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тАО04-01-2008 12:50 PM
тАО04-01-2008 12:50 PM
Re: Free list size on mon system (alpha)
Extended File Cache (Time of last reset: 9-DEC-2007 12:09:40.43)
Allocated (MBytes) 366.89 Maximum size (MBytes) 384.00
Free (MBytes) 0.21 Minimum size (MBytes) 3.12
I say "to a point" because the XFC adds value - potentially lots of value depending upon your applications - so if you starve it then you lose that potential. You can see the value in the "hit rates" present in that same SHOW MEMORY display. Simplistically, if your hit rates are small then either your cache is too small or your application is bypassing it.
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тАО04-02-2008 12:14 AM
тАО04-02-2008 12:14 AM
Re: Free list size on mon system (alpha)
I may be misremembering this however and will have to dig out the Big Black Book and re-read.
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тАО04-02-2008 12:16 AM
тАО04-02-2008 12:16 AM
Re: Free list size on mon system (alpha)
Is the application performance good enough and has it changed recently?
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тАО04-02-2008 10:31 AM
тАО04-02-2008 10:31 AM
Re: Free list size on mon system (alpha)
to use the following command in SDA -
SDA> XFC SHOW HISTORY
XFC keeps about 3 days worth of data including
the amount of dynamic memory allocated. This
is currently done in 10 minute intervals
(originally 20 minutes). With the latest XFC
images, there is an additional command -
'XFC SHOW HISTORY/DEVELOPER' which shows
information more interesting to the maintainers,
but which does show the amount of trimming and
expansions for each interval.
In general, if XFC has grown to the maximum
size (by default 50% of physical memory) and
has not been trimmed, then the system is
probably not memory stressed.
Mark Hopkins
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тАО04-17-2008 06:56 AM
тАО04-17-2008 06:56 AM
Re: Free list size on mon system (alpha)
$ sho mem
System Memory Resources on APRIL 17, 2008 10:54 AM
Physical Memory Usage (pages): Total Free In Use Modified
Main Memory (4.00GB) 524288 13543 391831 118914
Extended File Cache (Time of last reset: 9-APR-2008 11:27:53.81)
Allocated (GBytes) 1.04 Maximum size (GBytes) 2.00
Free (GBytes) 0.00 Minimum size (GBytes) 0.00
In use (GBytes) 1.03 Percentage Read I/Os 93%
Read hit rate 69% Write hit rate 0%
Read I/O count 362373181 Write I/O count 26111572
Read hit count 250410167 Write hit count 0
Reads bypassing cache 42 Writes bypassing cache 2573913
Files cached open 2012 Files cached closed 528
Vols in Full XFC mode 0 Vols in VIOC Compatible mode 8
Vols in No Caching mode 0 Vols in Perm. No Caching mode 0
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тАО04-17-2008 07:11 AM
тАО04-17-2008 07:11 AM
Re: Free list size on mon system (alpha)
Are you that same person as "Kendall McCarthy" or working on the same sytem?
(Both have 4GB memory, but that's not enough to tell really :-)
>> Is this showing me that extended file cache is exausted?
Are you refering to the "Free (GBytes) 0.00 "? Don't worry about that!
It's the "In use (GBytes) 1.03 " that counts.
What would worry me some is "Read hit rate 69%". That's below typical.
It could mean that the application usage patterns to not allow for good caching (lots, of data, little repeat access).
Or it could mean that the XFC could use some more memory.
Is this a cluster with actively write shared files?
You may want to drill down to the per-file cache usage and effectiveness.
Come to my Boot Camp session in Nashua NH in May (Nice!), or to the HP Tech Forum in Vegas in June (Hot!) and I'll tell you all about it!
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/symposium/may_2008/abstracts_all.html ... search XFC
I would review the Modified Page settings.
There is almost 1GB right there, if I read my numbers right. Isn't that 10x too much?
Is that a deliberate choice? Please explain!
Hope this helps some.
Contact me ofline if you think you'd like more help from me.
Best regards,
Hein van den Heuvel (at gmail dot com)
HvdH Performance Consulting
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тАО05-06-2008 06:13 AM
тАО05-06-2008 06:13 AM
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тАО05-06-2008 09:07 AM
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тАО05-06-2008 10:16 AM
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тАО05-06-2008 10:46 AM
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