Dne 7.9.2017 v 15:12 lejeczek napsal(a):


On 07/09/17 10:16, Zdenek Kabelac wrote:
Dne 7.9.2017 v 10:06 lejeczek napsal(a):
hi fellas

I'm setting up a lvm raid0, 4 devices, I want raid0 and I understand & expect - there will be four stripes, all I care of is speed.
I do:
$ lvcreate --type raid0 -i 4 -I 16 -n 0 -l 96%pv intel.raid0-0 /dev/sd{c..f} # explicitly four stripes

I see:
$ mkfs.xfs /dev/mapper/intel.sataA-0 -f
meta-data=/dev/mapper/intel.sataA-0 isize=512 agcount=32, agsize=30447488 blks
          =                       sectsz=512   attr=2, projid32bit=1
          =                       crc=1        finobt=0, sparse=0
data     =                       bsize=4096 blocks=974319616, imaxpct=5
          =                       sunit=4 swidth=131076 blks
naming   =version 2              bsize=4096   ascii-ci=0 ftype=1
log      =internal log           bsize=4096 blocks=475744, version=2
          =                       sectsz=512   sunit=4 blks, lazy-count=1
realtime =none                   extsz=4096   blocks=0, rtextents=0

What puzzles me is xfs's:
  sunit=4      swidth=131076 blks
and I think - what the hexx?


Unfortunatelly  'swidth'  in XFS has different meaning than lvm2's  stripe size parameter.

In lvm2 -


-i | --stripes    - how many disks
-I | --stripesize    - how much data before using next disk.

So  -i 4  & -I 16 gives  64KB  total stripe width

----

XFS meaning:

suinit = <RAID controllers stripe size in BYTES (or KiBytes when used with k)>
swidth = <# of data disks (don't count parity disks)>

----

---- so real-world example ----

# lvcreate --type striped -i4 -I16 -L1G -n r0 vg

or

# lvcreate --type raid0  -i4 -I16 -L1G -n r0 vg

# mkfs.xfs  /dev/vg/r0 -f
meta-data=/dev/vg/r0             isize=512    agcount=8, agsize=32764 blks
         =                       sectsz=512   attr=2, projid32bit=1
         =                       crc=1        finobt=1, sparse=0, rmapbt=0, reflink=0
data     =                       bsize=4096 blocks=262112, imaxpct=25
         =                       sunit=4      swidth=16 blks
naming   =version 2              bsize=4096   ascii-ci=0 ftype=1
log      =internal log           bsize=4096   blocks=552, version=2
         =                       sectsz=512   sunit=4 blks, lazy-count=1
realtime =none                   extsz=4096   blocks=0, rtextents=0


---- and we have ----

sunit=4         ...  4 * 4096 = 16KiB        (matching lvm2 -I16 here)
swidth=16 blks  ... 16 * 4096 = 64KiB
   so we have  64 as total width / size of single strip (sunit) ->  4 disks
   (matching  lvm2 -i4 option here)

Yep complex, don't ask... ;)




In a LVM non-raid stripe scenario I've always remember it was: swidth = sunit * Y where Y = number of stripes, right?

I'm hoping some expert could shed some light, help me(maybe others too) understand what LVM is doing there? I'd appreciate.
many thanks, L.


We in the first place there is major discrepancy in the naming:

You use intel.raid0-0   VG name
and then you mkfs device: /dev/mapper/intel.sataA-0  ??

While you should be accessing: /dev/intel.raid0/0

Are you sure you are not trying to overwrite some unrelated device here?

(As your shown numbers looks unrelated, or you have buggy kernel or blkid....)


hi,
I renamed VG in the meantime,
I get xfs intricacy..
so.. question still stands..
why xfs format does not do what I remember always did in the past(on lvm non-raid but stripped), like in your example

          =                       sunit=4      swidth=16 blks
but I see instead:

          =                       sunit=4 swidth=4294786316 blks

a whole lot:

$ xfs_info /__.aLocalStorages/0
meta-data=/dev/mapper/intel.raid0--0-0 isize=512 agcount=32, agsize=30768000 
blks
          =                       sectsz=512   attr=2, projid32bit=1
          =                       crc=1        finobt=0 spinodes=0
data     =                       bsize=4096 blocks=984576000, imaxpct=5
          =                       sunit=4 swidth=4294786316 blks
naming   =version 2              bsize=4096   ascii-ci=0 ftype=1
log      =internal               bsize=4096   blocks=480752, version=2
          =                       sectsz=512   sunit=4 blks, lazy-count=1
realtime =none                   extsz=4096   blocks=0, rtextents=0

$ lvs -a -o +segtype,stripe_size,stripes,devices intel.raid0-0
  LV           VG            Attr       LSize   Pool Origin Data% Meta%  Move Log Cpy%Sync Convert Type   Stripe #Str Devices   0            intel.raid0-0 rwi-aor--- 3.67t raid0 16.00k    4 0_rimage_0(0),0_rimage_1(0),0_rimage_2(0),0_rimage_3(0)
   [0_rimage_0] intel.raid0-0 iwi-aor--- 938.96g linear 0     1 /dev/sdc(0)
   [0_rimage_1] intel.raid0-0 iwi-aor--- 938.96g linear 0     1 /dev/sdd(0)
   [0_rimage_2] intel.raid0-0 iwi-aor--- 938.96g linear 0     1 /dev/sde(0)
   [0_rimage_3] intel.raid0-0 iwi-aor--- 938.96g linear 0     1 /dev/sdf(0)



Hi

I've checked even 128TiB sized device with mkfs.xfs with -i4 -I16

# lvs -a vg

LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Meta% Move Log Cpy%Sync Convert LV1 vg rwi-a-r--- 128.00t [LV1_rimage_0] vg iwi-aor--- 32.00t [LV1_rimage_1] vg iwi-aor--- 32.00t [LV1_rimage_2] vg iwi-aor--- 32.00t [LV1_rimage_3] vg iwi-aor--- 32.00t

# mkfs.xfs -f /dev/vg/LV1
meta-data=/dev/vg/LV1 isize=512  agcount=128, agsize=268435452 blks
         =                       sectsz=512   attr=2, projid32bit=1
= crc=1 finobt=1, sparse=0, rmapbt=0, reflink=0
data     =                       bsize=4096   blocks=34359737856, imaxpct=1
         =                       sunit=4      swidth=16 blks
naming   =version 2              bsize=4096   ascii-ci=0 ftype=1
log      =internal log           bsize=4096   blocks=521728, version=2
         =                       sectsz=512   sunit=4 blks, lazy-count=1
realtime =none                   extsz=4096   blocks=0, rtextents=0



and all seems to be working just about right.
From your 'swidth' number it looks like some 32bit overflow ?

So aren't you using some ancient kernel/lvm2 version ?

Aren't you trying to use 32bit architecture ?
(this would be really bad plan for TiB world)

Regards

Zdenek

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