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Posted to users@cloudstack.apache.org by Sean Hamilton <se...@seanhamilton.co.uk> on 2013/12/02 10:10:17 UTC
Re: Improving SSVM performance
Hey Simon,
Is that done as the systemvm template is being uploaded, or can we edit it
afterwards?
Thanks,
Sean
On 28 November 2013 19:34, Simon Murphy <si...@vifx.co.nz> wrote:
> have you tried changing the default network adapter to vmxnet3?
>
> Sent from my Android phone using TouchDown (www.nitrodesk.com)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Hamilton [sean@seanhamilton.co.uk]
> Received: Friday, 29 Nov 2013, 4:10am
> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org [users@cloudstack.apache.org]
> Subject: Improving SSVM performance
>
> We run 4.2 with VMware hypervisor.
> We'd like to improve the SSVM performance, specifically when exporting and
> deploying templates.
>
> Does anyone have any guides on doing this at all?
>
> Thanks,
> Sean
>
RE: Improving SSVM performance
Posted by Geoff Higginbottom <ge...@shapeblue.com>.
Deploying templates - copying from Secondary to Primary Storage - is handled by the Host and not the SSVM
Exporting Templates is handled by the SSVM using its 'Storage Interface' to read from Secondary Storage, and its 'Public Interface' to export it to the logged in user.
Improving deployment times would be best achieved by enabling Jumbo Frames on the Secondary Storage Device and the NIC/Bond/vSwitch on the Host dedicated to Secondary Storage and obviously the networks connecting them (this assumes you are using the Storage Network within CloudStack and hence have dedicated NICs)
There is also a SSVM MTU Global Setting which will also enable Jumbo Frames on the 'Storage Interface' of the SSVM, but this will not change the MTU on the Public Interface which will probably be your bottleneck
So for optimal Deployment, use the CloudStack Storage Network, have dedicated NICs on the Hosts, and use Jumbo Frames.
For optimal Exporting, the Public Network will be your bottleneck, and as this is typically going over the Internet, using Jumbo Frames is not really an option.
Regards
Geoff Higginbottom
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-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Hamilton [mailto:sean@seanhamilton.co.uk]
Sent: 05 December 2013 16:48
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
Subject: Re: Improving SSVM performance
Hey Simon,
Got round to testing this in my lab. Times to complete Export OVF commands didn't improve massively:
10Gb template with SSVM on E1000: 03:21.18 (10GB)
10Gb template with SSVM on VMXNET3: 03:17.18 (10GB)
60Gb template with SSVM on E1000: 18:32.16 (60GB)
60Gb template with SSVM on VMXNET3: 18:12.98 (60GB)
Any other thoughts on how to speed stuff up? Where would the bottleneck lie; storage for NFS mount?
On 2 December 2013 09:25, Simon Murphy <si...@vifx.co.nz> wrote:
> there is a global settting under the vmware section.
>
> Sent from my Android phone using TouchDown (www.nitrodesk.com)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Hamilton [sean@seanhamilton.co.uk]
> Received: Monday, 02 Dec 2013, 10:10pm
> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org [users@cloudstack.apache.org]
> Subject: Re: Improving SSVM performance
>
> Hey Simon,
>
> Is that done as the systemvm template is being uploaded, or can we
> edit it afterwards?
>
> Thanks,
> Sean
>
>
> On 28 November 2013 19:34, Simon Murphy <si...@vifx.co.nz> wrote:
>
> > have you tried changing the default network adapter to vmxnet3?
> >
> > Sent from my Android phone using TouchDown (www.nitrodesk.com<
> http://www.nitrodesk.com>)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sean Hamilton [sean@seanhamilton.co.uk]
> > Received: Friday, 29 Nov 2013, 4:10am
> > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org [users@cloudstack.apache.org]
> > Subject: Improving SSVM performance
> >
> > We run 4.2 with VMware hypervisor.
> > We'd like to improve the SSVM performance, specifically when
> > exporting
> and
> > deploying templates.
> >
> > Does anyone have any guides on doing this at all?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sean
> >
>
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Re: Improving SSVM performance
Posted by Shanker Balan <sh...@shapeblue.com>.
Comments inline.
On 05-Dec-2013, at 10:18 pm, Sean Hamilton <se...@seanhamilton.co.uk> wrote:
> Hey Simon,
>
> Got round to testing this in my lab. Times to complete Export OVF commands
> didn't improve massively:
>
> 10Gb template with SSVM on E1000: 03:21.18 (10GB)
>
> 10Gb template with SSVM on VMXNET3: 03:17.18 (10GB)
>
> 60Gb template with SSVM on E1000: 18:32.16 (60GB)
>
> 60Gb template with SSVM on VMXNET3: 18:12.98 (60GB)
>
>
> Any other thoughts on how to speed stuff up? Where would the bottleneck
> lie; storage for NFS mount?
Sean,
I suspect you would be limited by your storage IOPS performance
rather than the NIC speed.
If you have the time, can you
(1) Compare raw storage IOPS with NFS IOPS? Bonnie and Iozone are
good tools to benchmark IO.
(2) Compare network throughput of your SSVM NIC Vs the physical
hosts NIC? You can use nuttcp for network tests.
Hth.
>
>
> On 2 December 2013 09:25, Simon Murphy <si...@vifx.co.nz> wrote:
>
>> there is a global settting under the vmware section.
>>
>> Sent from my Android phone using TouchDown (www.nitrodesk.com)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Sean Hamilton [sean@seanhamilton.co.uk]
>> Received: Monday, 02 Dec 2013, 10:10pm
>> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org [users@cloudstack.apache.org]
>> Subject: Re: Improving SSVM performance
>>
>> Hey Simon,
>>
>> Is that done as the systemvm template is being uploaded, or can we edit it
>> afterwards?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sean
>>
>>
>> On 28 November 2013 19:34, Simon Murphy <si...@vifx.co.nz> wrote:
>>
>>> have you tried changing the default network adapter to vmxnet3?
>>>
>>> Sent from my Android phone using TouchDown (www.nitrodesk.com<
>> http://www.nitrodesk.com>)
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Sean Hamilton [sean@seanhamilton.co.uk]
>>> Received: Friday, 29 Nov 2013, 4:10am
>>> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org [users@cloudstack.apache.org]
>>> Subject: Improving SSVM performance
>>>
>>> We run 4.2 with VMware hypervisor.
>>> We'd like to improve the SSVM performance, specifically when exporting
>> and
>>> deploying templates.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any guides on doing this at all?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Sean
>>>
>>
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Re: Improving SSVM performance
Posted by Sean Hamilton <se...@seanhamilton.co.uk>.
Hey Simon,
Got round to testing this in my lab. Times to complete Export OVF commands
didn't improve massively:
10Gb template with SSVM on E1000: 03:21.18 (10GB)
10Gb template with SSVM on VMXNET3: 03:17.18 (10GB)
60Gb template with SSVM on E1000: 18:32.16 (60GB)
60Gb template with SSVM on VMXNET3: 18:12.98 (60GB)
Any other thoughts on how to speed stuff up? Where would the bottleneck
lie; storage for NFS mount?
On 2 December 2013 09:25, Simon Murphy <si...@vifx.co.nz> wrote:
> there is a global settting under the vmware section.
>
> Sent from my Android phone using TouchDown (www.nitrodesk.com)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Hamilton [sean@seanhamilton.co.uk]
> Received: Monday, 02 Dec 2013, 10:10pm
> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org [users@cloudstack.apache.org]
> Subject: Re: Improving SSVM performance
>
> Hey Simon,
>
> Is that done as the systemvm template is being uploaded, or can we edit it
> afterwards?
>
> Thanks,
> Sean
>
>
> On 28 November 2013 19:34, Simon Murphy <si...@vifx.co.nz> wrote:
>
> > have you tried changing the default network adapter to vmxnet3?
> >
> > Sent from my Android phone using TouchDown (www.nitrodesk.com<
> http://www.nitrodesk.com>)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sean Hamilton [sean@seanhamilton.co.uk]
> > Received: Friday, 29 Nov 2013, 4:10am
> > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org [users@cloudstack.apache.org]
> > Subject: Improving SSVM performance
> >
> > We run 4.2 with VMware hypervisor.
> > We'd like to improve the SSVM performance, specifically when exporting
> and
> > deploying templates.
> >
> > Does anyone have any guides on doing this at all?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sean
> >
>
RE: Improving SSVM performance
Posted by Simon Murphy <si...@vifx.co.nz>.
there is a global settting under the vmware section.
Sent from my Android phone using TouchDown (www.nitrodesk.com)
-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Hamilton [sean@seanhamilton.co.uk]
Received: Monday, 02 Dec 2013, 10:10pm
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org [users@cloudstack.apache.org]
Subject: Re: Improving SSVM performance
Hey Simon,
Is that done as the systemvm template is being uploaded, or can we edit it
afterwards?
Thanks,
Sean
On 28 November 2013 19:34, Simon Murphy <si...@vifx.co.nz> wrote:
> have you tried changing the default network adapter to vmxnet3?
>
> Sent from my Android phone using TouchDown (www.nitrodesk.com<http://www.nitrodesk.com>)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Hamilton [sean@seanhamilton.co.uk]
> Received: Friday, 29 Nov 2013, 4:10am
> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org [users@cloudstack.apache.org]
> Subject: Improving SSVM performance
>
> We run 4.2 with VMware hypervisor.
> We'd like to improve the SSVM performance, specifically when exporting and
> deploying templates.
>
> Does anyone have any guides on doing this at all?
>
> Thanks,
> Sean
>