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Why is CPU high when FabricPool is enabled?

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • FabricPool/Cloud Tiering enabled systems

Answer

  • Tiering scanners use most of the available background 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.
  • Starting in 9.13.0, the tiering scanner will automatically launch a redirect scan after any data in the Active File System (AFS) is tiered.
  • ONTAP 9.11.1 increases tiering scanners from 10 to 20 as documented in CONTAP-64247 for all systems, not just AFF.

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