Why is CPU high when FabricPool is enabled?
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- FabricPool/Cloud Tiering enabled systems
Answer
- Tiering scanners use most of the available background CPU cycles.
- Redirect scanners in
wafl scan status
output also add to CPU cycles. - These are actually the same as spare CPU cycles, but being used to ensure data is tiered off effectively.
- This is normal and should not be used to consider high CPU utilization.
- ONTAP 9.11.1 increases CPU due to an increase in number of scanners and increase in priority.
- ONTAP 9.12.1 introduces extra redirect scanners as a fix for CONTAP-75534.
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