Let's dissect this:
1) 3Ware
Optimization is key:
2) OS?
3) Openfiler
Openfiler is GREAT STUFF. Admin user is sensitive; i.e. you cannot change the admin user name. Also the tree permissions are picky for SMB shares and home folders:
So for instance, if this is your tree:
VG
LV
Folder1 <--- allocated as share, cannot be made homes folder
Folder2 <--- not allocated as share, can be made homes folder
I.E. any folders allocated as shares should not be listed for allocation to "homes"
Questions:
a) You are not using ZFS are you?
b) Are you using tracd?
c) What memory do you have allocated to openfiler?
d) Openfiler with USB devices and various kernel drivers has known issues with Volume allocation.
Solution: Load the volume group and logical volumes manually...
fdisk -l shows the partition but lvm vgdisplay says "no volume groups found"
[root@openfiler ~]# lvm vgdisplay
No volume groups found
[root@openfiler ~]#
lvm lvdisplay shows the same message... So the next thing to do is to load the volume group manually..
[root@openfiler ~]# lvm vgscan
Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while...
Found volume group "rac" using metadata type lvm2
[root@openfiler ~]#
Now that the volume group is loaded, the lvdisplay shows the logical volumes but they are in "NOT Available" status
[root@openfiler ~]# lvm lvdisplay
--- Logical volume ---
LV Name /dev/rac/crs
VG Name rac
LV UUID iKo4Jn-s2sX-pVda-RD8n-JxNr-EbiA-azLPIi
LV Write Access read/write
LV Status NOT available
LV Size 50.00 GB
Current LE 64
Segments 1
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors 0
[root@openfiler ~]#
Now change the status of the volume manually
[root@openfiler ~]# lvm lvchange -a y /dev/rac/crs
[root@openfiler ~]# lvm lvdisplay
--- Logical volume ---
LV Name /dev/rac/crs
VG Name rac
LV UUID iKo4Jn-s2sX-pVda-RD8n-JxNr-EbiA-azLPIi
LV Write Access read/write
LV Status available
# open 0
LV Size 50.00 GB
Current LE 64
Segments 1
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors 0
Block device 253:0
[root@openfiler ~]#
If there are more logical volumes, manually change the status for each..
Long way around, but you could write a script for this, rather than reboot?
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> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:35:48 -0700
> Subject: Storage mangement advice
> From: cryptworks@gmail.com
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>
> I have a storage server that i am running, i gave a while with
> openfiler and it has mostly been sucessful, but it is developing a
> weird quirk that its really unnaceptable.
>
> we had created an iSCSI volume and attached it to our server and have
> atamoving back and forth, quite happily really. but over time it has
> developed this weird sluggisness only on the webadmin side. the iSCSI
> performance is fine.. frist tiem we discovered this we had some
> downtme available as we needed to reboot hte mainserver so we rebooted
> the storage server as well. however the sluggisness is back... and
> well this emans the openfiler is holding about 1.7TB of space hostage
> and not letting me allocate it. and this is kind of unacceptable
> because if i want to admin the server i should not have to reboot it
> first.
>
> the configuration is a Supermicro board 3ware 8006-2 with a pair od
> drives with the OS installed, then 6 SATA drives connected as AHCI fro
> the data array. useing the 3ware to manage the boot partition and also
> Os/swap seemed a logical choice for me. but now im having second
> thoughts on useing openfiler but i am at a loss for a plan b.
>
> the fun part is i have had no luck finding this issue among any other
> openfiler users at all. and im faily sure that teh system has the
> resources avialable.
>
> 8gb of ram and a single harpertown 5405 i think is a little overkill
> to have "performance issues"
>
> the hardware was eventually going to be repurposeable to a virtual
> host so we werent concerned with "wast" on overkill hardware. but as
> we are having to completely reset the network we dont want to buy a
> whole lot of hardware that we dont have a clear use in a new home. or
> will become "throw away" hardware that will have no eventual purpose
> in our new facility.
>
> --
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>
> Stephen
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