Re: vSAN lab - performance issues - can you help m...

lennyburns · ‎02-20-2021

This is the favorite question of everyone here, I know.

However, I'm going to try and make this as easy as possible by posting ALL the HCIBench results and host them on a site so you can review just like you ran the tests yourself.

My concern is that this 4 node vSAN is under performing, and by quite a bit!
I just cannot detect why it feels slow, but I'm seeing "okay" numbers in HCIBench (sometimes).

I am able to change everything on the networking side since I have two kinds of 10GB switches to choose from, and I have about 8 of each.

Dell PowerConnect 8024
Dell PowerConnect N4032

The deep-dive data as generated by HCIBench is linked >> HERE <<

I will also post some screenshots of the last EasyRun I performed and viewed through Graphana...
(The build of my 4 node lab is found at the bottom of this post)

Full size versions of these images below can be found >> HERE <<

Below is my setup as HCIBench inventoried it.

System information:

VC host: sdsvcsa01.sds.local
VC build: VMware vCenter Server 7.0.1 build-17491160
ESX host: vxr01esxi01.sds.local
- Build: VMware ESXi 7.0.1 build-17551050
- CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2695 v3 @ 2.30GHz ( Packages: 2, Cores: 28 )
- Memory: 137 GB
- Server vendor/model: Quanta QuantaPlex T41S-2U
- vSAN Disks:
  - HDD: Local HGST Disk (naa.5000cca0806f045c)
    - HGST H101812SFSUN1.2T
    - 1200 GB
  - HDD: Local HGST Disk (naa.5000cca02d643b68)
    - HGST H101812SFSUN1.2T
    - 1200 GB
  - HDD: Local HGST Disk (naa.5000cca02d62c254)
    - HGST H101812SFSUN1.2T
    - 1200 GB
  - HDD: Local HGST Disk (naa.5000cca080725974)
    - HGST H101812SFSUN1.2T
    - 1200 GB
  - HDD: Local HGST Disk (naa.5000cca0806e3e58)
    - HGST H101812SFSUN1.2T
    - 1200 GB
  - SSD: Local TOSHIBA Disk (naa.50000395ac8885c8)
    - TOSHIBA PX02SMF080
    - 800 GB
ESX host: vxr01esxi04.sds.local
- Build: VMware ESXi 7.0.1 build-17551050
- CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2695 v3 @ 2.30GHz ( Packages: 2, Cores: 28 )
- Memory: 137 GB
- Server vendor/model: Quanta QuantaPlex T41S-2U
- vSAN Disks:
  - HDD: Local HGST Disk (naa.5000cca0806a11f4)
    - HGST H101812SFSUN1.2T
    - 1200 GB
  - HDD: Local HGST Disk (naa.5000cca02d6092b8)
    - HGST H101812SFSUN1.2T
    - 1200 GB
  - HDD: Local HGST Disk (naa.5000cca0806a1900)
    - HGST H101812SFSUN1.2T
    - 1200 GB
  - HDD: Local HGST Disk (naa.5000cca0806db568)
    - HGST H101812SFSUN1.2T
    - 1200 GB
  - HDD: Local HGST Disk (naa.5000cca02d609ba8)
    - HGST H101812SFSUN1.2T
    - 1200 GB
  - SSD: Local TOSHIBA Disk (naa.50000395ac888608)
    - TOSHIBA PX02SMF080
    - 800 GB
ESX host: vxr01esxi03.sds.local
- Build: VMware ESXi 7.0.1 build-17551050
- CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2695 v3 @ 2.30GHz ( Packages: 2, Cores: 28 )
- Memory: 137 GB
- Server vendor/model: Quanta QuantaPlex T41S-2U
- vSAN Disks:
  - HDD: Local HGST Disk (naa.5000cca02d61badc)
    - HGST H101812SFSUN1.2T
    - 1200 GB
  - HDD: Local HGST Disk (naa.5000cca02d6207d0)
    - HGST H101812SFSUN1.2T
    - 1200 GB
  - HDD: Local HGST Disk (naa.5000cca0806db4c4)
    - HGST H101812SFSUN1.2T
    - 1200 GB
  - HDD: Local HGST Disk (naa.5000cca0806dca04)
    - HGST H101812SFSUN1.2T
    - 1200 GB
  - HDD: Local HGST Disk (naa.5000cca02d5ba648)
    - HGST H101812SFSUN1.2T
    - 1200 GB
  - SSD: Local TOSHIBA Disk (naa.50000395ac88860c)
    - TOSHIBA PX02SMF080
    - 800 GB
ESX host: vxr01esxi02.sds.local
- Build: VMware ESXi 7.0.1 build-17551050
- CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2695 v3 @ 2.30GHz ( Packages: 2, Cores: 28 )
- Memory: 137 GB
- Server vendor/model: Quanta QuantaPlex T41S-2U
- vSAN Disks:
  - HDD: Local HGST Disk (naa.5000cca02d605f90)
    - HGST H101812SFSUN1.2T
    - 1200 GB
  - HDD: Local HGST Disk (naa.5000cca08069f5c8)
    - HGST H101812SFSUN1.2T
    - 1200 GB
  - HDD: Local HGST Disk (naa.5000cca02d62faa4)
    - HGST H101812SFSUN1.2T
    - 1200 GB
  - HDD: Local HGST Disk (naa.5000cca0806de0b4)
    - HGST H101812SFSUN1.2T
    - 1200 GB
  - HDD: Local HGST Disk (naa.5000cca02d62f87c)
    - HGST H101812SFSUN1.2T
    - 1200 GB
  - SSD: Local TOSHIBA Disk (naa.50000395ac8a0ff4)
    - TOSHIBA PX02SMF080
    - 800 GB

lennyburns · ‎02-23-2021

I suppose this isn't something that anyone wants to dive into, huh? 😞

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vSAN lab - performance issues - can you help me find the problem(s)?