mpr vs mps performance

Stephen Mcconnell stephen.mcconnell at avagotech.com
Tue Oct 7 00:53:28 UTC 2014


> -----Original Message-----
> From: asomers at gmail.com [mailto:asomers at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Alan
> Somers
> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 10:13 AM
> To: Borja Marcos; slm at freebsd.org
> Cc: FreeBSD-scsi
> Subject: Re: mpr vs mps performance
>
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Borja Marcos <borjam at sarenet.es> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have been playing with the new SAS3 cards supported by the mpr
> > driver, and I´ve found out that they are, in the same hardware
> > configuration,
> considerably slower writing data. Moreover, running two simultaneous
> "bonnie"
> benchmarks (I am using SSDs, and one "bonnie" sometimes hits 100% CPU
> usage, unable to really saturate the I/O) I see the writing activity
> somewhat
> stalling, with disk bandwidth going from 600 MB/s to around 50 for 20
> seconds
> or so.
> >
> > I'd like to know if this matches anyone else's experiences. Also, I can
> > try and
> make some tests if needed. But for now it seems we will stick to the SAS2
> HBAs.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > The Bonnie results are:
> >
> > With mpr driver, SAS3:
> >
> > (each bonnie instance, so multiply the results by 2 to get the actual
> > bandwidth achieved)
> >
> > Seq output: (writing)
> >         Block:  292155 KB/s
> >         Rewrite: 139713 KB/s
> > Seq input:
> >         Block:    862861 KB/s
> >
> > With mps driver: SAS2, again, total is 2x the following figures.
> >
> > Seq output: (writing)
> >         Block:  587950  KB/s
> >         Rewrite: 208239 KB/s
> > Seq. input: (reading)
> >         Block: 842169 KB/s
> >
> >
> > The storage is a ZFS pool with a 9-disk raidz2 vdev, made  of Samsung
> > 840 EVO 1 TB SSDs. The pool has been created with an ashift of 12
> > (zpool applied it thanks to the 4 KB block quirk for these SSDs)
> >
> > <ATA Samsung SSD 840 BB0Q>         at scbus0 target 9 lun 0 (pass0,da0)
> > <ATA Samsung SSD 840 BB0Q>         at scbus0 target 10 lun 0 (pass1,da1)
> > <ATA Samsung SSD 840 BB0Q>         at scbus0 target 11 lun 0 (pass2,da2)
> > <ATA Samsung SSD 840 BB0Q>         at scbus0 target 12 lun 0 (pass3,da3)
> > <ATA Samsung SSD 840 BB0Q>         at scbus0 target 13 lun 0 (pass4,da4)
> > <ATA Samsung SSD 840 BB0Q>         at scbus0 target 14 lun 0 (pass5,da5)
> > <ATA Samsung SSD 840 BB0Q>         at scbus0 target 17 lun 0 (pass7,da6)
> > <ATA Samsung SSD 840 BB0Q>         at scbus0 target 18 lun 0 (pass8,da7)
> > <ATA Samsung SSD 840 BB0Q>         at scbus0 target 27 lun 0
> > (pass14,da12)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > The mpr card details follow:
> > Sep 17 09:49:39 elibm kernel: mpr0: <LSI SAS3008> port 0x3f00-0x3fff mem
> 0x912f0000-0x912fffff irq 32 at device 0.0 on pci17
> > Sep 17 09:49:39 elibm kernel: mpr0: IOCFacts    :
> > Sep 17 09:49:39 elibm kernel: MsgVersion: 0x205 Sep 17 09:49:39 elibm
> > kernel: HeaderVersion: 0x1d00 Sep 17 09:49:39 elibm kernel: IOCNumber:
> > 0 Sep 17 09:49:39 elibm kernel: IOCExceptions: 0x0 Sep 17 09:49:39
> > elibm kernel: MaxChainDepth: 128 Sep 17 09:49:39 elibm kernel:
> > NumberOfPorts: 1 Sep 17 09:49:39 elibm kernel: RequestCredit: 11264
> > Sep 17 09:49:39 elibm kernel: ProductID: 0x2221 Sep 17 09:49:39 elibm
> > kernel: IOCRequestFrameSize: 32 Sep 17 09:49:39 elibm kernel:
> > MaxInitiators: 1 Sep 17 09:49:39 elibm kernel: MaxTargets: 1024 Sep 17
> > 09:49:39 elibm kernel: MaxSasExpanders: 14 Sep 17 09:49:39 elibm
> > kernel: MaxEnclosures: 15 Sep 17 09:49:39 elibm kernel:
> > HighPriorityCredit: 60 Sep 17 09:49:39 elibm kernel:
> > MaxReplyDescriptorPostQueueDepth: 65504 Sep 17 09:49:39 elibm kernel:
> > ReplyFrameSize: 32 Sep 17 09:49:39 elibm kernel: MaxVolumes: 0 Sep 17
> > 09:49:39 elibm kernel: MaxDevHandle: 1047 Sep 17 09:49:39 elibm
> > kernel: MaxPersistentEntries: 128 Sep 17 09:49:39 elibm kernel: mpr0:
> > Firmware: 01.00.03.00, Driver: 05.255.05.00-fbsd Sep 17 09:49:39 elibm
> > kernel: mpr0: IOCCapabilities:
> > 3a85c<ScsiTaskFull,DiagTrace,SnapBuf,EEDP,TransRetry,EventReplay,MSIXI
> > ndex,HostDisc>
> >
> >
> > And the  mps card is a classic:
> > Sep 22 17:18:24 elibm kernel: mps0: <LSI SAS2008> port 0x3f00-0x3fff
> > mem 0x90ebc000-0x90ebffff,0x912c0000-0x912fffff irq 32 at device 0.0
> > on pci17 Sep 22 17:18:24 elibm kernel: mps0: Firmware: 18.00.00.00,
> > Driver: 19.00.00.00-fbsd Sep 22 17:18:24 elibm kernel: mps0:
> > IOCCapabilities:
> > 1285c<ScsiTaskFull,DiagTrace,SnapBuf,EEDP,TransRetry,EventReplay,HostD
> > isc>
> >
> >
> > The connected devices follow. Both use the same hardware (except for the
> cables and HBA of course), but currently there's no way to check this with
> the
> SAS3 card, as sas3ircu nor sas3flash detect it on FreeBSD.
> >
> >
> >
> > # sas2ircu 0 display
> > LSI Corporation SAS2 IR Configuration Utility.
> > Version 18.00.00.00 (2013.11.18)
> > Copyright (c) 2009-2013 LSI Corporation. All rights reserved.
> >
> > Read configuration has been initiated for controller 0
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --
> > Controller information
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >   Controller type                         : SAS2008
> >   BIOS version                            : 7.35.00.00
> >   Firmware version                        : 18.00.00.00
> >   Channel description                     : 1 Serial Attached SCSI
> >   Initiator ID                            : 0
> >   Maximum physical devices                : 255
> >   Concurrent commands supported           : 3432
> >   Slot                                    : 3
> >   Segment                                 : 0
> >   Bus                                     : 17
> >   Device                                  : 0
> >   Function                                : 0
> >   RAID Support                            : No
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --
> > IR Volume information
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --
> > Physical device information
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --
> > Initiator at ID #0
> >
> > Device is a Hard disk
> >   Enclosure #                             : 2
> >   Slot #                                  : 16
> >   SAS Address                             : 5000c50-0-05b5-ce25
> >   State                                   : Ready (RDY)
> >   Size (in MB)/(in sectors)               : 140014/286749479
> >   Manufacturer                            : SEAGATE
> >   Model Number                            : ST9146803SS
> >   Firmware Revision                       : FS03
> >   Serial No                               : 3SD02W5L
> >   GUID                                    : N/A
> >   Protocol                                : SAS
> >   Drive Type                              : SAS_HDD
> >
> > Device is a Hard disk
> >   Enclosure #                             : 2
> >   Slot #                                  : 17
> >   SAS Address                             : 5005076-0-3e8e-81a2
> >   State                                   : Ready (RDY)
> >   Size (in MB)/(in sectors)               : 953869/1953525167
> >   Manufacturer                            : ATA
> >   Model Number                            : Samsung SSD 840
> >   Firmware Revision                       : BB0Q
> >   Serial No                               : S1D9NEADA08549F
> >   GUID                                    : N/A
> >   Protocol                                : SATA
> >   Drive Type                              : SATA_SSD
> >
> > Device is a Hard disk
> >   Enclosure #                             : 2
> >   Slot #                                  : 18
> >   SAS Address                             : 5005076-0-3e8e-81a3
> >   State                                   : Ready (RDY)
> >   Size (in MB)/(in sectors)               : 953869/1953525167
> >   Manufacturer                            : ATA
> >   Model Number                            : Samsung SSD 840
> >   Firmware Revision                       : BB0Q
> >   Serial No                               : S1D9NEADA08548T
> >   GUID                                    : N/A
> >   Protocol                                : SATA
> >   Drive Type                              : SATA_SSD
> >
> > Device is a Hard disk
> >   Enclosure #                             : 2
> >   Slot #                                  : 19
> >   SAS Address                             : 5005076-0-3e8e-81a4
> >   State                                   : Ready (RDY)
> >   Size (in MB)/(in sectors)               : 953869/1953525167
> >   Manufacturer                            : ATA
> >   Model Number                            : Samsung SSD 840
> >   Firmware Revision                       : BB0Q
> >   Serial No                               : S1D9NEADA08568E
> >   GUID                                    : N/A
> >   Protocol                                : SATA
> >   Drive Type                              : SATA_SSD
> >
> > Device is a Hard disk
> >   Enclosure #                             : 2
> >   Slot #                                  : 20
> >   SAS Address                             : 5005076-0-3e8e-81a5
> >   State                                   : Ready (RDY)
> >   Size (in MB)/(in sectors)               : 953869/1953525167
> >   Manufacturer                            : ATA
> >   Model Number                            : Samsung SSD 840
> >   Firmware Revision                       : BB0Q
> >   Serial No                               : S1D9NEADA08547X
> >   GUID                                    : N/A
> >   Protocol                                : SATA
> >   Drive Type                              : SATA_SSD
> >
> > Device is a Hard disk
> >   Enclosure #                             : 2
> >   Slot #                                  : 21
> >   SAS Address                             : 5005076-0-3e8e-81a6
> >   State                                   : Ready (RDY)
> >   Size (in MB)/(in sectors)               : 953869/1953525167
> >   Manufacturer                            : ATA
> >   Model Number                            : Samsung SSD 840
> >   Firmware Revision                       : BB0Q
> >   Serial No                               : S1D9NEADA08518Y
> >   GUID                                    : N/A
> >   Protocol                                : SATA
> >   Drive Type                              : SATA_SSD
> >
> > Device is a Hard disk
> >   Enclosure #                             : 2
> >   Slot #                                  : 22
> >   SAS Address                             : 5005076-0-3e8e-81a7
> >   State                                   : Ready (RDY)
> >   Size (in MB)/(in sectors)               : 953869/1953525167
> >   Manufacturer                            : ATA
> >   Model Number                            : Samsung SSD 840
> >   Firmware Revision                       : BB0Q
> >   Serial No                               : S1D9NEADA08556K
> >   GUID                                    : N/A
> >   Protocol                                : SATA
> >   Drive Type                              : SATA_SSD
> >
> > Device is a Enclosure services device
> >   Enclosure #                             : 2
> >   Slot #                                  : 255
> >   SAS Address                             : 5005076-0-3e8e-81b9
> >   State                                   : Standby (SBY)
> >   Manufacturer                            : IBM-ESXS
> >   Model Number                            : SAS EXP BP
> >   Firmware Revision                       : 61A6
> >   Serial No                               : 00000006
> >   GUID                                    : N/A
> >   Protocol                                : SAS
> >   Device Type                             : Enclosure services device
> >
> > Device is a Hard disk
> >   Enclosure #                             : 3
> >   Slot #                                  : 0
> >   SAS Address                             : 5005076-0-3e8e-86e9
> >   State                                   : Ready (RDY)
> >   Size (in MB)/(in sectors)               : 953869/1953525167
> >   Manufacturer                            : ATA
> >   Model Number                            : Samsung SSD 840
> >   Firmware Revision                       : BB0Q
> >   Serial No                               : S1D9NEADA08550R
> >   GUID                                    : N/A
> >   Protocol                                : SATA
> >   Drive Type                              : SATA_SSD
> >
> > Device is a Hard disk
> >   Enclosure #                             : 3
> >   Slot #                                  : 1
> >   SAS Address                             : 5005076-0-3e8e-86ea
> >   State                                   : Ready (RDY)
> >   Size (in MB)/(in sectors)               : 953869/1953525167
> >   Manufacturer                            : ATA
> >   Model Number                            : Samsung SSD 840
> >   Firmware Revision                       : BB0Q
> >   Serial No                               : S1D9NEADA08911Y
> >   GUID                                    : N/A
> >   Protocol                                : SATA
> >   Drive Type                              : SATA_SSD
> >
> > Device is a Hard disk
> >   Enclosure #                             : 3
> >   Slot #                                  : 2
> >   SAS Address                             : 5005076-0-3e8e-86eb
> >   State                                   : Ready (RDY)
> >   Size (in MB)/(in sectors)               : 953869/1953525167
> >   Manufacturer                            : ATA
> >   Model Number                            : Samsung SSD 840
> >   Firmware Revision                       : BB0Q
> >   Serial No                               : S1D9NEADA08811L
> >   GUID                                    : N/A
> >   Protocol                                : SATA
> >   Drive Type                              : SATA_SSD
> >
> > Device is a Hard disk
> >   Enclosure #                             : 3
> >   Slot #                                  : 13
> >   SAS Address                             : 5000c50-0-05b5-e531
> >   State                                   : Ready (RDY)
> >   Size (in MB)/(in sectors)               : 140014/286749479
> >   Manufacturer                            : SEAGATE
> >   Model Number                            : ST9146803SS
> >   Firmware Revision                       : FS03
> >   Serial No                               : 3SD02STR
> >   GUID                                    : N/A
> >   Protocol                                : SAS
> >   Drive Type                              : SAS_HDD
> >
> > Device is a Hard disk
> >   Enclosure #                             : 3
> >   Slot #                                  : 14
> >   SAS Address                             : 5000c50-0-05b5-d489
> >   State                                   : Ready (RDY)
> >   Size (in MB)/(in sectors)               : 140014/286749479
> >   Manufacturer                            : SEAGATE
> >   Model Number                            : ST9146803SS
> >   Firmware Revision                       : FS03
> >   Serial No                               : 3SD02TV1
> >   GUID                                    : N/A
> >   Protocol                                : SAS
> >   Drive Type                              : SAS_HDD
> >
> > Device is a Hard disk
> >   Enclosure #                             : 3
> >   Slot #                                  : 15
> >   SAS Address                             : 5000c50-0-05b5-f0ad
> >   State                                   : Ready (RDY)
> >   Size (in MB)/(in sectors)               : 140014/286749479
> >   Manufacturer                            : SEAGATE
> >   Model Number                            : ST9146803SS
> >   Firmware Revision                       : FS03
> >   Serial No                               : 3SD03F4C
> >   GUID                                    : N/A
> >   Protocol                                : SAS
> >   Drive Type                              : SAS_HDD
> >
> > Device is a Enclosure services device
> >   Enclosure #                             : 3
> >   Slot #                                  : 255
> >   SAS Address                             : 5005076-0-3e8e-86f9
> >   State                                   : Standby (SBY)
> >   Manufacturer                            : IBM-ESXS
> >   Model Number                            : SAS EXP BP
> >   Firmware Revision                       : 61A6
> >   Serial No                               : 00000006
> >   GUID                                    : N/A
> >   Protocol                                : SAS
> >   Device Type                             : Enclosure services device
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --
> > Enclosure information
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >   Enclosure#                              : 1
> >   Logical ID                              : 500605b0:07ba2100
> >   Numslots                                : 8
> >   StartSlot                               : 0
> >   Enclosure#                              : 2
> >   Logical ID                              : 50050760:3e8e81a0
> >   Numslots                                : 25
> >   StartSlot                               : 0
> >   Enclosure#                              : 3
> >   Logical ID                              : 50050760:3e8e86e0
> >   Numslots                                : 25
> >   StartSlot                               : 0
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --
> > SAS2IRCU: Command DISPLAY Completed Successfully.
> > SAS2IRCU: Utility Completed Successfully.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Adding Steve McConnell, who may not be on the freebsd-scsi list.

Right, I'm not on the freebsd-scsi list.  I suspect that the reason for this
is that most of the Gen3 performance gains come from MSI-x support, but that
is not in the mpr driver yet, and MSI-x is not supported in the 2008 card.
But, I have a question out to another person and I'm waiting for more info.

Steve


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