[Gluster-users] Gluster high RPC calls and reply

Pranith Kumar Karampuri pkarampu at redhat.com
Mon Jul 7 14:12:23 UTC 2014


On 07/07/2014 07:39 PM, Gurdeep Singh (Guru) wrote:
> Hello Pranith,
>
> Process 18629 is not sending any traffic across the servers.
>
> The process that are constantly sending packet across is 1055 & 18611.
In that case it is the application which is sending the traffic. Niels 
just looked into the pcap file and even he found the process with pid 
14927 to be the one sending the traffic. Could you check what process it is?

Pranith.
>
> If any, what is the interval of RPC lookup on one file? can we somehow 
> control the lookup frequency?
>
> Thanks,
> Gurdeep.
>
>
>
> On 7 Jul 2014, at 11:59 pm, Pranith Kumar Karampuri 
> <pkarampu at redhat.com <mailto:pkarampu at redhat.com>> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 07/07/2014 07:22 PM, Gurdeep Singh (Guru) wrote:
>>> [guru at srv2 ~]$ ps -v 1055
>>> Warning: bad syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See 
>>> /usr/share/doc/procps-3.2.8/FAQ
>>>   PID TTY      STAT   TIME  MAJFL   TRS   DRS   RSS %MEM COMMAND
>>>  1055 ?        Ssl   86:01     31     0 319148 33092  3.2 
>>> /usr/sbin/glusterfs --volfile-server=srv2 --volfile-id=/gv0 
>>> /var/www/html/image/
>>> [guru at srv2 ~]$
>>>
>> Gurdeep,
>>        Don't see anything odd here :-(. Mount is looking up files and 
>> brick is serving it. Why don't you keep a watch on the process 
>> '18629' and similar processes in the cluster. Do a ps aux | grep 
>> glustershd to get the pids. There will be one such process per 
>> machine in the cluster. Check how much it consumes. That is the only 
>> process which does operations without any operations on mounts.
>>
>> Pranith
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7 Jul 2014, at 11:49 pm, Pranith Kumar Karampuri 
>>> <pkarampu at redhat.com <mailto:pkarampu at redhat.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 07/07/2014 07:03 PM, Gurdeep Singh (Guru) wrote:
>>>>> Hello Niels,
>>>>>
>>>>> I did a net hogs on the interface to see what process might be 
>>>>> using the bandwidth,
>>>>>
>>>>> NetHogs version 0.8.0
>>>>>
>>>>>   PID USER     PROGRAM         DEV        SENT      RECEIVED
>>>>> 18611 root     /usr/sbin/glusterfsd                           
>>>>> tun0  16.307     17.547 KB/sec
>>>>> 1055 root     /usr/sbin/glusterfs                           tun0  
>>>>> 17.249     16.259 KB/sec
>>>>> 13439 guru     sshd: guru at pts/0                           tun0  
>>>>> 0.966       0.051 KB/sec
>>>>> 18625 root     /usr/sbin/glusterfs                           tun0  
>>>>> 0.000       0.000 KB/sec
>>>>> 18629 root     /usr/sbin/glusterfs                           tun0  
>>>>> 0.000       0.000 KB/sec
>>>>> 9636 root     /usr/sbin/glusterd                           tun0  
>>>>> 0.000       0.000 KB/sec
>>>>> ? root     unknown TCP                                     0.000   
>>>>>   0.000 KB/sec
>>>>>
>>>>>   TOTAL                   34.523      33.856 KB/sec
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Which process corresponds to '1055'?
>>>>
>>>> Pranith
>>>>> Its glusterfs and glusterfsd process.
>>>>>
>>>>> I looked at the capture file and see that the lookup is being made 
>>>>> on random files.
>>>>>
>>>>> For PID information, please see this:
>>>>>
>>>>> [guru at srv2 ~]$ sudo netstat -tpn | grep 49152
>>>>> tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:49152             127.0.0.1:1012 
>>>>> ESTABLISHED 18611/glusterfsd
>>>>> tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:49152             127.0.0.1:1016 
>>>>> ESTABLISHED 18611/glusterfsd
>>>>> tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:1016             127.0.0.1:49152 
>>>>> ESTABLISHED 18625/glusterfs
>>>>> tcp        0      0 10.8.0.6:1021             10.8.0.1:49152 
>>>>> ESTABLISHED 1055/glusterfs
>>>>> tcp        0      0 10.8.0.6:49152             10.8.0.1:1017 
>>>>> ESTABLISHED 18611/glusterfsd
>>>>> tcp        0      0 10.8.0.6:1020             10.8.0.1:49152 
>>>>> ESTABLISHED 18629/glusterfs
>>>>> tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:1023             127.0.0.1:49152 
>>>>> ESTABLISHED 18629/glusterfs
>>>>> tcp        0      0 10.8.0.6:49152             10.8.0.1:1022 
>>>>> ESTABLISHED 18611/glusterfsd
>>>>> tcp        0      0 10.8.0.6:49152             10.8.0.1:1021 
>>>>> ESTABLISHED 18611/glusterfsd
>>>>> tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:49152             127.0.0.1:1023 
>>>>> ESTABLISHED 18611/glusterfsd
>>>>> tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:1012             127.0.0.1:49152 
>>>>> ESTABLISHED 1055/glusterfs
>>>>> tcp        0      0 10.8.0.6:1019             10.8.0.1:49152 
>>>>> ESTABLISHED 18625/glusterfs
>>>>> [guru at srv2 ~]$ ps -v 18611
>>>>> Warning: bad syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See 
>>>>> /usr/share/doc/procps-3.2.8/FAQ
>>>>>   PID TTY      STAT   TIME  MAJFL TRS   DRS   RSS %MEM COMMAND
>>>>> 18611 ?        Ssl   14:12      0   0 650068 20404  2.0 
>>>>> /usr/sbin/glusterfsd -s srv2 --volfile-id 
>>>>> gv0.srv2.root-gluster-vol0 -p /var/lib/glusterd/vols/gv0
>>>>> [guru at srv2 ~]$ ps -v 18629
>>>>> Warning: bad syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See 
>>>>> /usr/share/doc/procps-3.2.8/FAQ
>>>>>   PID TTY      STAT   TIME  MAJFL TRS   DRS   RSS %MEM COMMAND
>>>>> 18629 ?        Ssl    0:04      0   0 333296 17380  1.7 
>>>>> /usr/sbin/glusterfs -s localhost --volfile-id gluster/glustershd 
>>>>> -p /var/lib/glusterd/glustershd/r
>>>>> [guru at srv2 ~]$
>>>>> [guru at srv2 ~]$
>>>>> [guru at srv2 ~]$ ps -v 18629
>>>>> Warning: bad syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See 
>>>>> /usr/share/doc/procps-3.2.8/FAQ
>>>>>   PID TTY      STAT   TIME  MAJFL TRS   DRS   RSS %MEM COMMAND
>>>>> 18629 ?        Ssl    0:04      0   0 333296 17380  1.7 
>>>>> /usr/sbin/glusterfs -s localhost --volfile-id gluster/glustershd 
>>>>> -p /var/lib/glusterd/glustershd/run/glustershd.pid -l 
>>>>> /var/log/glusterfs/glustershd.log -S /var/run/823fa3197e2d1841be888
>>>>> [guru at srv2 ~]$
>>>>> [guru at srv2 ~]$
>>>>> [guru at srv2 ~]$
>>>>> [guru at srv2 ~]$
>>>>> [guru at srv2 ~]$ ps -v 18629
>>>>> Warning: bad syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See 
>>>>> /usr/share/doc/procps-3.2.8/FAQ
>>>>>   PID TTY      STAT   TIME  MAJFL TRS   DRS   RSS %MEM COMMAND
>>>>> 18629 ?        Ssl    0:04      0   0 333296 17380  1.7 
>>>>> /usr/sbin/glusterfs -s localhost --volfile-id gluster/glustershd 
>>>>> -p /var/lib/glusterd/glustershd/run/glustershd.pid -l 
>>>>> /var/log/glusterfs/glustershd.log -S 
>>>>> /var/run/823fa3197e2d1841be8881500723b063.socket --xlator-option 
>>>>> *replicate*.node-uuid=84af83c9-0a29-
>>>>> [guru at srv2 ~]$
>>>>> [guru at srv2 ~]$
>>>>> [guru at srv2 ~]$ ps -v 18625
>>>>> Warning: bad syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See 
>>>>> /usr/share/doc/procps-3.2.8/FAQ
>>>>>   PID TTY      STAT   TIME  MAJFL TRS   DRS   RSS %MEM COMMAND
>>>>> 18625 ?        Ssl    0:03      0   0 239528 41040  4.0 
>>>>> /usr/sbin/glusterfs -s localhost --volfile-id gluster/nfs -p 
>>>>> /var/lib/glusterd/nfs/run/nfs.pid -l /var/log/glusterfs/nfs.log -S 
>>>>> /var/run/5ad5b036fd636cc5dddffa73593e4089.socket
>>>>> [guru at srv2 ~]$ sudo nethogs tun0
>>>>> Waiting for first packet to arrive (see sourceforge.net 
>>>>> <http://sourceforge.net/> bug 1019381)
>>>>> [guru at srv2 ~]$ rpm -qa | grep gluster
>>>>> glusterfs-3.5.1-1.el6.x86_64
>>>>> glusterfs-cli-3.5.1-1.el6.x86_64
>>>>> glusterfs-libs-3.5.1-1.el6.x86_64
>>>>> glusterfs-fuse-3.5.1-1.el6.x86_64
>>>>> glusterfs-server-3.5.1-1.el6.x86_64
>>>>> glusterfs-api-3.5.1-1.el6.x86_64
>>>>> [guru at srv2 ~]$
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I don’t see anything odd here. Please suggest.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Gurdeep.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 7 Jul 2014, at 9:06 pm, Niels de Vos <ndevos at redhat.com 
>>>>> <mailto:ndevos at redhat.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 06, 2014 at 11:28:51PM +1000, Gurdeep Singh (Guru) wrote:
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have setup gluster in replicate type and its working fine.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am seeing a constant chatting between the hosts for lookup 
>>>>>>> call and
>>>>>>> lookup reply. I am trying to understand as to why this traffic is
>>>>>>> being initiated constantly. Please look at the attached image. This
>>>>>>> traffic is using around 200KB/s of constant bandwidth and is
>>>>>>> exhausting our allocated monthly bandwidth on our 2 VPS.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You can use Wireshark to identify which process does the LOOKUP 
>>>>>> calls.
>>>>>> For this, do the following:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1. select a LOOKUP Call
>>>>>> 2. enable the 'packet details' pane (found in the main menu, 'view')
>>>>>> 3. expand the 'Transmission Control Protocol' tree
>>>>>> 4. check the 'Source port' of the LOOKUP Call
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Together with the 'Source' and the 'Source port' you can go to the
>>>>>> server that matches the 'Source' address. A command like this 
>>>>>> would give
>>>>>> you the PID of the process in the right column:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  # netstat -tpn | grep $SOURCE_PORT
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And with 'ps -v $PID' you can check which process is responsible 
>>>>>> for the
>>>>>> LOOKUP. This process can be a fuse-mount, self-heal-daemon or any 
>>>>>> other
>>>>>> glusterfs-client. Depending on the type of client, you maybe can 
>>>>>> tune
>>>>>> the workload or other options a little.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In Wireshark you can also check what filename is LOOKUP'd, just 
>>>>>> expand
>>>>>> the 'GlusterFS' part in the 'packet details' and check the 
>>>>>> 'Basename'.
>>>>>> Maybe this filename (without directory structure) does give you any
>>>>>> ideas of which activity is causing the LOOKUPs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> HTH,
>>>>>> Niels
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The configuration I have for Gluster is:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [guru at srv1 ~]$ sudo gluster volume info
>>>>>>> [sudo] password for guru:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Volume Name: gv0
>>>>>>> Type: Replicate
>>>>>>> Volume ID: dc8dc3f2-f5bd-4047-9101-acad04695442
>>>>>>> Status: Started
>>>>>>> Number of Bricks: 1 x 2 = 2
>>>>>>> Transport-type: tcp
>>>>>>> Bricks:
>>>>>>> Brick1: srv1:/root/gluster-vol0
>>>>>>> Brick2: srv2:/root/gluster-vol0
>>>>>>> Options Reconfigured:
>>>>>>> cluster.lookup-unhashed: on
>>>>>>> performance.cache-refresh-timeout: 60
>>>>>>> performance.cache-size: 1GB
>>>>>>> storage.health-check-interval: 30
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please suggest how to fine tune the RPC calls/reply.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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