Guidelines

How do I check my LUN queue depth?

How do I check my LUN queue depth?

To identify the storage device queue depth:

  1. Run the esxtop command in the service console of the ESX host or the ESXi shell (Tech Support mode).
  2. Press u.
  3. Press f and select Queue Stats.
  4. The value listed under DQLEN is the queue depth of the storage device.

How do I set the depth of a queue in Linux?

Setting the queue depth

  1. Use the module parameter queue_depth described in Setting up the zfcp device driver.
  2. Write a udev rule to change the setting for each new SCSI device.

How do I change my HBA queue depth?

To adjust the queue depth for an HBA:

  1. Verify which HBA module is currently loaded by entering one of these commands on the service console: For QLogic:
  2. Run one of these commands: Note: The examples show the QLogic and Emulex modules.
  3. Reboot your host.
  4. Run this command to confirm that your changes have been applied:

What is disk queue depth?

Disk Queue Depth is the number of outstanding IO requests that are waiting to be performed on a disk. Blue Matador monitors the Data Disk Queue Depth and OS Disk Queue Depth metrics to monitor the queue depth of your Data and OS managed disks for Azure Virtual Machines.

How do I change the depth of my queue in Windows?

Changing Qlogic Queue Depth Windows

  1. Click.
  2. Select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and follow the tree structure down to the QLogic driver as follows:
  3. Double-click DriverParameter to edit the string, for example: DriverParameter REG_SZ qd=32.
  4. Add “qd=” to the “Value data:” field.
  5. Enter a value up to 254 (0xFE).
  6. Click OK.

What is NVMe queue depth?

NVMe also has a much more robust command-queue structure with a significantly larger queue depth than AHCI/ SATA. Whereas AHCI/SATA has one command queue with a depth of 32 commands, NVMe is designed to have up to 65,535 queues with as many as 65,536 commands per queue.

What is Q depth value?

Queue depth is the number of I/O requests (SCSI commands) that can be queued at one time on a storage controller. Each I/O request from the host’s initiator HBA to the storage controller’s target adapter consumes a queue entry. Typically, a higher queue depth equates to better performance.

What is a good queue depth?

For small to mid-size systems, use an HBA queue depth of 32. For large systems, use an HBA queue depth of 128. For exception cases or performance testing, use a queue depth of 256 to avoid possible queuing problems. All hosts should have the queue depths set to similar values to give equal access to all hosts.

What is a bad queue depth?

The basic rule of thumb is that a Disk Queue of more than 2-4 is bad.

Which SSD is better NVMe or SATA?

NVMe Storage Explained. NVMe or Non-Volatile Memory Express is a super-fast way to access non-volatile memory. It can be around 2-7x faster than SATA SSDs. NVMe is designed to have up to 64,000 queues each capable of 64,000 commands at the same time!

Why is my disk queue length so high?

Disk Queue Length, 5 or more requests per disk could suggest that the disk subsystem is bottlenecked. If the requests per second counter shows a high count, this could indicate low memory issues, and low memory could cause disk performance issues if the disk subsystem has to continuously process paging operations.