Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> wrote on 03/26/2007 04:52:17 
PM:

> That's somewhat outdated information at least for SLES 9 & 10.
> We have Linux I/O statistics for FCP/SCSI and shortly we'll have
> FCP adapter I/O statistics, too.
> 
> It is true that ECKD attached disks provide QoS features like
> end-to-end data protection and is the dominant I/O attachment
> for Linux. It is also true that customers would usually observe
> higher throughput with FCP attached storage.
> 
> More performance related data to disk I/O is available at
> 
> http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/perf/index.html
> 
> and more specific information for related to the DS8000 at
> 
> http://www-128.ibm.
> com/developerworks/linux/linux390/perf/tuning_res_dasd_ds8000.html


Even this info. is dated.  There are considerable differences between the 
FCP firmware for Ficon Express 2 on Trex, and the firmware for Ficon 
Express 2 on Danu.


> Best regards
> Ingo
> 
> 
> Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> wrote on 26.03.2007 
22:38:21:
> 
> > When performance is bad, do you want to know why? Until we know how
> > to show when the SAN
> > is impacting your application and how - do you want to trust your
> > production to something
> > where performance is not manageable?
> > For example, an ibm controller was benchmarked first as eckd, then
> > as scsi. on eckd, we
> > get cache stats - could show the dasd fast write filled up, and
> > could show response time.
> >   for scsi, all we could show was thruput was degraded.  we can't
> > even measure silly
> > response time numbers on scsi.
> >
> >
> > Lionel B. Dyck wrote:
> >
> > > I've heard several good reasons to have my zlinux images use dasd 
that
> is
> > > on the fibre connected san and a few for using the old tried and 
true
> > > dasd. What I'd like to find out is what is true and what isn't -
> basically
> > > what is considered the best practice for zlinux dasd.
> > >
> > > Thus - what do y'all think?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Lionel B. Dyck, Consultant/Specialist zLinux Platform
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