Disk partitions not aligned
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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StarlingX |
Won't Fix
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Medium
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Daniel Safta |
Bug Description
Brief Description
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In some labs with certain disk types it has been observed that the root disk is not aligned. This leads to disk performance issues severe enough to cause software failures and timeouts.
Severity
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Critical for systems that see the issue (only 1 system observed to date)
Steps to Reproduce
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Install STX load on a controller.
Check the following command:
sudo parted /dev/sda align-check optimal 1
Expected Behavior
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Result of above command should be "aligned"
Actual Behavior
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Result of above command is not aligned
Also disk operations are significantly degraded
Reproducibility
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Seen on one system, 100% reproducible on that system
System Configuration
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Could occur on any config
Branch/Pull Time/Commit
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System is using an STX4.0 load from May 2020.
Last Pass
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n/a - only seen on this one system to date with the specific disk in that system
Timestamp/Logs
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n/a
Test Activity
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Initial install and commissioning.
Workaround
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Changed in starlingx: | |
assignee: | nobody → Stefan Dinescu (stefandinescu) |
Changed in starlingx: | |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in starlingx: | |
assignee: | Stefan Dinescu (stefandinescu) → Daniel Safta (dsafta) |
stx.5.0 / medium priority - only seen on one system and no system impact was tied to this issue