Xsan 1.1: Modify upgraded Xsan installations for increased performance and stability

  • Last Modified: August 14, 2008
  • Article: HT2781
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Summary

In Xsan 1.1, the default value for a volume's ThreadPoolSize parameter was changed from 16 to 128. Because the new default value is written to a volume's config file at the time of creation, you must manually edit the file to get this benefit for existing installations that were upgraded to 1.1.

Products Affected

Xsan 1.1

Increasing the value will alleviate performance and stability issues that some users with more than six clients experienced.

To change the ThreadPoolSize value for a volume:

  1. Open the config file /Library/Filesystems/Xsan/config/volumename.cfg in the editor of your choice.
  2. Locate the ThreadPoolSize parameter in the file.
  3. Change the value of the parameter to 128.
  4. Save the config file.
  5. Stop and restart the volume using Xsan Admin.
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