[dm-devel] dm-cache issue

[Zdenek Kabelac]

Dne 14.11.2016 v 16:02 Alexander Pashaliyski napsal(a):
> Hi guys,
>
>
> I am in a process of evaluating dm-cache for our backup system.
>
> Currently I have an issue when restart the backup server. The server is
> booting for hours, because of IO load. It seems is triggered a flush from SSD
> disk (that is used for a cache device) to the raid controllers (they are with
> slow SATA disks).
> I have 10 cached logical volumes in *writethrough mode*, each with 2T of data
> over 2 raid controllers. I use a single SSD disk for the cache.
> The backup system is with lvm2-2.02.164-1 & kernel 4.4.30.
>
>
> Do you have any ideas why such flush is triggered? In writethrough cache mode
> we shouldn't have dirty blocks in the cache.
>

Hi

Have you ensured there was proper shutdown ?
Cache needs to be properly deactivated - if it's just turned off,
all metadata are marked dirty.


Regards

Zdenek