How to enable the Flash Cache Compression ?
Prereqs:
- should i shutdown databases ?
- should i shutdown clusterware ?
My experiment say - no, i didn't shutdown DB soft or clusterware (CW). I just connected to cells with
terminal program and made my operations. The DB and ASM alert logs showed no errors during this
operation.
If you make the "list cell detail" before this operation then you don't see the
"flashCacheCompress" parameter. It is absent.
And a size of FlashCache is:
[root@exa2celadm01 ~]# cellcli -e list flashcache detail|grep -i Size
effectiveCacheSize: 2978.75G
size: 2978.75G
The "alter flashcache all flush" command may take a very long time, for example, 1+ hour. So run it on
the all cells simultaneously some times before your operation.
My commands:
CellCLI> alter flashcache all flush
Flash cache ed02celadm01_FLASHCACHE altered successfully
CellCLI> drop flashcache all
Flash cache ed02celadm01_FLASHCACHE successfully dropped
CellCLI> drop flashlog all
Flash log ed02celadm01_FLASHLOG successfully dropped
CellCLI> drop celldisk all flashdisk
CellDisk FD_00_ed02celadm01 successfully dropped
CellDisk FD_01_ed02celadm01 successfully dropped
CellDisk FD_02_ed02celadm01 successfully dropped
CellDisk FD_03_ed02celadm01 successfully dropped
CellDisk FD_04_ed02celadm01 successfully dropped
CellDisk FD_05_ed02celadm01 successfully dropped
CellDisk FD_06_ed02celadm01 successfully dropped
CellDisk FD_07_ed02celadm01 successfully dropped
CellDisk FD_08_ed02celadm01 successfully dropped
CellDisk FD_09_ed02celadm01 successfully dropped
CellDisk FD_10_ed02celadm01 successfully dropped
CellDisk FD_11_ed02celadm01 successfully dropped
CellDisk FD_12_ed02celadm01 successfully dropped
CellDisk FD_13_ed02celadm01 successfully dropped
CellDisk FD_14_ed02celadm01 successfully dropped
CellDisk FD_15_ed02celadm01 successfully dropped
CellCLI>
CellCLI> alter cell FlashCacheCompress=true
Cell ed02celadm01 successfully altered
CellCLI>
CellCLI> create celldisk all flashdisk
CellDisk FD_00_ed02celadm01 successfully created
CellDisk FD_01_ed02celadm01 successfully created
CellDisk FD_02_ed02celadm01 successfully created
CellDisk FD_03_ed02celadm01 successfully created
CellDisk FD_04_ed02celadm01 successfully created
CellDisk FD_05_ed02celadm01 successfully created
CellDisk FD_06_ed02celadm01 successfully created
CellDisk FD_07_ed02celadm01 successfully created
CellDisk FD_08_ed02celadm01 successfully created
CellDisk FD_09_ed02celadm01 successfully created
CellDisk FD_10_ed02celadm01 successfully created
CellDisk FD_11_ed02celadm01 successfully created
CellDisk FD_12_ed02celadm01 successfully created
CellDisk FD_13_ed02celadm01 successfully created
CellDisk FD_14_ed02celadm01 successfully created
CellDisk FD_15_ed02celadm01 successfully created
CellCLI> create flashlog all size=512M
Flash log ed02celadm01_FLASHLOG successfully created
CellCLI> create flashcache all
Flash cache ed02celadm01_FLASHCACHE successfully created
CellCLI>
CellCLI> list cell detail
name: ed02celadm01
bbuChargeThreshold: 800
bbuStatus: normal
bbuTempThreshold: 60
bmcType: IPMI
cellVersion: OSS_12.1.1.1.0_LINUX.X64_131219
cpuCount: 24
diagHistoryDays: 7
fanCount: 8/8
fanStatus: normal
flashCacheMode: WriteBack
flashCacheCompress: TRUE
id: 1340NM502N
interconnectCount: 3
interconnect1: ib0
interconnect2: ib1
iormBoost: 0.0
ipaddress1: 192.168.11.5/22
ipaddress2: 192.168.11.6/22
kernelVersion: 2.6.39-400.128.1.el5uek
locatorLEDStatus: off
makeModel: Oracle Corporation SUN SERVER X4-2L High Capacity
metricHistoryDays: 7
notificationMethod: snmp
notificationPolicy: critical,warning,clear
offloadGroupEvents:
offloadEfficiency: 481,755.6
powerCount: 2/2
powerStatus: normal
releaseVersion: 12.1.1.1.0
releaseTrackingBug: 16980054
snmpSubscriber: host=ed02dbadm02.distr.fors.ru,port=3872,community=public
host=ed02dbadm01.distr.fors.ru,port=3872,community=public
status: online
temperatureReading: 24.0
temperatureStatus: normal
upTime: 50 days, 18:13
cellsrvStatus: running
msStatus: running
rsStatus: running
And size of FlashCache in our X4-2 after modification is about 2 times bigger:
[root@ed02celadm01 ~]# cellcli -e list flashcache detail|grep -i Size
effectiveCacheSize: 5959G
size: 5959G
