[DRBD-user] Performance Problem with Informix Database Server

Lars Ellenberg Lars.Ellenberg at linbit.com
Fri Jul 23 13:31:17 CEST 2004

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/ 2004-07-23 10:54:18 +0200
\ Thomas Dingermann:
> I am using drbd-0.7 with ext3-Filesystem (data=journal). Samba, NFS and 
> Sybase SQL-Anywhere are running fine and fast. There are no lost 
> (commited) Transactions of Sybase SQL when resetting the primary node.
> 
> I have a performance problem with DRBD and Informix Dynamic Server 9.40.
> 
> Informix Server opens its database files with O_SYNC in case of normal 
> files, so writes a very slow. Is it possible to use /dev/nbX as 
> RAW-Device? Then Informix will open without O_SYNC.

of course, if every submitted bio is waited for first, then the
increased latency will hit performance very hard...

but are you sure it is DRBD?
I mean what do the figures look like
 without drbd,
 with unconnected drbd,
 and with connected drbd?

> Or is ist possible to prevent O_SYNC without touching Informix-Server?

no.

	Lars Ellenberg

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