
    0.0   68.4    0.0 1736.0  0.0 14.9    0.0  217.9   0  87 c2t12d0
                    extended device statistics
    r/s    w/s   kr/s   kw/s wait actv wsvc_t asvc_t  %w  %b device
    0.0   65.3    0.0 3287.1  0.0 29.2    0.0  447.8   0  99 c2t8d0
    0.0   55.5    0.0 2642.4  0.0 28.2    0.0  508.9   0  99 c2t9d0
    0.0   47.9    0.0 2130.0  0.0 26.7    0.0  558.2   0 100 c2t10d0
    0.0   66.4    0.0 3336.1  0.0 29.3    0.0  441.2   0 100 c2t11d0
    0.0   65.3    0.0 3103.3  0.0 29.7    0.0  454.7   0  99 c2t12d0
    0.0    1.1    0.0    2.2  0.0  0.0    0.0   10.0   0   1 c1t1d0
                    extended device statistics
    r/s    w/s   kr/s   kw/s wait actv wsvc_t asvc_t  %w  %b device
    0.0   44.0    0.0 3125.2  0.0 35.0    0.0  795.1   0 100 c2t8d0
    0.0   50.0    0.0 3553.8  0.0 35.0    0.0  699.7   0 100 c2t9d0
    0.0   55.0    0.0 3895.8  0.0 35.0    0.0  636.1   0 100 c2t10d0
    0.0   44.0    0.0 3081.7  0.0 35.0    0.0  795.1   0 100 c2t11d0
    0.0   48.0    0.0 3424.7  0.0 35.0    0.0  728.8   0 100 c2t12d0
    0.0    1.0    0.0    8.0  0.0  0.0    0.0    8.7   0   1 c1t1d0
                    extended device statistics
    r/s    w/s   kr/s   kw/s wait actv wsvc_t asvc_t  %w  %b device
    0.0   52.0    0.0 3724.6  0.0 35.0    0.0  672.8   0 100 c2t8d0
    0.0   46.0    0.0 3253.1  0.0 35.0    0.0  760.6   0 100 c2t9d0
    0.0   38.0    0.0 2697.0  0.0 35.0    0.0  920.7   0 100 c2t10d0
    0.0   51.0    0.0 3638.6  0.0 35.0    0.0  686.0   0 100 c2t11d0
    0.0   48.0    0.0 3424.6  0.0 35.0    0.0  728.9   0 100 c2t12d0
                    extended device statistics
    r/s    w/s   kr/s   kw/s wait actv wsvc_t asvc_t  %w  %b device
    0.0   44.0    0.0 2915.0  0.0 22.9    0.0  521.2   0 100 c2t8d0
    0.0   47.0    0.0 3382.1  0.0 24.1    0.0  512.0   0 100 c2t9d0
    0.0   56.0    0.0 4024.2  0.0 25.7    0.0  459.3   0 100 c2t10d0
    0.0   41.0    0.0 2954.1  0.0 22.7    0.0  552.4   0 100 c2t11d0
    0.0   46.0    0.0 3083.6  0.0 22.8    0.0  494.7   0  98 c2t12d0
                    extended device statistics
    r/s    w/s   kr/s   kw/s wait actv wsvc_t asvc_t  %w  %b device
    0.0  103.0    0.0  207.5  0.0  5.4    0.0   52.4   0  89 c2t8d0
    0.0  101.0    0.0  381.4  0.0  4.8    0.0   47.2   0  89 c2t9d0
    0.0  102.0    0.0  432.9  0.0  4.0    0.0   39.5   0  79 c2t10d0
    0.0  112.0    0.0  257.5  0.0  5.9    0.0   52.4   0  95 c2t11d0
    0.0  111.0    0.0  206.5  0.0  6.1    0.0   54.8   0  92 c2t12d0
                    extended device statistics
    r/s    w/s   kr/s   kw/s wait actv wsvc_t asvc_t  %w  %b device
    0.0  102.0    0.0  213.0  0.0  4.7    0.0   46.3   0  78 c2t8d0
    0.0  106.0    0.0  214.5  0.0  5.0    0.0   47.6   0  82 c2t9d0
    0.0   95.0    0.0  214.5  0.0  4.3    0.0   45.5   0  71 c2t10d0
    0.0   97.0    0.0  214.0  0.0  4.7    0.0   48.9   0  80 c2t11d0
    0.0   99.0    0.0  216.5  0.0  5.2    0.0   52.7   0  90 c2t12d0
                    extended device statistics
    r/s    w/s   kr/s   kw/s wait actv wsvc_t asvc_t  %w  %b device
    0.0   67.0    0.0  104.0  0.0  3.2    0.0   47.3   0  55 c2t8d0
    0.0   68.0    0.0  106.5  0.0  3.4    0.0   49.6   0  58 c2t9d0
    0.0   66.0    0.0  101.5  0.0  3.2    0.0   48.6   0  60 c2t10d0
    0.0   64.0    0.0  103.0  0.0  3.1    0.0   48.0   0  57 c2t11d0
    0.0   69.0    0.0  103.5  0.0  3.1    0.0   45.4   0  62 c2t12d0
                    extended device statistics
    r/s    w/s   kr/s   kw/s wait actv wsvc_t asvc_t  %w  %b device
                    extended device statistics
    r/s    w/s   kr/s   kw/s wait actv wsvc_t asvc_t  %w  %b device
    0.0    1.0    0.0    1.5  0.0  0.0    0.0   10.2   0   1 c1t0d0
                    extended device statistics
    r/s    w/s   kr/s   kw/s wait actv wsvc_t asvc_t  %w  %b device
    0.0    1.0    0.0    0.5  0.0  0.0    0.0   10.3   0   1 c1t1d0



Thanks for your time!

Cheers,
  Frank
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