[OpenAFS] Re: Fwd: Re: vos move slowness remedies?

Dan Pritts danno@internet2.edu
Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:26:01 -0400


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On Oct 26, 2010, at 1:56 PM, Eric Chris Garrison wrote:
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> [root@rfs4 ~]# dumpcap -w /tmp/ecg1.dumpcap -a duration:60
> File: /tmp/ecg1.dumpcap
> Packets: 201081 Packets dropped: 28064

> So, nothing dropped for a straight iperf test at almost full =
bandwidth,
> but over 10% dropped at 30Mb/sec for AFS vos moves.


If you are getting the "10% dropped" number from your wireshark output, =
it is a red herring.  That is telling you how many packets the kernel =
was unable to copy to wireshark, not anything about what goes on  on =
your network.

danno
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dumpcap -w /tmp/ecg1.dumpcap -a duration:60<br>File: =
/tmp/ecg1.dumpcap<br>Packets: 201081 Packets dropped: =
28064<br></div></blockquote><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>So, =
nothing dropped for a straight iperf test at almost full =
bandwidth,<br>but over 10% dropped at 30Mb/sec for AFS vos =
moves.<br></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>If you are =
getting the "10% dropped" number from your wireshark output, it is a red =
herring. &nbsp;That is telling you how many packets the kernel was =
unable to copy to wireshark, not anything about what goes on &nbsp;on =
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