On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 06:36:58AM -0600, Nick Couchman wrote:
> How are you storing your database files? What file system are you using?
>
in dom0 domU disks are LVM volumes on iSCSI LUN.
domU is using ext3 on xvd*.
-- Pasi
> Thanks!
> - Nick
>
> Nick Couchman
> Manager, Information Technology
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pasi Kärkkäinen<pasik@xxxxxx>
> To: Nick Couchman <Nick.Couchman@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: XEN Mailing List <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Sent: 4/22/2009 1:29:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Oracle in Xen domU
>
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 03:41:54PM -0600, Nick Couchman wrote:
> >
> > Hi, everyone,
> > I'm currently using Oracle 10G inside of a Xen domU (SLES10 for both dom0
> > and domU).
> > In order to get my SAN storage for the database through to the VM, I used a
> > phy: disk mapping on the domU configuration and pointed it at the SAN
> > volume.
> > I'm using Standard Edition One, so I created a filesystem (ext3) and put my
> > Oracle database there.
> > I'm now having issues with really high I/O wait times inside the domU when
> > the database is doing
> > anything more than really light transactions. Can anyone suggest some
> > tuning I might do to improve
> > performance and get this I/O wait time down? The SAN volume is attached
> > via 4Gb iSCSI on a Qlogic card,
> > and the dom0 isn't seeing any high I/O wait or anything like that.
> >
>
> I'm running Oracle 10g on PV domU, no problems at all. domU disk is on iSCSI
> LUN, from Equallogic iSCSI SAN.
>
> dom0 is RHEL 5.2, and domU is RHEL 5.2 aswell.
>
> No high io-wait here.
>
> I'd suggest you to benchmark your SAN/LUN setup on dom0 first, and when
> you're sure it's all OK, start benchmarking and tweaking from domU.
>
> I can't remember doing anything special for my setup..
>
> -- Pasi
>
>
>
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