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November 10th, 2009 09:00
Clarrion performance questions
I am measuring performance on my clariion using analyser and have the below data, collected over a period of 3 hours during work hours ( this is indicative of the workload durings other days ). As per my understanding from the help pages my clariion seems to have a Low workload and clariion which is performing well.
But I needed a confirmation and also relations between the values, For eg, the help says
Idle Flush: Idle flushes indicate a low workload.
High Water: The higher the number, the greater the write workload coming from the host.
Flush Ratio: A lower number indicates better performance
Low Water: The higher the number, the greater the write workload coming from the host.
Write Cache Flushes/s : This value indicates back-end workload.
So, how much is high and how much is low?
My clariion cache information:
CX3-80
SPA and SPB memory = 8192MB each
Low watermark=60%
High watermark=80%
Some of the performance stats:
Utilization(%) = 32 - 50 ( One spike of 80 )
Queue Length = 9 ( one spike of 70 )
Respone Time (ms) = Mostly around the 5 mark with a spike of 24
Total Bandwitdh (MB/s) = 30 MB/s
Total Throughput (IO/sec) = 900 - 2000 I/O/sec
Read Size (KB)=8 - 20
Write Size (KB) = 18 - 25
Dirty Page (%) = 60 To 99 ( avg around 76% )
Write size = 14 - 32KB (mostly around 24KB)
MBs Flushed = 24 MB/s on avg and some spikes of 56MB
Flush ratio of around 0.4
High water Flush On = 0-3
Idle Flush on = 1025 to 2500 ( avg around 1500)
Low Water Flush off = 0-3
Write cache flushes/s = 130 - 600 ( avg 320)
Avg Busy Queue length = 5 - 16 ( with one spike of around 82)
Service Time (ms) = 0.25 - 0.4
Would be great if some one could help me out with this.
Thank you,
ashish
But I needed a confirmation and also relations between the values, For eg, the help says
Idle Flush: Idle flushes indicate a low workload.
High Water: The higher the number, the greater the write workload coming from the host.
Flush Ratio: A lower number indicates better performance
Low Water: The higher the number, the greater the write workload coming from the host.
Write Cache Flushes/s : This value indicates back-end workload.
So, how much is high and how much is low?
My clariion cache information:
CX3-80
SPA and SPB memory = 8192MB each
Low watermark=60%
High watermark=80%
Some of the performance stats:
Utilization(%) = 32 - 50 ( One spike of 80 )
Queue Length = 9 ( one spike of 70 )
Respone Time (ms) = Mostly around the 5 mark with a spike of 24
Total Bandwitdh (MB/s) = 30 MB/s
Total Throughput (IO/sec) = 900 - 2000 I/O/sec
Read Size (KB)=8 - 20
Write Size (KB) = 18 - 25
Dirty Page (%) = 60 To 99 ( avg around 76% )
Write size = 14 - 32KB (mostly around 24KB)
MBs Flushed = 24 MB/s on avg and some spikes of 56MB
Flush ratio of around 0.4
High water Flush On = 0-3
Idle Flush on = 1025 to 2500 ( avg around 1500)
Low Water Flush off = 0-3
Write cache flushes/s = 130 - 600 ( avg 320)
Avg Busy Queue length = 5 - 16 ( with one spike of around 82)
Service Time (ms) = 0.25 - 0.4
Would be great if some one could help me out with this.
Thank you,
ashish
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November 10th, 2009 10:00
The answer to most of your questions about the cache and cache metrics can be found in the Memory section of the EMC CLARiiON Storage System Fundamentals for Performance and Availability document. The EMC CLARiiON Best Practices for Performance and Availability: Release 29.0 Firmware Update also contains information on interpreting performance metrics. Although, I recommend the Fundamentals document as the place for you to start. Both of these documents are available for download from PowerLink.