Slow SnapMirror or volume move performance and low throughput due to BRE/LRSE Throttling
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- SnapMirror
- Block Replication Engine (BRE)
- Logical Replication with Storage Efficiency (LRSE)
- Volume Move
Issue
- Low throughput during SnapMirror transfers due to Replication Engine throttling
- Verify that the following items have been eliminated as potential issues first
- Avoid running to many SnapMirror transfers at once
- Spread out the SnapMirror transfers to reduce impact
- Initiate SnapMirror transfers during times of lower user workloads and lower CPU activity
- Check to see if the global throttling mechanism is in use for SnapMirror
- If the replication traffic is going over a WAN, you can enable Network Compression for those SnapMirror policies to improve performance
- Note: Do not use network compression in cases of already high CPU utilization