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StarWind iSCSI SAN Version 8.0 Beta-3

Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 6:08 pm
by fbifido
Hi,

just installed v8.0.6312(beta-3)

Tried to create a 1024GB thin LUN, but failed with error message, see pic below.

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I have 12GB RAM, about 2G is been used.
I have 4TB SAS, about 2TB free.


I tried creating a 10GB LUN, I did not get that error.
I tried 100GB LUN, did not get that error.
tried 500GB LUN, no error
tried 900GB LUN, no error

Tried 1024GB LUN, error
Tried 1TB LUN, error.

Re: StarWind iSCSI SAN Version 8.0 Beta-3

Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 6:18 pm
by kspare
My max allowed storage always stays at 0

Re: StarWind iSCSI SAN Version 8.0 Beta-3

Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 9:19 pm
by anton (staff)
Nice... Checking!

Re: StarWind iSCSI SAN Version 8.0 Beta-3

Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 11:35 pm
by kspare
Should we see much of a speed increase going from a thick to a thin disk?

How long until level 2 cache is enabled?

Re: StarWind iSCSI SAN Version 8.0 Beta-3

Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 11:59 pm
by anton (staff)
You mean going from FLAT -> LSFS? If yes it depends on the workload. If it's VDI and is dominated by small 4-8KB reads you may get ~10 times better performance.

Not much. Few days. Maybe a week. Need to run tests to make sure there's no data corruption.
kspare wrote:Should we see much of a speed increase going from a thick to a thin disk?

How long until level 2 cache is enabled?

Re: StarWind iSCSI SAN Version 8.0 Beta-3

Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 2:23 pm
by kspare
It's all terminal servers and file servers.

I haven't been able to create a thin disk yet though to test. hopefully it will work on the next update.

Re: StarWind iSCSI SAN Version 8.0 Beta-3

Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 2:52 pm
by fbifido
kspare wrote:My max allowed storage always stays at 0
?????????????????????

Re: StarWind iSCSI SAN Version 8.0 Beta-3

Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 2:53 pm
by fbifido
anton (staff) wrote:Nice... Checking!
any update on this ?

Re: StarWind iSCSI SAN Version 8.0 Beta-3

Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 4:59 am
by kspare
any update guys? Curious to try lsfs and l2 cache.

Re: StarWind iSCSI SAN Version 8.0 Beta-3

Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 6:23 am
by sbozhko
I have similar problem (but slightly different)...
If I create lsfs device on volume > 2TB - i get device with state "Failed!" with log:

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1/13 12:59:30.120 f70 Sw: *** DDDisk_ControlRequest: Unsupported control command 'AttachDeviceNotify:' in current mode!
1/13 12:59:30.136 f70 conf: Target [0x0000000000F93070] 'iqn.2008-08.com.starwindsoftware:r00-sw-212.hq.vlmrk.corp-storage3' has been created, 1 devices attached.
1/13 12:59:30.230   dc4 Sp: *** CStarPackCore::FormatNewStorage Cannot create such a large device VMap[877243472 > 714430123]. Max allowed [1463152891904] bytes
1/13 12:59:30.230   dc4 Sp: --- CStarPackCore::FormatNewStorage() (line #5248) 50
1/13 12:59:30.230   dc4 Sp: --- CStarPackCore::CreateEx(0x000000009D2EF610) (line #2701) 50
1/13 12:59:30.230   dc4 Sp: *** SpCoreObjectCreateFromParams 50 *ppCore->pCore->Create( 0x000000009D2EF600 ) 2637100560
1/13 12:59:30.230   dc4 Sp: --- SpCoreObjectCreateFromParams(0x000000009D2EF600, 0x000000009D2EF610) (line #4472) 50
1/13 12:59:30.230 dc4 Sw: *** DDDisk_MountAsync: Create SP object failed, status ( 50 ) - 'General failure'.
But if i create lsfs device on volume < 2TB and expanding volume beyond 2TB after what - device work fine.

Re: StarWind iSCSI SAN Version 8.0 Beta-3

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 9:52 am
by Bohdan (staff)
Please re-download the beta build, check it and let us know if the issue persists.

Re: StarWind iSCSI SAN Version 8.0 Beta-3

Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 8:21 pm
by JonOrt
I have been able to get around this problem by rebooting. I can create one (1) large thin DD after a fresh reboot, and no more.

Jon

Re: StarWind iSCSI SAN Version 8.0 Beta-3

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:16 am
by sbozhko
My issue persists with new version (8.0.6345).

Re: StarWind iSCSI SAN Version 8.0 Beta-3

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:33 pm
by Bohdan (staff)
Unable to reproduce...
Please zip and send us StarWind logs, we'll try to find what's wrong.
Thanks!
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Re: StarWind iSCSI SAN Version 8.0 Beta-3

Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 8:26 am
by sbozhko
1. Create disk on LARGE patition - FAIL
Create disk on LARGE patition - FAIL
Create disk on LARGE patition - FAIL
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2. Create disk on SHRINK-ed partition - SUCCESS
Create disk on SHRINK-ed partition - SUCCESS
Create disk on SHRINK-ed partition - SUCCESS
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