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Optimizing resources from /proc/user_beancounters [message #43780] Fri, 14 October 2011 15:12 Go to next message
Brad Alexander is currently offline  Brad Alexander
Messages: 11
Registered: October 2011
Junior Member
I know this is has probably been discussed ad nauseum, but I haven't found
what I'm looking for yet, so I thought I would ask here.

I have been running OpenVZ for a few years, but in the last couple of weeks,
I have noticed over the past couple of weeks that several VMs were getting
out of spec settings, mainly dcachesize growing too large.

These VMs started on a Debian openvz box, and as my virtual infrastructure
grew, I started using a pair of proxmox-ve machines (which is Debian-lenny
based as well), which are clustered.

I have 8 VMs that were created over time, some on 32-bit host machines, some
on 64-bit. Thus, some have /proc/user_beancounters that look like:

1: kmemsize 13775736
15028224 48811846 51254098 63446
lockedpages 0
447 393216 393216 0
privvmpages 15152
105895 426752 439252 0
shmpages 648
1304 21504 21504 0
dummy 0
0 0 0 0
numproc 47
72 240 240 0
physpages 166345
425143 0 2147483647 0
vmguarpages 0
0 426752 2147483647 0
oomguarpages 6374
97683 426752 2147483647 0
numtcpsock 44
48 360 360 0
numflock 1
7 188 206 0
numpty 0
2 16 16 0
numsiginfo 1
27 256 256 0
tcpsndbuf 525744
1026352 4212558 6014798 0
tcprcvbuf 524552
3052984 4212558 6014798 0
othersockbuf 46240
65808 1126080 2097152 0
dgramrcvbuf 0
101600 262144 262144 0
numothersock 75
82 360 360 0
dcachesize 9997638
10000000 8000000 10000000 0
numfile 508
695 9312 9312 0
dummy 0
0 0 0 0
dummy 0
0 0 0 0
dummy 0
0 0 0 0
numiptent 20
20 128 128 0

While others have effectively unlimited barrier and limit settings:

7: kmemsize 93292551 107253760
9223372036854775807 9223372036854775807 0
lockedpages 0
16 393216 393216 0
privvmpages 299033
413214 524288 536788 0
shmpages 68 724
9223372036854775807 9223372036854775807 0
dummy 0
0 0 0 0
numproc 86
108 1024 1024 0
physpages 321589
496217 0 9223372036854775807 0
vmguarpages 0
0 524288 9223372036854775807 0
oomguarpages 155305
180405 524288 9223372036854775807 0
numtcpsock 13 17
9223372036854775807 9223372036854775807 0
numflock 3 9
9223372036854775807 9223372036854775807 0
numpty 0
2 255 255 0
numsiginfo 1
15 1024 1024 0
tcpsndbuf 226720 329312
9223372036854775807 9223372036854775807 0
tcprcvbuf 277072 5662864
9223372036854775807 9223372036854775807 0
othersockbuf 43928 66680
9223372036854775807 9223372036854775807 0
dgramrcvbuf 0 5648
9223372036854775807 9223372036854775807 0
numothersock 63 69
9223372036854775807 9223372036854775807 0
dcachesize 88045648 101016538
9223372036854775807 9223372036854775807 0
numfile 360 605
9223372036854775807 9223372036854775807 0
dummy 0
0 0 0 0
dummy 0
0 0 0 0
dummy 0
0 0 0 0
numiptent 20 20
9223372036854775807 9223372036854775807 0

I have three questions. First, I know that leaving everything unlimited is a
quick path to running out of resources on the host machine. That said, I've
been having troubles recently with the VMs with "normal" settings. It
started out with dcachesize going out of spec, which, when I adjusted it,
within an hour, I started getting out of memory errors, requiring me to up
the kmemsize...This then caused problems on another "normal" VM, and so
forth.

As I said, I know setting everything to unlimited is probably not
recommended, so what is the recommended way to set the proper values for
user_beancounters? Every time I change values in user_beancounters,
something else comes unglued, except for the ones that have unlimited
kmemsize and dcachesize.

Is there a tool to set up the values based on the use of the particular VM?
Is there any more information I need to provide?

Thanks,
--b
Re: Optimizing resources from /proc/user_beancounters [message #43781 is a reply to message #43780] Fri, 14 October 2011 21:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
JR Richardson is currently offline  JR Richardson
Messages: 7
Registered: May 2008
Junior Member
> I know this is has probably been discussed ad nauseum, but I haven't found
> what I'm looking for yet, so I thought I would ask here.
>
> I have been running OpenVZ for a few years, but in the last couple of weeks,
> I have noticed over the past couple of weeks that several VMs were getting
> out of spec settings, mainly dcachesize growing too large.
>
> These VMs started on a Debian openvz box, and as my virtual infrastructure
> grew, I started using a pair of proxmox-ve machines (which is Debian-lenny
> based as well), which are clustered.
>
> I have 8 VMs that were created over time, some on 32-bit host machines, some
> on 64-bit. Thus, some have /proc/user_beancounters that look like:
>
>        1:  kmemsize                 13775736
> 15028224             48811846             51254098                63446
>            lockedpages                     0
> 447               393216               393216                    0
>            privvmpages                 15152
> 105895               426752               439252                    0
>            shmpages                      648
> 1304                21504                21504                    0
>            dummy                           0
> 0                    0                    0                    0
>            numproc                        47
> 72                  240                  240                    0
>            physpages                  166345
> 425143                    0           2147483647                    0
>            vmguarpages                     0
> 0               426752           2147483647                    0
>            oomguarpages                 6374
> 97683               426752           2147483647                    0
>            numtcpsock                     44
> 48                  360                  360                    0
>            numflock                        1
> 7                  188                  206                    0
>            numpty                          0
> 2                   16                   16                    0
>            numsiginfo                      1
> 27                  256                  256                    0
>            tcpsndbuf                  525744
> 1026352              4212558              6014798                    0
>            tcprcvbuf                  524552
> 3052984              4212558              6014798                    0
>            othersockbuf                46240
> 65808              1126080              2097152                    0
>            dgramrcvbuf                     0
> 101600               262144               262144                    0
>            numothersock                   75
> 82                  360                  360                    0
>            dcachesize                9997638
> 10000000              8000000             10000000                    0
>            numfile                       508
> 695                 9312                 9312                    0
>            dummy                           0
> 0                    0                    0                    0
>            dummy                           0
> 0                    0                    0                    0
>            dummy                           0
> 0                    0                    0                    0
>            numiptent                      20
> 20                  128                  128                    0
>
> While others have effectively unlimited barrier and limit settings:
>
>        7:  kmemsize                 93292551            107253760
> 9223372036854775807  9223372036854775807                    0
>            lockedpages                     0
> 16               393216               393216                    0
>            privvmpages                299033
> 413214               524288               536788                    0
>            shmpages                       68                  724
> 9223372036854775807  9223372036854775807                    0
>            dummy                           0
> 0                    0                    0                    0
>            numproc                        86
> 108                 1024                 1024                    0
>            physpages                  321589
> 496217                    0  9223372036854775807                    0
>            vmguarpages                     0
> 0               524288  9223372036854775807                    0
>            oomguarpages               155305
> 180405               524288  9223372036854775807                    0
>            numtcpsock                     13                   17
> 9223372036854775807  9223372036854775807                    0
>            numflock                        3                    9
> 9223372036854775807  9223372036854775807                    0
>            numpty                          0
> 2                  255                  255                    0
>            numsiginfo                      1
> 15                 1024                 1024                    0
>            tcpsndbuf                  226720               329312
> 9223372036854775807  9223372036854775807                    0
>            tcprcvbuf                  277072              5662864
> 9223372036854775807  9223372036854775807                    0
>            othersockbuf                43928                66680
> 9223372036854775807  9223372036854775807                    0
>            dgramrcvbuf                     0                 5648
> 9223372036854775807  9223372036854775807                    0
>            numothersock                   63                   69
> 9223372036854775807  9223372036854775807                    0
>            dcachesize               88045648            101016538
> 9223372036854775807  9223372036854775807                    0
>            numfile                       360                  605
> 9223372036854775807  9223372036854775807                    0
>            dummy                           0
> 0                    0                    0                    0
>            dummy                           0
> 0                    0                    0                    0
>            dummy                           0
> 0                    0                    0                    0
>            numiptent                      20                   20
> 9223372036854775807  9223372036854775807                    0
>
> I have three questions. First, I know that leaving everything unlimited is a
> quick path to running out of resources on the host machine. That said, I've
> been having troubles recently with the VMs with "normal" settings. It
> started out with dcachesize going out of spec, which, when I adjusted it,
> within an hour, I started getting out of memory errors, requiring me to up
> the kmemsize...This then caused problems on another "normal" VM, and so
> forth.
>
> As I said, I know setting everything to unlimited is probably not
> recommended, so what is the recommended way to set the proper values for
> user_beancounters? Every time I change values in user_beancounters,
> something else comes unglued, except for the ones that have unlimited
> kmemsize and dcachesize.
>
> Is there a tool to set up the values based on the use of the particular VM?
> Is there any more information I need to provide?
>
> Thanks,
> --b
Try using vzsplit to segment your VE's equally, start there and
increase/decrease resources per the demand of each VE. Once you
adjust your config conf files, use vzc
...

Re: Re: Optimizing resources from /proc/user_beancounters [message #43783 is a reply to message #43781] Sat, 15 October 2011 14:11 Go to previous message
Brad Alexander is currently offline  Brad Alexander
Messages: 11
Registered: October 2011
Junior Member
Thank you, JR. As it turns out, I was *severely* starving my VMs. vzsplit
worked like a charm...

--b

On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 5:35 PM, JR Richardson <jmr.richardson@gmail.com>wrote:

> > I know this is has probably been discussed ad nauseum, but I haven't
> found
> > what I'm looking for yet, so I thought I would ask here.
> >
> > I have been running OpenVZ for a few years, but in the last couple of
> weeks,
> > I have noticed over the past couple of weeks that several VMs were
> getting
> > out of spec settings, mainly dcachesize growing too large.
> >
> > These VMs started on a Debian openvz box, and as my virtual
> infrastructure
> > grew, I started using a pair of proxmox-ve machines (which is
> Debian-lenny
> > based as well), which are clustered.
> >
> > I have 8 VMs that were created over time, some on 32-bit host machines,
> some
> > on 64-bit. Thus, some have /proc/user_beancounters that look like:
> >
> > 1: kmemsize 13775736
> > 15028224 48811846 51254098 63446
> > lockedpages 0
> > 447 393216 393216 0
> > privvmpages 15152
> > 105895 426752 439252 0
> > shmpages 648
> > 1304 21504 21504 0
> > dummy 0
> > 0 0 0 0
> > numproc 47
> > 72 240 240 0
> > physpages 166345
> > 425143 0 2147483647 0
> > vmguarpages 0
> > 0 426752 2147483647 0
> > oomguarpages 6374
> > 97683 426752 2147483647 0
> > numtcpsock 44
> > 48 360 360 0
> > numflock 1
> > 7 188 206 0
> > numpty 0
> > 2 16 16 0
> > numsiginfo 1
> > 27 256 256 0
> > tcpsndbuf 525744
> > 1026352 4212558 6014798 0
> > tcprcvbuf 524552
> > 3052984 4212558 6014798 0
> > othersockbuf 46240
> > 65808 1126080 2097152 0
> > dgramrcvbuf 0
> > 101600 262144 262144 0
> > numothersock 75
> > 82 360 360 0
> > dcachesize 9997638
> > 10000000 8000000 10000000 0
> > numfile 508
> > 695 9312 9312 0
> > dummy 0
> > 0 0 0 0
> > dummy 0
> > 0 0 0 0
> > dummy 0
> > 0 0 0 0
> > numiptent 20
> > 20 128 128 0
> >
> > While others have effectively unlimited barrier and limit settings:
> >
> > 7: kmemsize 93292551 107253760
> > 9223372036854775807 9223372036854775807 0
> > lockedpages 0
> > 16 393216 393216 0
> > privvmpages 299033
> > 413214 524288 536788 0
> > shmpages 68 724
> > 9223372036854775807 9223372036854775807 0
> > dummy 0
> > 0 0 0 0
> > numproc 86
> > 108 1024 1024 0
> > physpages 321589
> > 496217 0 9223372036854775807 0
> > vmguarpages 0
> > 0 524288 9223372036854775807 0
> > oomguarpages 155305
> > 180405 524288 9223372036854775807 0
> > numtcpsock 13 17
> > 9223372036854775807 9223372036854775807 0
> > numflock 3 9
> > 9223372036854775807 9223372036854775807 0
> > numpty 0
> > 2 255 255 0
> > numsiginfo 1
> > 15 1024 1024 0
> > tcpsndbuf 226720 329312
> > 9223372036854775807 9223372036854775807 0
> > tcprcvbuf 277072 5662864
> > 9223372036854775807 9223372036854775807 0
> > othersockbuf 43928 66680
> > 9223372036854775807 9223372036854775807 0
> > dgramrcvbuf 0 5648
> > 9223372036854775807 9223372036854775807 0
> > numothersock 63 69
> > 9223372036854775807 9223372036854775807 0
> > dcachesize 88045648 101016538
> > 9223372036854775807 9223372036854775807 0
> > numfile 360 605
> > 9223372036854775807 9223372036854775807 0
> > dummy 0
> > 0 0 0 0
> > dummy 0
> > 0 0 0 0
> > dummy 0
> > 0 0 0 0
> > numiptent 20 20
> > 9223372036854775807 9223372036854775807 0
> >
> > I have three questions. First, I know that leaving everything unlimited
> is a
> > quick path to running out of resources on the host machine. That said,
> I've
> > been having troubles recently with the VMs with "normal" settings. It
> > started out with dcachesize going out of spec, which, when I adjusted it,
> > within an hour, I started getting out of memory errors, requiring me to
> up
> > the kmemsize...This then caused problems on another "normal" VM, and so
> > forth.
> >
> > As I said, I know setting everything to unlimited is probably not
> > recommended, so what is the recommended way to set the proper values for
> > user_beancounters? Every time I change values in user_beancounters,
> > something else comes unglued, except for the ones that have unlimited
> > kmemsize and dcachesize.
> >
> > Is there a tool to set up the values based on the use of the particular
> VM?
> > Is there any more information I need to provide?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > --b
> Try using vzsplit to segment your VE's equally, start there and
> increase/decrease resources per the demand of each VE. Once you
> adjust your config conf files, use vzcfgvalidate to ensure your beans
> are adjusted propperly.
>
> Good luck.
>
> JR
> --
> JR Richardson
> Engineering for the Masses
>
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