Poor Performance on Solaris 11.1 to 11.3 using Emulex 8Gbps FC

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Problem

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The performance of ZFS I/O requests is poor when using Emulex 8Gbps FC.

Solution

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This is a known issue on Oracle Solaris that has been permanently fixed in Oracle Solaris 11.3.4.5.0 (or greater). Oracle has documented a workaround which you can find in Doc ID 2100829.1 on the Oracle support site.

TSE Note: We prefer to refer the customer to the Solaris official documentation to resolve the issue. For internal reference, here is the workaround:

From our investigation result, we have found out that this issue can be avoided when setting the following in /etc/system.

set zfs_vdev_enable_mvector=0

I would highly recommend that we suggest the customer upgrade, or contact Solaris support to enact the workaround.

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