[lustre-discuss] lru_size question

Thomas Roth t.roth at gsi.de
Tue Sep 14 23:14:22 PDT 2021


Thanks, Andreas.
The MDS has 16 cores, indeed.
But for example the "ldlm.namespaces.hebe-MDT0001-osp-MDT0000.the lru_size=1600" refers to the second MDT - is that also static by default?
Perhaps I inadvertently set itin the past and just don't remember.

Regards,
Thomas

On 9/15/21 01:14, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> On Sep 9, 2021, at 02:49, Thomas Roth <t.roth at gsi.de<mailto:t.roth at gsi.de>> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have checked the lru_size on an (2.12.5) system that has just been restarted.
> The defaults have never been touched on that system, and so I see lru_size=0 for all OSTs, on the MDS as on a client, as it should be.
> The client also reports
>> ldlm.namespaces.MGC10.20.3.0 at o2ib5.lru_size=12800
> while the three MDTs of the system also are shown with lru_size=0
> 
> The MDS reports
>> ldlm.namespaces.MGC10.20.3.0 at o2ib5.lru_size=1600
>> ldlm.namespaces.MGS.lru_size=1600
>> ldlm.namespaces.hebe-MDT0000-lwp-MDT0000.lru_size=494
>> ldlm.namespaces.hebe-MDT0001-osp-MDT0000.lru_size=1600
>> ldlm.namespaces.hebe-MDT0002-osp-MDT0000.lru_size=1600
>> ldlm.namespaces.mdt-hebe-MDT0000_UUID.lru_size=1600
> 
> (hebe being the name of the fs)
> 
> These values show up immedeately after starting the MDS.
> 
> For static-sized LRU the default is to use 100x core count on each node.  The MGS is always static, since it doesn't need many locks, and less effort to manage LRU size.
> 
> Cheers, Andreas
> --
> Andreas Dilger
> Lustre Principal Architect
> Whamcloud
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