[PVE-User] High ceph OSD latency

[Lindsay Mathieson]

On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:25:44 AM Fabrizio Cuseo wrote:
> What is strange is that on OSD tree I have high latency: tipically Apply
> latency is between 5 and 25, but commit lattency is between 150 and 300
> (and sometimes 5/600), with 5/10 op/s and some B/s rd/wr (i have only 3
> vms, and only 1 is working now, so the cluster is really unloaded).
> 
> I am using a pool with 3 copies, and I have increased pg_num to 256 (the
> default value of 64 is too low); but OSD latency is the same with a
> different pg_num value.
> 
> I have other clusters (similar configuration, using dell 2950, dual ethernet
> for ceph and proxmox, 4 x OSD with 1Tbyte drive, perc 5i controller), with
> several vlms, and the commit and apply latency is 1/2ms.
> 
> Another cluster (test cluster) with 3 x dell PE860, with only 1 OSD per
> node, have better latency (10/20 ms).
> 
> What can i check ? 


POOMA U, but if you have one drive or controller that is marginal or failing, 
it can slow down the whole cluster.

Might be worth while benching individual osd's