Hello, I've installed OpenBSD/i386 5.3 on a Dell PowerEdge R210, but extracting ports.tar.gz seems unordinary slow (the same thing applies for src.tar.gz and sys.tar.gz).
Without softdep: # mount /dev/sd0a on / type ffs (local, noatime) /dev/sd0j on /home type ffs (local, noatime, nodev, nosuid) /dev/sd0d on /tmp type ffs (local, noatime, nodev, nosuid) /dev/sd0f on /usr type ffs (local, noatime, nodev) /dev/sd0g on /usr/local type ffs (local, noatime, nodev) /dev/sd0i on /usr/obj type ffs (local, noatime, nodev, nosuid) /dev/sd0h on /usr/src type ffs (local, noatime, nodev, nosuid) /dev/sd0e on /var type ffs (local, noatime, nodev, nosuid) /dev/sd0k on /var/www type ffs (local, noatime, nodev, nosuid) # cd /home # ftp ftp://ftp.fr.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.3/ports.tar.gz # ls -lh ports.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 20.5M Mar 12 22:28 ports.tar.gz # time tar xzphf ports.tar.gz 7m11.55s real 0m2.82s user 0m11.08s system Then, after enabling softdep on all FFS partitions: # cd /home # rm -rf ports ; sync # time tar xzphf ports.tar.gz 12m36.53s real 0m2.52s user 0m8.78s system Of course, this server's purpose is not to untar ports.tar.gz every day, but 12 minutes looks symptomatic. I'm not sure if it has something to do with the recent softdep issues [1] which would then be fixed for 5.4, or if it's more of a hard-drive issue. It's a new hard drive, so maybe some important setting isn't set? This looks OK to me: # atactl /dev/rsd0c identify Model: ST500DM002-1BD142, Rev: KC45, Serial #: Z3TC7CXB Device type: ATA, fixed Cylinders: 16383, heads: 16, sec/track: 63, total sectors: 976773168 Device capabilities: ATA standby timer values IORDY operation IORDY disabling Device supports the following standards: ATA-4 ATA-5 ATA-6 ATA-7 ATA-8 Master password revision code 0xfffe Device supports the following command sets: READ BUFFER command WRITE BUFFER command Host Protected Area feature set Read look-ahead Write cache Power Management feature set Security Mode feature set SMART feature set Flush Cache Ext command Flush Cache command Device Configuration Overlay feature set 48bit address feature set Automatic Acoustic Management feature set Set Max security extension commands DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command SMART self-test SMART error logging Device has enabled the following command sets/features: READ BUFFER command WRITE BUFFER command Host Protected Area feature set Read look-ahead Write cache Power Management feature set SMART feature set Flush Cache Ext command Flush Cache command Device Configuration Overlay feature set 48bit address feature set Automatic Acoustic Management feature set DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command However, I'm unsure about this: # atactl /dev/rsd0c checkpower Current power status: Standby mode I tried to disable it this way, but it didn't change anything: # atactl /dev/rsd0c setstandby 0 # atactl /dev/rsd0c setidle 0 Here's my dmesg (the kernel is just sys.tar.gz + errata 4 and 5): OpenBSD 5.3 (GENERIC.MP) #0: Mon Aug 12 17:55:57 CEST 2013 root@XXX:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MP cpu0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3430 @ 2.40GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 2.53 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,NXE,LONG,SSE3,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,POPCNT,LAHF,PERF,ITSC real mem = 3210895360 (3062MB) avail mem = 3147440128 (3001MB) mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 01/28/10, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfa0c0, SMBIOS rev. 2.6 @ 0xbf79c000 (62 entries) bios0: vendor Dell Inc. version "1.2.1" date 01/28/2010 bios0: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R210 acpi0 at bios0: rev 2 acpi0: sleep states S0 S4 S5 acpi0: tables DSDT FACP APIC SPCR HPET DMAR MCFG WD__ SLIC ERST HEST BERT EINJ TCPA acpi0: wakeup devices PCI0(S5) USBA(S0) USBB(S0) acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) cpu0: apic clock running at 132MHz cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 2 (application processor) cpu1: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3430 @ 2.40GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 2.53 GHz cpu1: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,NXE,LONG,SSE3,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,POPCNT,LAHF,PERF,ITSC cpu2 at mainbus0: apid 4 (application processor) cpu2: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3430 @ 2.40GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 2.53 GHz cpu2: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,NXE,LONG,SSE3,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,POPCNT,LAHF,PERF,ITSC cpu3 at mainbus0: apid 6 (application processor) cpu3: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3430 @ 2.40GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 2.53 GHz cpu3: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,NXE,LONG,SSE3,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,POPCNT,LAHF,PERF,ITSC ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 0 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz acpimcfg0 at acpi0 addr 0xe0000000, bus 0-255 acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus 1 (LYD0) acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus -1 (LYD2) acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus -1 (HVD0) acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus -1 (HVD2) acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus 2 (PEX0) acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEX4) acpiprt7 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEX5) acpiprt8 at acpi0: bus 3 (COMP) acpicpu0 at acpi0 acpicpu1 at acpi0 acpicpu2 at acpi0 acpicpu3 at acpi0 bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x8000 0xc8000/0x1000 0xc9000/0x2200 0xcb800/0x3600! 0xec000/0x4000! ipmi at mainbus0 not configured pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Core DMI" rev 0x11 ppb0 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 "Intel Core PCIE" rev 0x11: apic 0 int 16 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 "Intel Core Management" rev 0x11 at pci0 dev 8 function 0 not configured "Intel Core Scratch" rev 0x11 at pci0 dev 8 function 1 not configured "Intel Core Control" rev 0x11 at pci0 dev 8 function 2 not configured "Intel Core Misc" rev 0x11 at pci0 dev 8 function 3 not configured "Intel Core QPI Link" rev 0x11 at pci0 dev 16 function 0 not configured "Intel Core QPI Routing" rev 0x11 at pci0 dev 16 function 1 not configured ehci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 0 "Intel 3400 USB" rev 0x05: apic 0 int 22 usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 3400 PCIE" rev 0x05 pci2 at ppb1 bus 2 bnx0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Broadcom BCM5716" rev 0x20: apic 0 int 16 bnx1 at pci2 dev 0 function 1 "Broadcom BCM5716" rev 0x20: apic 0 int 17 ehci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 3400 USB" rev 0x05: apic 0 int 22 usb1 at ehci1: USB revision 2.0 uhub1 at usb1 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 ppb2 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BA Hub-to-PCI" rev 0xa5 pci3 at ppb2 bus 3 vga1 at pci3 dev 3 function 0 "Matrox MGA G200eW" rev 0x0a wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) pcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 3420 LPC" rev 0x05 ahci0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 3400 AHCI" rev 0x05: msi, AHCI 1.3 scsibus0 at ahci0: 32 targets sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <ATA, ST500DM002-1BD14, KC45> SCSI3 0/direct fixed naa.5000c5004f81e957 sd0: 476940MB, 512 bytes/sector, 976773168 sectors cd0 at scsibus0 targ 3 lun 0: <TEAC, DVD-ROM DV-28SW, R.2A> ATAPI 5/cdrom removable isa0 at pcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 kbc: cmd word write error pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 spkr0 at pcppi0 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16 mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support uhub2 at uhub0 port 1 "Intel Rate Matching Hub" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2 uhub3 at uhub1 port 1 "Intel Rate Matching Hub" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2 uhub4 at uhub3 port 5 "Standard Microsystems product 0x2514" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 3 vscsi0 at root scsibus1 at vscsi0: 256 targets softraid0 at root scsibus2 at softraid0: 256 targets root on sd0a (5e5a72238fb07b30.a) swap on sd0b dump on sd0b bnx0: address XXXXXXX brgphy0 at bnx0 phy 1: BCM5709 10/100/1000baseT PHY, rev. 8 bnx1: address YYYYYYY brgphy1 at bnx1 phy 1: BCM5709 10/100/1000baseT PHY, rev. 8 Thank you. [1] http://marc.info/?t=137224300600002&r=1&w=2
