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Updated: May 2016
 
 

CPU Power Management Can Lower Disk IOPS Performance (16355418)


Note - This issue has been fixed in Oracle Solaris 11.1 SRU 10.

I/O intensive workloads that attempt to perform very large numbers of I/O operations in a short period of time might encounter poor I/O performance, even on an unloaded system. However, performing a smaller number of large I/O operations is not affected by this issue.

Workaround: Two workaround procedures are available that disable CPU power management. This results in greater power consumption while performance is improved in this regard. These procedures have an effect that is persistent across reboots. However, you do not need to reboot a domain after you implement either workaround.


Note - If a domain's administrative-authority has been changed from the default value of platform, you must use Workaround B to disable CPU power management for that domain.

Workaround A: Disable CPU power management on all domains:

-> set /SP/powermgmt policy=disabled

Note - This command will not affect any domain that doesn't have an administrative-authority value of platform.

Workaround B: Disable CPU power management on one domain at a time. Type this command within each domain:

# poweradm set administrative-authority=none

If this issue persists, contact your Oracle service provider for further assistance.