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Cache to cache write speeds are too slow (Nvme Pcie 4.0)

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Hello,

 

I've just recently built my first Unraid system to use as the "family computer" hosting a VM for my girlfriend and I. The system specs are:

Motherboard : ASUS ROG Strix X570-F Gaming
CPU         : AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
RAM         : CMW32GX4M2C3200C16 x4 = 64GB
Storage     : SB-ROCKET-NVMe4-1TB (Cache drive)
              ST8000DMZ04 x2 (Array drives)
GPUs        : ZT-P10700G-10M
              EVGA 670 FTW SIG2

I've copied files from HDD to HDD and from Nvme to Nvme with the following results:

root@UnBlue:/mnt/user/backups/VM backups# rsync -P BlueSialia-Win.template.img Test.img
BlueSialia-Win.template.img
  4,378,624,000   3%  184.11MB/s    0:11:45  ^C

root@UnBlue:/mnt/user/vdisks/BlueSialia - Windows 10# rsync -P vdisk1.img Test.img
vdisk1.img
  9,482,371,072   6%  373.33MB/s    0:05:34  ^C

The HDD to HDD are fine. Actually, I expected less since it has to deal with parity as well. But the Nvme to Nvme is 10 times slower than it should.

 

The Nvme is formatted as Btrfs and Dynamix SSD Trim is installed and scheduled to run every night. `lspci -s 01:00.0 -vv` looks fine as well (to my inexperienced eye).

01:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Phison Electronics Corporation E16 PCIe4 NVMe Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 02 [NVM Express])
        Subsystem: Phison Electronics Corporation E16 PCIe4 NVMe Controller
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 56
        NUMA node: 0
        Region 0: Memory at f7c00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [80] Express (v2) Endpoint, MSI 00
                DevCap: MaxPayload 256 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s unlimited, L1 unlimited
                        ExtTag+ AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset+ SlotPowerLimit 0.000W
                DevCtl: CorrErr+ NonFatalErr+ FatalErr+ UnsupReq+
                        RlxdOrd+ ExtTag+ PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+ FLReset-
                        MaxPayload 256 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
                DevSta: CorrErr- NonFatalErr- FatalErr- UnsupReq- AuxPwr- TransPend-
                LnkCap: Port #1, Speed 16GT/s, Width x4, ASPM L1, Exit Latency L1 unlimited
                        ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot- ASPMOptComp+
                LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- CommClk+
                        ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
                LnkSta: Speed 16GT/s (ok), Width x4 (ok)
                        TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
                DevCap2: Completion Timeout: Range ABCD, TimeoutDis+, LTR+, OBFF Not Supported
                         AtomicOpsCap: 32bit- 64bit- 128bitCAS-
                DevCtl2: Completion Timeout: 50us to 50ms, TimeoutDis-, LTR+, OBFF Disabled
                         AtomicOpsCtl: ReqEn-
                LnkCtl2: Target Link Speed: 16GT/s, EnterCompliance- SpeedDis-
                         Transmit Margin: Normal Operating Range, EnterModifiedCompliance- ComplianceSOS-
                         Compliance De-emphasis: -6dB
                LnkSta2: Current De-emphasis Level: -3.5dB, EqualizationComplete+, EqualizationPhase1+
                         EqualizationPhase2+, EqualizationPhase3+, LinkEqualizationRequest-
        Capabilities: [d0] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=9 Masked-
                Vector table: BAR=0 offset=00002000
                PBA: BAR=0 offset=00003000
        Capabilities: [e0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/8 Maskable- 64bit+
                Address: 0000000000000000  Data: 0000
        Capabilities: [f8] Power Management version 3
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 NoSoftRst+ PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Capabilities: [100 v1] Latency Tolerance Reporting
                Max snoop latency: 1048576ns
                Max no snoop latency: 1048576ns
        Capabilities: [110 v1] L1 PM Substates
                L1SubCap: PCI-PM_L1.2+ PCI-PM_L1.1+ ASPM_L1.2+ ASPM_L1.1+ L1_PM_Substates+
                          PortCommonModeRestoreTime=10us PortTPowerOnTime=300us
                L1SubCtl1: PCI-PM_L1.2- PCI-PM_L1.1- ASPM_L1.2- ASPM_L1.1-
                           T_CommonMode=0us LTR1.2_Threshold=32768ns
                L1SubCtl2: T_PwrOn=300us
        Capabilities: [128 v1] Alternative Routing-ID Interpretation (ARI)
                ARICap: MFVC- ACS-, Next Function: 0
                ARICtl: MFVC- ACS-, Function Group: 0
        Capabilities: [1e0 v1] Data Link Feature <?>
        Capabilities: [200 v2] Advanced Error Reporting
                UESta:  DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
                UEMsk:  DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
                UESvrt: DLP+ SDES- TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
                CESta:  RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- AdvNonFatalErr-
                CEMsk:  RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- AdvNonFatalErr+
                AERCap: First Error Pointer: 00, ECRCGenCap- ECRCGenEn- ECRCChkCap+ ECRCChkEn-
                        MultHdrRecCap- MultHdrRecEn- TLPPfxPres- HdrLogCap-
                HeaderLog: 00001010 000022ff 000c0000 0ef9590e
        Capabilities: [300 v1] Secondary PCI Express <?>
        Capabilities: [340 v1] Physical Layer 16.0 GT/s <?>
        Capabilities: [378 v1] Lane Margining at the Receiver <?>
        Kernel driver in use: nvme
        Kernel modules: nvme

What can I try?

  • Community Expert

rsync isn't built for speed, try the same copy with pv

  • Author

Didn't know that rsync was slow. Anyway, I tried:

root@UnBlue:/mnt/user/vdisks/BlueSialia - Windows 10# pv vdisk1.img > Test.img
^C.9GiB 0:00:16 [ 740MiB/s] [===>                            ]  8% ETA 0:02:51

It fluctuated between 400MiB/s and 900MiB/s. Faster, but still 4 to 5 times slower than the advertised speed. :/

  • Community Expert

Copying with the same device as source and dest will never give you optimal speeds, and never max speed.

 

 

  • Author

Oh, okay. Are those numbers the expected result then?

 

Thank you for indulging me anyway. :D

  • Community Expert
6 minutes ago, BlueSialia said:

Are those numbers the expected result then?

They look about right to me.

1 hour ago, BlueSialia said:

Didn't know that rsync was slow. Anyway, I tried:


root@UnBlue:/mnt/user/vdisks/BlueSialia - Windows 10# pv vdisk1.img > Test.img
^C.9GiB 0:00:16 [ 740MiB/s] [===>                            ]  8% ETA 0:02:51

It fluctuated between 400MiB/s and 900MiB/s. Faster, but still 4 to 5 times slower than the advertised speed. :/

Remember that headline advertised numbers are always highly optimistic under very specific ideal conditions so any "real life" test will never come anywhere close.

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