Slow performance HP Proliant DL360 Gen10 P408i-a SR Gen10 RAID5 HDD

[rvd92]

Hello, i have a slow performance with the HP Proliant DL360 Gen10 P408I-a SR..

4 x 3TB HDD's in RAID5..

I have in the same controller 2 personal SSD disk in RAID1 and here is the performance of normal..

With the Logical Disk 2 i did a test with CrystalDiskMark 
Read: 613MB/s (i think normal)
Write: 3.15MB/s (this is not good)

here my controller settings:

HPE Smart Array P408i-a SR Gen10 in Slot 0 (Embedded)
Bus Interface: PCI
Slot: 0
Serial Number: confidential info erased
RAID 6 (ADG) Status: Enabled
Controller Status: OK
Hardware Revision: B
Firmware Version: 3.00-0
Rebuild Priority: High
Expand Priority: Medium
Surface Scan Delay: 3 secs
Surface Scan Mode: Idle
Parallel Surface Scan Supported: Yes
Current Parallel Surface Scan Count: 1
Max Parallel Surface Scan Count: 16
Queue Depth: Automatic
Monitor and Performance Delay: 60 min
Elevator Sort: Enabled
Degraded Performance Optimization: Disabled
Inconsistency Repair Policy: Disabled
Write Cache Bypass Threshold Size: 1040 KiB
Wait for Cache Room: Disabled
Surface Analysis Inconsistency Notification: Disabled
Post Prompt Timeout: 0 secs
Cache Board Present: True
Cache Status: OK
Cache Ratio: 100% Read / 0% Write
Configured Drive Write Cache Policy: Enable
Unconfigured Drive Write Cache Policy: Default
Total Cache Size: 2.0
Total Cache Memory Available: 1.8
No-Battery Write Cache: Disabled
SSD Caching RAID5 WriteBack Enabled: True
SSD Caching Version: 2
Cache Backup Power Source: Batteries
Battery/Capacitor Count: 1
Battery/Capacitor Status: OK
SATA NCQ Supported: True
Spare Activation Mode: Activate on physical drive failure (default)
Controller Temperature (C): 33
Capacitor Temperature (C): 29
Number of Ports: 2 Internal only
Encryption: Not Set
Express Local Encryption: False
Driver Name: smartpqi
Driver Version: Linux 1.2.10-025
PCI Address (Domain:Bus:Device.Function): 0000:5C:00.0
Negotiated PCIe Data Rate: PCIe 3.0 x8 (7880 MB/s)
Controller Mode: Mixed
Port Max Phy Rate Limiting Supported: False
Latency Scheduler Setting: 100
Current Power Mode: MaxPerformance
Survival Mode: Enabled
Host Serial Number: confidential info erased
Sanitize Erase Supported: True
Sanitize Lock: None
Sensor ID: 0
Location: Capacitor
Current Value (C): 29
Max Value Since Power On: 30
Sensor ID: 1
Location: ASIC
Current Value (C): 33
Max Value Since Power On: 33
Sensor ID: 2
Location: Unknown
Current Value (C): 32
Max Value Since Power On: 33
Primary Boot Volume: None
Secondary Boot Volume: None

config:

HPE Smart Array P408i-a SR Gen10 in Slot 0 (Embedded) (sn: confidential info erased)

Internal Drive Cage at Port 1I, Box 1, OK

Internal Drive Cage at Port 2I, Box 1, OK

Port Name: 1I (Mixed)

Port Name: 2I (Mixed)

Array A (Solid State SATA, Unused Space: 4 MB)

logicaldrive 1 (223.54 GB, RAID 1, OK)

physicaldrive 2I:1:7 (port 2I:box 1:bay 7, SATA SSD, 240 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 2I:1:8 (port 2I:box 1:bay 8, SATA SSD, 240 GB, OK)

Array B (SATA, Unused Space: 0 MB)

logicaldrive 2 (8.19 TB, RAID 5, OK)

physicaldrive 1I:1:1 (port 1I:box 1:bay 1, SATA HDD, 3 TB, OK)
physicaldrive 1I:1:2 (port 1I:box 1:bay 2, SATA HDD, 3 TB, OK)
physicaldrive 1I:1:3 (port 1I:box 1:bay 3, SATA HDD, 3 TB, OK)
physicaldrive 1I:1:4 (port 1I:box 1:bay 4, SATA HDD, 3 TB, OK)

SEP (Vendor ID HPE, Model Smart Adapter) 379 (WWID: 51402EC0147BB258)

Logical disk information:

HPE Smart Array P408i-a SR Gen10 in Slot 0 (Embedded)

Array A

Logical Drive: 1
Size: 223.54 GB
Fault Tolerance: 1
Heads: 255
Sectors Per Track: 32
Cylinders: 57450
Strip Size: 256 KB
Full Stripe Size: 256 KB
Status: OK
Unrecoverable Media Errors: None
MultiDomain Status: OK
Caching: Disabled
Unique Identifier: 600508B1001CBDFE1BBA985156D50F92
Disk Name: /dev/sda
Mount Points: /boot/efi 512 MB Partition Number 2
OS Status: LOCKED
Logical Drive Label: Logical Drive 1
Mirror Group 1:
physicaldrive 2I:1:7 (port 2I:box 1:bay 7, SATA SSD, 240 GB, OK)
Mirror Group 2:
physicaldrive 2I:1:8 (port 2I:box 1:bay 8, SATA SSD, 240 GB, OK)
Drive Type: Data
LD Acceleration Method: Smart Path

Array B

Logical Drive: 2
Size: 8.19 TB
Fault Tolerance: 5
Heads: 255
Sectors Per Track: 32
Cylinders: 65535
Strip Size: 256 KB
Full Stripe Size: 768 KB
Status: OK
Unrecoverable Media Errors: None
MultiDomain Status: OK
Caching: Enabled
Parity Initialization Status: Initialization Completed
Unique Identifier: 600508B1001C6401BB2ED46179FB6C2E
Disk Name: /dev/sdb
Mount Points: None
Logical Drive Label: Logical Drive 2
Drive Type: Data
LD Acceleration Method: Controller Cache

Can anybody help me?

[SanjeevGoyal · Accepted solution]

Hello,

Please follow the below documents.

HPE Smart Array SR Gen10 User Guide ( follow the page No#37)

http://itdoc.hitachi.co.jp/manuals/ha8000v/hard/Gen10/SA/879006-004_en.pdf

The controller cache ratio setting determines the amount of memory allocated to read and write

operations. Different types of applications have different optimum settings. You can change the ratio if:

• The controller has a cache that uses backup power (HPE Smart Storage Battery or HPE Smart

Storage Hybrid Capacitor), and

• There are logical drives configured on the controller.

The default of 90% write to 10% read is the best ratio for most workloads. Workloads that are highly

sequential reads or reads from most recent writes may benefit from a higher read percentage.

NOTE: Update the SA P408i SR controller firmware with the latest 3.21,because latest firmware so many critical fixes.

[rvd92]

Thank you! thit resolved my problem.

[apnapn]

Other link to online documentation
https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=a00019059en_us&page=GUID-C9791E4E-03DA-491B-A06F-34502506D795.html