High latency due to deletion workload
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- Deletion workload
Issue
- High latency is seen from users or from commands such as
qos statistics volume latency show
from the Data column. - EMS messages related to this may be seen (from
event log show
) such as:
[wafl.zombie.susp.msg.threshold:notice]: WAFL(R) is experiencing zombie throttling possibly due to requests for large number of file deletions. [wafl_exempt08: wafl.cp.toolong:error]: Aggregate fas_01_DATA_AGGR experienced a long CP... This message occurs when a WAFL(R) consistency point (CP) takes longer than 30 seconds. A CP lasting more than 30 seconds might cause client latency and potentially a client outage.
- High CPU Utilization spike also may be observed within wafl exempt processing domain.