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6.4.1 parity sync slows down to 7 MB/s after a couple of hours


pererikk

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Hello!
 

I recently replaced a drive that had some smart errors, and i wanted to be pro-active and change the drive before it goes completely bad.

The parity sync starts okay with read and writes in the 162 MB/s range, then after appox. 12-15 hours, 
the speed goes down to 7-8 MB/s.

Why is it slowing down so much..??

I have tried looking at the log files but, i don't know what to look for ?

 

I've read some other posts about this problem, but i dont think i have the same sata-card that is causing the slow down problem.

 

 

Ive attached a log file...

 

Cheerz

 

 

 

 

tower-diagnostics-20180312-1608.zip

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11 minutes ago, trurl said:

What kind of SMART errors was the disk giving? Is that your current diagnostics? Looks like yesterday.

 

Disk4 is invalid so I think the rebuild must not have completed yet. Is that what you meant by parity sync?

 

The old disk 4 was giving me CRC errors, so i replaced it yesterday or the day before.

 

It is now in the process of doing a rebuild/sync....but at the current speed of 7 MB/s....

 

I have no problem with this.....but wondering why it has now become so slow....in the beginning of the rebuild/sync  the speed was appox. 160-165 Mb/s

 

I now have 2 days before its completely rebuilt....

 

 

 

 

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There's a single ATA error on the log:

 

Mar 11 21:04:04 Tower kernel: ata18.00: exception Emask 0x1 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
Mar 11 21:04:04 Tower kernel: ata18.00: irq_stat 0x40000001

It doesn't look very serious, but I wonder if the controller stopped using the IRQ, that would make it extremely slow, the 7MB/s would make sense.

 

I suggest canceling the rebuild, restarting the server and the rebuild, it should start at normal speed, then keep an eye on the log, if the error repeats try to see if it coincides with the slowdown.

 

 

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31 minutes ago, pererikk said:

The old disk 4 was giving me CRC errors

These are usually due to connection issues and may not need a disk replacement. If you just noticed these after upgrading unRAID they may even be old since it didn't report them before. The usual advice is to just acknowledge them and you will get notified if they increase, at which time you can investigate possible connection issues again.

 

This is all explained here, see the section on Solutions to Common Problems:

 

https://lime-technology.com/forums/topic/66327-unraid-os-version-641-stable-release-update-notes/

 

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2 hours ago, johnnie.black said:

There's a single ATA error on the log:

 


Mar 11 21:04:04 Tower kernel: ata18.00: exception Emask 0x1 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
Mar 11 21:04:04 Tower kernel: ata18.00: irq_stat 0x40000001

It doesn't look very serious, but I wonder if the controller stopped using the IRQ, that would make it extremely slower, the 7MB/s would make cense.

 

I suggest canceling the rebuild, restarting the server and the rebuild, it should start at normal speed, then keep an eye on the log, if the error repeats try to see if it coincides with the slowdown.

 

I cancelled the rebuild, restarted the server.

Restarted the parity sync/rebuild again

 

It started fine and after a while i slowed down......

 

And i found the following in the logs.

 

Mar 12 19:09:00 Tower kernel: ata17.00: exception Emask 0x1 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
Mar 12 19:09:00 Tower kernel: ata17.00: irq_stat 0x40000001

So i am guessing this is what is causing the slowdown.

 

I have checked asus webpage for my motherboard and it uses the Marvell Marvell® PCIe 9128 SATA 6Gb/s controller with HyperDuo function*

 

I also checked what expansion card i was using for my other drives and i found out it is running on a Marvell Chip aswell..........

 

Any suggestion on how to fix this, or do i have to cash up and buy a new/better controller io-card ?

 

 

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Disk2 have FIP hash building, several file in parallel.

 

 8056 root      20   0    4492    836    768 D   5.9  0.0   0:27.26 b2sum
 8676 root      20   0    4492    840    772 D   5.9  0.0   1:01.89 b2sum
11303 root      20   0    4492    820    752 D   5.9  0.0   1:00.43 b2sum
11520 root      20   0    4492    800    728 D   5.9  0.0   1:00.69 b2sum
22370 root      20   0    4492    832    764 D   5.9  0.0   0:30.58 b2sum
27757 root      20   0    4492    804    736 D   5.9  0.0   0:05.38 b2sum
31590 root      20   0    4492    800    728 D   5.9  0.0   0:28.21 b2sum

 

/mnt/disk2/media/tv-shows/Penny Dreadful/Season 02/Penny.Dreadful.S02E01.Fresh.Hell.Bluray-1080p.x264.AAC-FLHD.mp4
root      7114  4.0  0.0   4492   836 ?        R    15:43   1:02  |   \_ /usr/bin/b2sum /mnt/disk2/media/tv-shows/Penny Dreadful/Season 02/Penny.Dreadful.S02E01.Fresh.Hell.Bluray-1080p.x264.AAC-FLHD.mp4
root      8771  0.0  0.0   4472   828 ?        S    16:09   0:00  |   \_ sleep .05
root      8034  0.4  0.0  10268  3452 ?        S    15:57   0:02  \_ /bin/bash /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.file.integrity/scripts/bunker -Aq1 -b2 -f /boot/config/plugins/dynamix.file.integrity/saved/disks.export.20180312.new.hash /mnt/disk2/media/tv-shows/Penny Dreadful/Season 03/Penny.Dreadful.S03E04.A.Blade.of.Grass.Bluray-720p.x264.AAC-NTb.mp4
root      8056  4.0  0.0   4492   836 ?        D    15:57   0:27  |   \_ /usr/bin/b2sum /mnt/disk2/media/tv-shows/Penny Dreadful/Season 03/Penny.Dreadful.S03E04.A.Blade.of.Grass.Bluray-720p.x264.AAC-NTb.mp4
root      8651  0.4  0.0  10268  3176 ?        S    15:43   0:06  \_ /bin/bash /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.file.integrity/scripts/bunker -Aq1 -b2 -f /boot/config/plugins/dynamix.file.integrity/saved/disks.export.20180312.new.hash /mnt/disk2/media/tv-shows/Penny Dreadful/Season 02/Penny.Dreadful.S02E03.The.Nightcomers.Bluray-1080p.x264.AAC-FLHD.mp4
root      8676  4.0  0.0   4492   840 ?        D    15:43   1:01  |   \_ /usr/bin/b2sum /mnt/disk2/media/tv-shows/Penny Dreadful/Season 02/Penny.Dreadful.S02E03.The.Nightcomers.Bluray-1080p.x264.AAC-FLHD.mp4
root      8765  0.0  0.0   4472   776 ?        S    16:09   0:00  |   \_ sleep .05
root     11268  0.4  0.0  10268  3160 ?        S    15:43   0:06  \_ /bin/bash /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.file.integrity/scripts/bunker -Aq1 -b2 -f /boot/config/plugins/dynamix.file.integrity/saved/disks.export.20180312.new.hash /mnt/disk2/media/tv-shows/Penny Dreadful/Season 02/Penny.Dreadful.S02E05.Above.the.Vaulted.Sky.Bluray-1080p.x264.AAC-FLHD.mp4
root     11303  3.9  0.0   4492   820 ?        D    15:43   1:00  |   \_ /usr/bin/b2sum /mnt/disk2/media/tv-shows/Penny Dreadful/Season 02/Penny.Dreadful.S02E05.Above.the.Vaulted.Sky.Bluray-1080p.x264.AAC-FLHD.mp4
root      8761  0.0  0.0   4472   788 ?        S    16:09   0:00  |   \_ sleep .05
root     11493  0.4  0.0  10268  3384 ?        S    15:43   0:06  \_ /bin/bash /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.file.integrity/scripts/bunker -Aq1 -b2 -f /boot/config/plugins/dynamix.file.integrity/saved/disks.export.20180312.new.hash /mnt/disk2/media/tv-shows/Penny Dreadful/Season 02/Penny.Dreadful.S02E06.Glorious.Horrors.Bluray-1080p.x264.AAC-FLHD.mp4
root     11520  3.9  0.0   4492   800 ?        D    15:43   1:00  |   \_ /usr/bin/b2sum /mnt/disk2/media/tv-shows/Penny Dreadful/Season 02/Penny.Dreadful.S02E06.Glorious.Horrors.Bluray-1080p.x264.AAC-FLHD.mp4
root     11736  0.4  0.0  10268  3332 ?        S    15:43   0:06  \_ /bin/bash /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.file.integrity/scripts/bunker -Aq1 -b2 -f /boot/config/plugins/dynamix.file.integrity/saved/disks.export.20180312.new.hash /mnt/disk2/media/tv-shows/Penny Dreadful/Season 02/Penny.Dreadful.S02E08.Memento.Mori.Bluray-1080p.x264.AAC-FLHD.mp4
 

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