[1822] in Enterprise Print Delivery Team
Publishing Plentiful Positive Pillage Performance Patterns
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rocklyn E. Clarke)
Tue Oct 23 14:34:30 2001
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Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 14:34:27 -0400
To: Enterprise Printing Delivery Project Team <printdel@MIT.EDU>
From: "Rocklyn E. Clarke" <rclarke@MIT.EDU>
Cc: r3-print@MIT.EDU, ASST <asst@MIT.EDU>, Roger A Roach <RAR@MIT.EDU>,
Tom Dalton <tdalton@MIT.EDU>, Garry P Zacheiss <zacheiss@MIT.EDU>,
James M Kretchmar <kretch@MIT.EDU>, Thomas J Coppeto <tom@MIT.EDU>,
Jeff Banta <jeffbant@us.ibm.com>,
"Fortoul, Karen" <fortoul@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>,
"Kalenderian, David G" <davek@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>,
"Gustasson, Julian M" <jules@MIT.EDU>
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Hello Everyone,
Lynne has confirmed that we can print to E19 at rated speed and I
want to share some additional positive results that I got from my
testing.
As part of the initial effort to figure out the performance problem I
planned to try sending a fairly large file from Pillage to E19. As a
preliminary test I decided to test the transmission speed from
Pillage to N42 using my laptop. By this time Lynne and Jeff Banta
(IBM) were already carrying out better tests than the ones I planned
to do, so I never actually testing in E19. Yesterday, at Dave
Lambert's request, I repeated my tests from N42. The results are
extremely encouraging.
I transmitted a 34 mbyte file. All transmissions were from
Pillage.mit.edu to rclarke-pb.mit.edu 918.152.2.129) (my laptop in
N42) unless otherwise indicated:
Test 1 - Mon Oct 15 at about 1:20pm: (43 Kbytes/s)
Test 2 - Mon Oct 15 15:48:03 EDT 2001: (30 Kbytes/s)
Test 3 - Mon Oct 15 16:32:29 EDT 2001: (1.8e+02 Kbytes/s) (Pillage to MITVMA)
Test 4 - Mon Oct 15 16:38:18 EDT 2001: (21 Kbytes/s)
Test 5 - Mon Oct 15 17:07:00 EDT 2001: (2e+02 Kbytes/s) (Pillage to MITVMA)
The following tests were performed after the weekend reconfiguration
of the ethernet port through which Pillage is attached to the network.
Test 1 - Mon Oct 22 18:58:39 EDT 2001: (2.4e+03 Kbytes/s)
Test 2 - Mon Oct 22 19:02:37 EDT 2001: (1e+03 Kbytes/s)
Test 3 - Mon Oct 22 19:04:49 EDT 2001: (2.3e+03 Kbytes/s)
Test 4 - Tue Oct 23 14:05:00 EDT 2001: (2.6e+02 Kbytes/s) (Pillage to MITVMA)
Test 5 - Tue Oct 23 14:11:27 EDT 2001: (2.6e+02 Kbytes/s) (Pillage to MITVMA)
Note the 10 fold increase in transmission speed from Pillage to N42.
The details of the FTP sessions are below. Congratulations Everyone!
Rocklyn
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Test 1 - connected via ethernet in N42 on 10/15/2001 at about 1:20pm:
$ ls -al f*
-rw------- 1 root system 32911598 Oct 15 11:18 ftpfile
$ ftp rclarke-pb.mit.edu
Connected to rclarke-pb.mit.edu.
220 Macintosh Resident FTP server, ready
530 USER and PASS required to activate me
530 USER and PASS required to activate me
KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type
Name (rclarke-pb.mit.edu:rclarke): recftp
331 Password required
Password:
230 User logged in
Remote system type is MACOS.
ftp> put ftpfile
local: ftpfile remote: ftpfile
200 This space intentionally left blank < >
150 Opening connection
226 Transfer complete
34752544 bytes sent in 7.9e+02 seconds (43 Kbytes/s)
ftp> ftp>
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Test 2 - connected via ethernet in N42
$ date
Mon Oct 15 15:48:03 EDT 2001
$ ftp rclarke-pb.mit.edu
Connected to rclarke-pb.mit.edu.
220 Macintosh Resident FTP server, ready
530 USER and PASS required to activate me
530 USER and PASS required to activate me
KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type
Name (rclarke-pb.mit.edu:rclarke): recftp
331 Password required
Password:
230 User logged in
Remote system type is MACOS.
ftp> put ftpfile
local: ftpfile remote: ftpfile
200 This space intentionally left blank < >
150 Opening connection
226 Transfer complete
34752544 bytes sent in 1.1e+03 seconds (30 Kbytes/s)
ftp> quit
221 Goodbye
$ date
Mon Oct 15 16:08:43 EDT 2001
$
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Test 3: From Pillage to MITVMA
ftp> cd poola:rclarke.printdel
250 SFS working directory is POOLA:RCLARKE.PRINTDEL
ftp> !date
Mon Oct 15 16:32:29 EDT 2001
ftp> put ftpfile
local: ftpfile remote: ftpfile
200 Port request OK.
150 Storing file 'ftpfile.$DEFAULT'
250 Transfer completed successfully.
34752544 bytes sent in 1.8e+02 seconds (1.8e+02 Kbytes/s)
ftp> !date
Mon Oct 15 16:36:29 EDT 2001
ftp>
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Test 4: From Pillage to my laptop
ftp> binary
200 Type set to I, binary transfer mode [macbinary disabled]
ftp> !date
Mon Oct 15 16:38:18 EDT 2001
ftp> put ftpfile
local: ftpfile remote: ftpfile
200 This space intentionally left blank < >
150 Opening connection
226 Transfer complete
32911598 bytes sent in 1.5e+03 seconds (21 Kbytes/s)
ftp> !date
Mon Oct 15 17:04:43 EDT 2001
ftp>
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Test 5: From Pillage to MITVMA
$ date
Mon Oct 15 17:07:00 EDT 2001
$ ftp mitvma
Connected to mitvma.mit.edu.
220-FTPSERVE IBM VM Level 320 at mitvma.mit.edu, 17:08:12 EDT MONDAY 2001-10-15
220 Connection will close if idle for more than 5 minutes.
500 Unknown command, 'AUTH'
500 Unknown command, 'AUTH'
KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type
Name (mitvma:rclarke): recftp
331 Send password please.
Password:
530 Login attempt by 'RECFTP' rejected
Login failed.
Remote system type is VM.
ftp> user
(username) recftp
331 Send password please.
Password:
230 RECFTP logged in; no working directory defined
ftp> cd poola:rclarke.printdel
250 SFS working directory is POOLA:RCLARKE.PRINTDEL
ftp> put ftpfile
local: ftpfile remote: ftpfile
200 Port request OK.
150 Storing file 'ftpfile.$DEFAULT'
250 Transfer completed successfully.
34752544 bytes sent in 1.7e+02 seconds (2e+02 Kbytes/s)
ftp> quit
221 Quit command received. Goodbye.
$ date
Mon Oct 15 17:12:36 EDT 2001
$
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Test 1 (after port reconfig)
pillage [1] [6:56pm]>pwd
/home/rclarke
pillage [2] [6:58pm]>ls -al f*
-rw------- 1 rclarke system 32911598 Oct 15 11:18 ftpfile
pillage [3] [6:58pm]>date
Mon Oct 22 18:58:39 EDT 2001
pillage [4] [6:58pm]>ftp rclarke-pb.mit.edu
Connected to rclarke-pb.mit.edu.
220 Macintosh Resident FTP server, ready
530 USER and PASS required to activate me
530 USER and PASS required to activate me
KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type
Name (rclarke-pb.mit.edu:rclarke): recftp
331 Password required
Password:
230 User logged in
Remote system type is MACOS.
ftp> put ftpfile
local: ftpfile remote: ftpfile
200 This space intentionally left blank < >
150 Opening connection
226 Transfer complete
34752544 bytes sent in 14 seconds (2.4e+03 Kbytes/s)
ftp> !date
Mon Oct 22 19:00:39 EDT 2001
ftp>
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Test 2 (post reconfig)
ftp> !date
Mon Oct 22 19:02:37 EDT 2001
ftp> put ftpfile
local: ftpfile remote: ftpfile
200 This space intentionally left blank < >
150 Opening connection
226 Transfer complete
34752544 bytes sent in 33 seconds (1e+03 Kbytes/s)
ftp> !date
Mon Oct 22 19:03:31 EDT 2001
ftp>
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Test 3 (post reconfig)
ftp> !date
Mon Oct 22 19:04:49 EDT 2001
ftp> put ftpfile
local: ftpfile remote: ftpfile
200 This space intentionally left blank < >
150 Opening connection
226 Transfer complete
34752544 bytes sent in 15 seconds (2.3e+03 Kbytes/s)
ftp> !date
Mon Oct 22 19:05:15 EDT 2001
ftp>
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Test 4 (post reconfig)
pillage [3] [2:03pm]>ftp mitvma.mit.edu
Connected to mitvma.mit.edu.
220-FTPSERVE IBM VM Level 320 at mitvma.mit.edu, 14:05:21 EDT TUESDAY
2001-10-23
220 Connection will close if idle for more than 5 minutes.
500 Unknown command, 'AUTH'
500 Unknown command, 'AUTH'
KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type
Name (mitvma.mit.edu:rclarke): recftp
331 Send password please.
Password:
230 RECFTP logged in; no working directory defined
Remote system type is VM.
ftp> cd poola:rclarke.pillage^?^?^?
550 SFS directory name format may be wrong; still no working directory
ftp> cd poola:rclakre.
550 The SFS directory poola:rclakre. does not exist or you are not
authorized; still no working directory
ftp> cd poola:rclarke.printdel
250 SFS working directory is POOLA:RCLARKE.PRINTDEL
ftp> !date
Tue Oct 23 14:05:00 EDT 2001
ftp> put ftpfile
local: ftpfile remote: ftpfile
200 Port request OK.
150 Storing file 'ftpfile.$DEFAULT'
250 Transfer completed successfully.
34752544 bytes sent in 1.3e+02 seconds (2.6e+02 Kbytes/s)
ftp>
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ftp> open mitvma
Connected to mitvma.mit.edu.
220-FTPSERVE IBM VM Level 320 at mitvma.mit.edu, 14:12:09 EDT TUESDAY
2001-10-23
220 Connection will close if idle for more than 5 minutes.
500 Unknown command, 'AUTH'
500 Unknown command, 'AUTH'
KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type
Name (mitvma:rclarke): recftp
331 Send password please.
Password:
230 RECFTP logged in; no working directory defined
Remote system type is VM.
ftp> cd poola:rclarke.printdel
250 SFS working directory is POOLA:RCLARKE.PRINTDEL
ftp> !date
Tue Oct 23 14:11:27 EDT 2001
ftp> put ftpfile
local: ftpfile remote: ftpfile
200 Port request OK.
150 Storing file 'ftpfile.$DEFAULT'
250 Transfer completed successfully.
34752544 bytes sent in 1.3e+02 seconds (2.6e+02 Kbytes/s)
ftp>
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At 2:00 PM -0400 10/21/01, David F Lambert wrote:
>Many, many thanks to all for testing various paths, isolating the funkiness
>we'd been experiencing on the E19 printer, performance with the pillage
>server, bad behavioral problems printing from various SAP servers, analyzing
>test results, finding the source problem, and for patching the switch.
>
>The print delivery team had been poking at this problem for some time
>with the primary symptom being the slowness of the E19 printer. The
>recent SAP printing tests really helped identify the source of the problem.
>
>Our only known remaining problem with meeting the original goal for November
>printing of October GL statements is some additional disk space for pillage.
>At least that issue should be a lot simpler to resolve! :)
>
>Again, my thanks to everyone for their time spent on this.
>
>Dave (for the print delivery team)
>
>ps. We will perform additional testing tomorrow to confirm the switch
> fixed the other problems we experienced. Assume all is well unless
> you hear otherwise by the day's end.
>
>pps for Theresa. I checked the IPM queues too, and didn't see the recent
> file submits. Another note this weekend indicated pillage was sending
> lots of messages to the op console. I suspect there's another problem
> with pillage. We'll track that down and get you an answer tomorrow.
>
>On Sat, 20 Oct 2001 21:21:58 -0400 you said:
>>Good Day,
>>
>>After further discussion and testing, today, it appears that the problem
>>sending SAP R/3 print requests from SF5/PS1 to "pillage" may be resolved.
>>
>>The solution included an update to w91-109-sw-1's (18.92.0.9)
>>configuration, to force the communication between pillage and the switch to
>>use full duplex. Previously the switch had been communicating with pillage
>>in half duplex mode, despite pillage expecting full duplex communication.
>>This configuration was causing degraded performance overall between w91's
>>local network and remote locations, and complete inoperability between the
>>SAP R/3 environment and the IPM server within the local ethernet segment.
>>While destinations outside of the local network appeared functional, they
>>still likely suffered degraded performance due to the mismatch in
>>communication modes between the switch and pillage.
>>
>>Unfortunately, I can not test all scenarios or validate any printing.
> >
> > -- at the moment, SF5 is unavailable
> > -- print requests from PS1 arrive in the gltw queue; however, the
> >printer is unavailable
>>Printer: gltw@pillage 'ibm3160 W91-130' (printing disabled)
>>
>>Queue: 4 printable jobs
>>Server: no server active
>>Status: job 'zacheiss@western-outpost+96' removed at 14:34:36.632
>>
>>Rank Owner/ID Class Job Files Size Time
> >1 tregan@beech+98 A 98 000MED7h.SF5.cop 145421 15:56:16
>>2 tregan@beech+99 A 99 <NULL> 409902 15:58:36
>>3 tregan@beech+100 A 100 <NULL> 2112169 16:03:36
>>4 tregan@beech+101 A 101 <NULL> 633042 16:03:37
>>athena%
>>
>> -- the web page, <https://pillage.mit.edu/>, does not reflect the
>>recent print requests. Why?
>>
>>As people have time on Monday, any additional testing and printing would be
>>appreciated.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Theresa
>>
