No takers on this one?

jf

* Jean-Francois Malouin <[email protected]> [20121005 
15:11]:
> Hi,
> 
> Just upgraded to 3.3.2 from 3.3.0 and I noticed the same problem that
> I reported back in summer 2010 when I upgraded to 3.1.1: amreport
> taper stats are not indicative of the real tape performance when
> flushing parameters are in effect.
> 
> 3.3.0 didn't have this problem btw.
> 
> I'm using the flushing parameters
> 
> flush-threshold-dumped 100
> flush-threshold-scheduled 100
> taperflush 100
> autoflush yes
> 
> Dustin comment at the time was (freely reformated)
> 
> > Now I see that the flush parameters *are* relevant, as the driver is holding
> > off on granting permission to use the new volume until the parameters are 
> > met.
> > The time spent waiting for permission from the driver is counted along with 
> > the
> > time spent operating the changer in the final, reported time.  Arguably the 
> > bug
> > is that the driver requests that the taper begin a dump when the flush
> > thresholds are not met - in fact, I thought this was how the flush 
> > thresholds
> > were implemented.  The actual implementation seems a very odd workaround.
> 
> amreport, amdump log and driver debug file (trimmed) are appended.
> 
> Look at the DLE gertrude:/opt/amanda. Reports says it took 480m to write 700MB
> to tape but when I look at the driver debug file I see that it took 10s...
> 
> 
> amreport:
> 
> STATISTICS:
>                           Total       Full      Incr.   Level:#
>                         --------   --------   --------  --------
> Estimate Time (hrs:min)     0:02
> Run Time (hrs:min)         13:31
> Dump Time (hrs:min)         9:00       8:02       0:58
> Output Size (meg)      1865499.4  1692378.8   173120.6
> Original Size (meg)    1865499.4  1692378.8   173120.6
> Avg Compressed Size (%)    100.0      100.0      100.0
> DLEs Dumped                   13          5          8  1:8
> Avg Dump Rate (k/s)      58953.1    59868.1    51289.9
> 
> Tape Time (hrs:min)        13:27      13:06       0:21
> Tape Size (meg)        1865499.4  1692378.8   173120.6
> Tape Used (%)              251.0      226.0       25.1
> DLEs Taped                    13          5          8  1:8
> Parts Taped                   58         46         12  1:12
> Avg Tp Write Rate (k/s)  39447.2    36752.6     139258
> 
> USAGE BY TAPE:
>   Label               Time         Size      %  DLEs Parts
>   av48-2_up_Q00190    3:36     1165007M  150.9     2    30
>   av48-2_up_Q00191    1:48      700492M   90.7    11    28
> NOTES:
>   taper: Slot 7 with label av48-2_up_Q00190 is usable
>   taper: tape av48-2_up_Q00190 kb 1192967192 fm 30 [OK]
>   taper: Slot 24 with label av48-2_up_Q00191 is usable
>   taper: tape av48-2_up_Q00191 kb 717304228 fm 28 [OK]
> 
> 
> DUMP SUMMARY:
>                                            DUMPER STATS                TAPER
> STATS
> HOSTNAME     DISK           L ORIG-MB  OUT-MB  COMP%  MMM:SS    KB/s  MMM:SS 
> KB/s
> ----------------------------- 
> ------------------------------------------------------
> edgar        /opt/amanda    0    1003    1003     --    0:46 22277.9    0:17 
> 60388.2
> gaspar       /opt/amanda    0    2042    2042     --    1:07 31186.7    0:21 
> 99573.3
> gertrude     /opt/amanda    0     719     719     --    0:28 26354.9  479:16 
> 25.6
> tullus       /raid/hrrt1    1      10      10     --    0:02  6560.8    0:05 
> 2108.0
> tullus       /raid/hrrt2    1       4       4     --    0:01  6314.1    0:05 
> 824.0
> tullus       /raid/hrrt3    1      14      14     --    0:04  4020.1    0:05 
> 2906.0
> tullus       /raid/hrrt4    1  173056  173056     --   57:19 51534.0   20:39 
> 143026.2
> tullus       /raid/hrrt5    1       3       3     --    0:00  6685.8    0:04 
> 737.5
> tullus       /raid/hrrt6    1      32      32     --    0:11  3022.5    0:05 
> 6536.0
> tullus       /raid/hrrt7    1       1       1     --    0:00  2666.2    0:05 
> 250.0
> tullus       /raid/hrrt8    0 1687909 1687909     --  479:29 60079.9  305:46 
> 94212.3
> tullus       /raid/proj1    1       0       0     --    0:00   667.6    0:05 
> 8.0
> wart         /opt/amanda    0     706     706     --    0:37 19452.8    0:13 
> 55637.7
> 
> (brought to you by Amanda version 3.3.2)
> 
> -----------
> amdump log:
> 
> driver: send-cmd time 147.563 to dumper4: PORT-DUMP 04-00005 26059 gertrude 
> ffffffff9efefbffffffffff01 /opt/aman da NODEVICE 0 1970:1:1:0:0:0 amgtar "" 
> "" "" "" BSDTCP AMANDA 127.0.0.1:26060 20 |"  <auth>BSDTCP</auth>\n  <rec 
> ord>NO</record>\n  <datapath>AMANDA</datapath>\n  <backup-program>\n 
> <plugin>amgtar</plugin>\n    <property>\ n      <name>ignore</name>\n      
> <value encoding=\"raw\" 
> raw=\"OiBEaXJlY3RvcnkgaXMgbmV3JA==\">:_Directory_is_ne w$</value>      <value 
> encoding=\"raw\" 
> raw=\"OiBEaXJlY3RvcnkgaGFzIGJlZW4gcmVuYW1lZA==\">:_Directory_has_been_re 
> named</value>      <value encoding=\"raw\" 
> raw=\"OiBmaWxlIGNoYW5nZWQgYXMgd2UgcmVhZCBpdCQ=\">:_file_changed_as_we 
> _read_it$</value>      <value encoding=\"raw\" 
> raw=\"OiBzb2NrZXQgaWdub3JlZCQ=\">:_socket_ignored$</value>      < value 
> encoding=\"raw\" 
> raw=\"OiBDYW5ub3Qgc3RhdDogTm8gc3VjaCBmaWxlIG9yIGRpcmVjdG9yeSQ=\">:_Cannot_stat:_No_such_f
>  ile_or_directory$</value>\n    </property>\n    <property>\n 
> <name>check-device</name>!
 \n!
>        <value>NO</va lue>\n    </property>\n  </backup-program>\n"
> 
> driver: result time 175.534 from dumper4: DONE 04-00005 736280 736280 28 
> "[sec 27.937 kb 736280 kps 26354.9 orig -kb 736280]"
> driver: finished-cmd time 175.534 dumper4 dumped gertrude:/opt/amanda
> driver: send-cmd time 175.534 to chunker4: DONE 04-00005
> 
> driver: result time 175.534 from chunker4: DONE 04-00005 736280 "[sec 27.968 
> kb 736280 kps 26326.1]"
> driver: finished-cmd time 175.534 chunker4 chunked gertrude:/opt/amanda7.968 
> kb 736280 kps 26326.1]"
> driver: send-cmd time 175.535 to taper: FILE-WRITE worker0 04-00007 
> /holddisk/up/20121004201101/gertrude._opt_am anda.0 gertrude /opt/amanda 0 
> 20121004201101 "" "" "" "" 42949672960 memory "" 8589934592 
> 736280gertrude._opt_amdriver: startaflush: LARGESTFIT gertrude /opt/amanda 
> 736312 09672960 memory "" 8589934592 736280
> 
> taper: status file gertrude 
> /opt/amanda:/var/tmp/amanda/taper_status_file_m1R1WM
> 
> driver: result time 175.539 from taper: REQUEST-NEW-TAPE 04-00007
> driver: send-cmd time 175.539 to taper: START-SCAN worker0 04-00007
> driver: started chunker4 pid 26552aper: START-SCAN worker0 04-00007
> 
> driver: result time 28932.218 from taper: DONE 04-00007 INPUT-GOOD TAPE-GOOD 
> "[sec 28756.000000 bytes 753950720 kps 25.604396 orig-kb 736280]" "" ""
> driver: finished-cmd time 28932.218 taper wrote gertrude:/opt/amanda
> 
> -----------
> taper.debug
> 
> Thu Oct  4 20:12:12 2012: thd-0x2141a40: taper: av48: updating state
> 
> Thu Oct  4 20:13:57 2012: thd-0x2141a40: taper: Amanda::Taper::Scribe 
> preparing to write, part size 42949672960, using LEOM (falling back to 
> holding disk as cache) (splitter)  (LEOM supported)
> Thu Oct  4 20:13:57 2012: thd-0x2141a40: taper: Starting <Xfer@0x2cf7dd0 
> (<XferSourceHolding@0x2d33830> -> <XferDestTaperSplitter@0x2d100a0>)>
> Thu Oct  4 20:13:57 2012: thd-0x2141a40: taper: Final linkage: 
> <XferSourceHolding@0x2d33830> -(PULL_BUFFER)-> <XferElementGlue@0x2d358c0> 
> -(PUSH_BUFFER)-> <XferDestTaperSplitter@0x2d100a0>
> 
> Fri Oct  5 04:12:57 2012: thd-0x2141a40: taper: Building type TAPESTART 
> header of 2097152-2097152 bytes with name='av48-2_up_Q00190' disk='' 
> dumplevel=0 and blocksize=2097152
> Fri Oct  5 04:13:01 2012: thd-0x2141a40: taper: invoking /usr/sbin/mtx -f 
> /dev/changer status
> Fri Oct  5 04:13:03 2012: thd-0x2141a40: taper: av48: updating state
> 
> Fri Oct  5 04:13:03 2012: thd-0x2c4d3a0: taper: Building type SPLIT_FILE 
> header of 2097152-2097152 bytes with name='gertrude' disk='/opt/amanda' 
> dumplevel=0 and blocksize=2097152
> Fri Oct  5 04:13:13 2012: thd-0x2141a40: taper: Amanda::Taper::Scribe 
> preparing to write, part size 42949672960, using LEOM (falling back to 
> holding disk as cache) (splitter)  (LEOM supported)
> Fri Oct  5 04:13:13 2012: thd-0x2141a40: taper: Starting <Xfer@0x2d0c210 
> (<XferSourceHolding@0x2d338c0> -> <XferDestTaperSplitter@0x2d101e0>)>
> Fri Oct  5 04:13:13 2012: thd-0x2141a40: taper: Final linkage: 
> <XferSourceHolding@0x2d338c0> -(PULL_BUFFER)-> <XferElementGlue@0x2d359a0> 
> -(PUSH_BUFFER)-> <XferDestTaperSplitter@0x2d101e0>
> 
> thanks!
> jf

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