Re: [freenet-support] High disk IO

2011-05-14 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Saturday 14 May 2011 02:53:25 Dennis Nezic wrote:
> On Wed, 11 May 2011 17:48:36 +0100, Matthew Toseland wrote:
> > On Wednesday 11 May 2011 02:31:51 Dennis Nezic wrote:
> > > On Fri, 6 May 2011 15:55:59 -0400, Dennis Nezic wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 6 May 2011 18:57:13 +0100, Matthew Toseland wrote:
> > > > > On Thursday 05 May 2011 03:26:45 Dennis Nezic wrote:
> > > > > > For the past several builds, I'm not sure exactly when the
> > > > > > issue started, before build01364 at least, my node
> > > > > > experiences quite high disk IO, which bogs down my computer.
> > > > > > I think once I left it alone, and it resolved itself after a
> > > > > > few hours, but usually I have to restart Freenet to make my
> > > > > > server more useable.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > My "vmstat 5" reports bi (bytes-in, that is: reading) between
> > > > > > 4000-1. (Under 100 after I stop Freenet.)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > My graphs[1] show it to be suspiciously periodic, although
> > > > > > that might just be a coincidence.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Is there some kind of background (periodic) database/datastore
> > > > > > task that might be causing this? My wrapper.log shows no
> > > > > > output during these events, nor does fproxy say that anything
> > > > > > is going on.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Active downloads/uploads?
> > > > 
> > > > Yep ... a few active downloads -- about 30MBs each. (One got
> > > > completed much earlier in the day -- but nothing unusual was
> > > > happening during the problem peaks.) It happened again last night
> > > > [2][3], suspiciously almost exactly 24 hours after the last time.
> > > > I didn't stop my node this time, and it "fixed" itself (at least
> > > > the plateau) after over 2 hours, although disk IO was still quite
> > > > high throughout the night [2] and early morning.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > [1]
> > > > > > http://dennisn.dyndns.org/guest/pubstuff/freenet-periodic-high-io.jpg
> > > > [2] That's what she said.
> > > > [3]
> > > > http://dennisn.dyndns.org/guest/pubstuff/freenet-periodic-high-io-2.jpg
> > > 
> > > It definitely seems daily/periodic... it seems to occur pretty much
> > > every single day at 8pm. It just happened an hour ago, for example,
> > > and resulted in "load average: 7.09, 6.12, 5.38" which seriously
> > > bogged down my system, so I had to kill/restart my node :\. Ideas?
> > 
> > Maybe you could get a stack dump during that period?
> 
> My stack dumps didn't show anything glaringly wrong. (No (or just once
> a) BLOCKED threads.) However, I think the problem has to do with FMS --
> shutting down FMS stopped the high-IO. (The reason why I originally
> suspected Freenet was involved, however, was because stopping my node
> also seemed to stop the IO a few seconds afterwards.) I'm still not
> sure whether it's purely an FMS bug (perhaps having to do with my
> 150MB fms.db3 file), or some kind of FMS-Freenet interaction. I will
> try to investigate further.

You're looking for threads that are persistently RUNNABLE across multiple 
dumps. An interaction with FMS is quite possible...


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Re: [freenet-support] High disk IO

2011-05-13 Thread Dennis Nezic
On Wed, 11 May 2011 17:48:36 +0100, Matthew Toseland wrote:
> On Wednesday 11 May 2011 02:31:51 Dennis Nezic wrote:
> > On Fri, 6 May 2011 15:55:59 -0400, Dennis Nezic wrote:
> > > On Fri, 6 May 2011 18:57:13 +0100, Matthew Toseland wrote:
> > > > On Thursday 05 May 2011 03:26:45 Dennis Nezic wrote:
> > > > > For the past several builds, I'm not sure exactly when the
> > > > > issue started, before build01364 at least, my node
> > > > > experiences quite high disk IO, which bogs down my computer.
> > > > > I think once I left it alone, and it resolved itself after a
> > > > > few hours, but usually I have to restart Freenet to make my
> > > > > server more useable.
> > > > > 
> > > > > My "vmstat 5" reports bi (bytes-in, that is: reading) between
> > > > > 4000-1. (Under 100 after I stop Freenet.)
> > > > > 
> > > > > My graphs[1] show it to be suspiciously periodic, although
> > > > > that might just be a coincidence.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Is there some kind of background (periodic) database/datastore
> > > > > task that might be causing this? My wrapper.log shows no
> > > > > output during these events, nor does fproxy say that anything
> > > > > is going on.
> > > > 
> > > > Active downloads/uploads?
> > > 
> > > Yep ... a few active downloads -- about 30MBs each. (One got
> > > completed much earlier in the day -- but nothing unusual was
> > > happening during the problem peaks.) It happened again last night
> > > [2][3], suspiciously almost exactly 24 hours after the last time.
> > > I didn't stop my node this time, and it "fixed" itself (at least
> > > the plateau) after over 2 hours, although disk IO was still quite
> > > high throughout the night [2] and early morning.
> > > > > 
> > > > > [1]
> > > > > http://dennisn.dyndns.org/guest/pubstuff/freenet-periodic-high-io.jpg
> > > [2] That's what she said.
> > > [3]
> > > http://dennisn.dyndns.org/guest/pubstuff/freenet-periodic-high-io-2.jpg
> > 
> > It definitely seems daily/periodic... it seems to occur pretty much
> > every single day at 8pm. It just happened an hour ago, for example,
> > and resulted in "load average: 7.09, 6.12, 5.38" which seriously
> > bogged down my system, so I had to kill/restart my node :\. Ideas?
> 
> Maybe you could get a stack dump during that period?

My stack dumps didn't show anything glaringly wrong. (No (or just once
a) BLOCKED threads.) However, I think the problem has to do with FMS --
shutting down FMS stopped the high-IO. (The reason why I originally
suspected Freenet was involved, however, was because stopping my node
also seemed to stop the IO a few seconds afterwards.) I'm still not
sure whether it's purely an FMS bug (perhaps having to do with my
150MB fms.db3 file), or some kind of FMS-Freenet interaction. I will
try to investigate further.
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Re: [freenet-support] High disk IO

2011-05-13 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Wednesday 11 May 2011 02:31:51 Dennis Nezic wrote:
> On Fri, 6 May 2011 15:55:59 -0400, Dennis Nezic wrote:
> > On Fri, 6 May 2011 18:57:13 +0100, Matthew Toseland wrote:
> > > On Thursday 05 May 2011 03:26:45 Dennis Nezic wrote:
> > > > For the past several builds, I'm not sure exactly when the issue
> > > > started, before build01364 at least, my node experiences quite
> > > > high disk IO, which bogs down my computer. I think once I left it
> > > > alone, and it resolved itself after a few hours, but usually I
> > > > have to restart Freenet to make my server more useable.
> > > > 
> > > > My "vmstat 5" reports bi (bytes-in, that is: reading) between
> > > > 4000-1. (Under 100 after I stop Freenet.)
> > > > 
> > > > My graphs[1] show it to be suspiciously periodic, although that
> > > > might just be a coincidence.
> > > > 
> > > > Is there some kind of background (periodic) database/datastore
> > > > task that might be causing this? My wrapper.log shows no output
> > > > during these events, nor does fproxy say that anything is going
> > > > on.
> > > 
> > > Active downloads/uploads?
> > 
> > Yep ... a few active downloads -- about 30MBs each. (One got completed
> > much earlier in the day -- but nothing unusual was happening during
> > the problem peaks.) It happened again last night [2][3], suspiciously
> > almost exactly 24 hours after the last time. I didn't stop my node
> > this time, and it "fixed" itself (at least the plateau) after over 2
> > hours, although disk IO was still quite high throughout the night [2]
> > and early morning.
> > > > 
> > > > [1]
> > > > http://dennisn.dyndns.org/guest/pubstuff/freenet-periodic-high-io.jpg
> > [2] That's what she said.
> > [3]
> > http://dennisn.dyndns.org/guest/pubstuff/freenet-periodic-high-io-2.jpg
> 
> It definitely seems daily/periodic... it seems to occur pretty much
> every single day at 8pm. It just happened an hour ago, for example, and
> resulted in "load average: 7.09, 6.12, 5.38" which seriously bogged
> down my system, so I had to kill/restart my node :\. Ideas?

Maybe you could get a stack dump during that period?


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Re: [freenet-support] High disk IO

2011-05-10 Thread Dennis Nezic
On Fri, 6 May 2011 15:55:59 -0400, Dennis Nezic wrote:
> On Fri, 6 May 2011 18:57:13 +0100, Matthew Toseland wrote:
> > On Thursday 05 May 2011 03:26:45 Dennis Nezic wrote:
> > > For the past several builds, I'm not sure exactly when the issue
> > > started, before build01364 at least, my node experiences quite
> > > high disk IO, which bogs down my computer. I think once I left it
> > > alone, and it resolved itself after a few hours, but usually I
> > > have to restart Freenet to make my server more useable.
> > > 
> > > My "vmstat 5" reports bi (bytes-in, that is: reading) between
> > > 4000-1. (Under 100 after I stop Freenet.)
> > > 
> > > My graphs[1] show it to be suspiciously periodic, although that
> > > might just be a coincidence.
> > > 
> > > Is there some kind of background (periodic) database/datastore
> > > task that might be causing this? My wrapper.log shows no output
> > > during these events, nor does fproxy say that anything is going
> > > on.
> > 
> > Active downloads/uploads?
> 
> Yep ... a few active downloads -- about 30MBs each. (One got completed
> much earlier in the day -- but nothing unusual was happening during
> the problem peaks.) It happened again last night [2][3], suspiciously
> almost exactly 24 hours after the last time. I didn't stop my node
> this time, and it "fixed" itself (at least the plateau) after over 2
> hours, although disk IO was still quite high throughout the night [2]
> and early morning.
> > > 
> > > [1]
> > > http://dennisn.dyndns.org/guest/pubstuff/freenet-periodic-high-io.jpg
> [2] That's what she said.
> [3]
> http://dennisn.dyndns.org/guest/pubstuff/freenet-periodic-high-io-2.jpg

It definitely seems daily/periodic... it seems to occur pretty much
every single day at 8pm. It just happened an hour ago, for example, and
resulted in "load average: 7.09, 6.12, 5.38" which seriously bogged
down my system, so I had to kill/restart my node :\. Ideas?
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Re: [freenet-support] High disk IO

2011-05-06 Thread Dennis Nezic
On Fri, 6 May 2011 18:57:13 +0100, Matthew Toseland wrote:
> On Thursday 05 May 2011 03:26:45 Dennis Nezic wrote:
> > For the past several builds, I'm not sure exactly when the issue
> > started, before build01364 at least, my node experiences quite high
> > disk IO, which bogs down my computer. I think once I left it alone,
> > and it resolved itself after a few hours, but usually I have to
> > restart Freenet to make my server more useable.
> > 
> > My "vmstat 5" reports bi (bytes-in, that is: reading) between
> > 4000-1. (Under 100 after I stop Freenet.)
> > 
> > My graphs[1] show it to be suspiciously periodic, although that
> > might just be a coincidence.
> > 
> > Is there some kind of background (periodic) database/datastore task
> > that might be causing this? My wrapper.log shows no output during
> > these events, nor does fproxy say that anything is going on.
> 
> Active downloads/uploads?

Yep ... a few active downloads -- about 30MBs each. (One got completed
much earlier in the day -- but nothing unusual was happening during the
problem peaks.) It happened again last night [2][3], suspiciously
almost exactly 24 hours after the last time. I didn't stop my node this
time, and it "fixed" itself (at least the plateau) after over 2 hours,
although disk IO was still quite high throughout the night [2] and
early morning.



> > 
> > [1]
> > http://dennisn.dyndns.org/guest/pubstuff/freenet-periodic-high-io.jpg

[2] That's what she said.
[3] http://dennisn.dyndns.org/guest/pubstuff/freenet-periodic-high-io-2.jpg
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Re: [freenet-support] High disk IO

2011-05-06 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Thursday 05 May 2011 03:26:45 Dennis Nezic wrote:
> For the past several builds, I'm not sure exactly when the issue
> started, before build01364 at least, my node experiences quite high
> disk IO, which bogs down my computer. I think once I left it alone, and
> it resolved itself after a few hours, but usually I have to restart
> Freenet to make my server more useable.
> 
> My "vmstat 5" reports bi (bytes-in, that is: reading) between
> 4000-1. (Under 100 after I stop Freenet.)
> 
> My graphs[1] show it to be suspiciously periodic, although that might
> just be a coincidence.
> 
> Is there some kind of background (periodic) database/datastore task that
> might be causing this? My wrapper.log shows no output during these
> events, nor does fproxy say that anything is going on.

Active downloads/uploads?
> 
> 
> [1]
> http://dennisn.dyndns.org/guest/pubstuff/freenet-periodic-high-io.jpg


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