| | 1 | == Always Write Back is good, Write Through is bad == |
| | 2 | |
| | 3 | I'm not even sure what that means but I found out when setting up the LSI RAIDs on |
| | 4 | vso04 and vso05. Here are the notes : |
| | 5 | |
| | 6 | {{{ |
| | 7 | |
| | 8 | # /opt/MegaRAID/storcli/storcli64 /c0 show |
| | 9 | |
| | 10 | This showed, in part : |
| | 11 | |
| | 12 | VD LIST : |
| | 13 | ======= |
| | 14 | |
| | 15 | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| | 16 | DG/VD TYPE State Access Consist Cache Cac sCC Size Name |
| | 17 | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| | 18 | 1/238 RAID6 Optl RW Yes RWTD - ON 127.329 TB RAID6 |
| | 19 | 0/239 RAID1 Optl RW Yes RWTD - ON 1.745 TB RAID1 |
| | 20 | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| | 21 | |
| | 22 | That WT means "Write Through" - this is apparently bad and wrong. |
| | 23 | We want "Always Write Back" instead. So do this : |
| | 24 | |
| | 25 | # /opt/MegaRAID/storcli/storcli64 /c0/v238 set wrcache=awb |
| | 26 | # /opt/MegaRAID/storcli/storcli64 /c0/v239 set wrcache=awb |
| | 27 | |
| | 28 | Which looks like this when executed : |
| | 29 | |
| | 30 | # /opt/MegaRAID/storcli/storcli64 /c0/v238 set wrcache=awb |
| | 31 | CLI Version = 007.2309.0000.0000 Sep 16, 2022 |
| | 32 | Operating system = Linux 4.18.0-513.9.1.el8_9.x86_64 |
| | 33 | Controller = 0 |
| | 34 | Status = Success |
| | 35 | Description = None |
| | 36 | |
| | 37 | Detailed Status : |
| | 38 | =============== |
| | 39 | |
| | 40 | ---------------------------------------- |
| | 41 | VD Property Value Status ErrCd ErrMsg |
| | 42 | ---------------------------------------- |
| | 43 | 238 wrCache AWB Success 0 - |
| | 44 | ---------------------------------------- |
| | 45 | |
| | 46 | # /opt/MegaRAID/storcli/storcli64 /c0/v239 set wrcache=awb |
| | 47 | CLI Version = 007.2309.0000.0000 Sep 16, 2022 |
| | 48 | Operating system = Linux 4.18.0-513.9.1.el8_9.x86_64 |
| | 49 | Controller = 0 |
| | 50 | Status = Success |
| | 51 | Description = None |
| | 52 | |
| | 53 | Detailed Status : |
| | 54 | =============== |
| | 55 | |
| | 56 | ---------------------------------------- |
| | 57 | VD Property Value Status ErrCd ErrMsg |
| | 58 | ---------------------------------------- |
| | 59 | 239 wrCache AWB Success 0 - |
| | 60 | ---------------------------------------- |
| | 61 | |
| | 62 | |
| | 63 | The "show" command : |
| | 64 | # /opt/MegaRAID/storcli/storcli64 /c0 show |
| | 65 | now looks, in part, like this : |
| | 66 | |
| | 67 | VD LIST : |
| | 68 | ======= |
| | 69 | |
| | 70 | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| | 71 | DG/VD TYPE State Access Consist Cache Cac sCC Size Name |
| | 72 | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| | 73 | 1/238 RAID6 Optl RW Yes RAWBD - ON 127.329 TB RAID6 |
| | 74 | 0/239 RAID1 Optl RW Yes RAWBD - ON 1.745 TB RAID1 |
| | 75 | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| | 76 | |
| | 77 | This is apparently a vast improvement. |
| | 78 | |
| | 79 | }}} |