Seen with R3.2 SM build 2, and Contrail package R3.2 build 5 as well nodec28 (cfgm0) in the above mentioned setup becomes, very slow to the execution of commands contrail-api.log shows same trace as mentioned in the comment #3 Before start of test case root@nodec28:~# ps -aux | grep mysql mysql 1363 2.1 0.7 12656876 258324 ? Sl Nov30 4:13 /usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --plugin-dir=/usr/lib/mysql/plugin --user=mysql --log-error=/var/log/mysql/error.log --pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock --port=3306 --wsrep_start_position=e133cfb1-b736-11e6-872d-3b4849414c8d:98762 root 26284 0.0 0.0 10464 936 pts/17 S+ 02:26 0:00 grep --color=auto mysql root 31396 0.0 0.0 4440 752 ? S Nov30 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_safe root@nodec28:~# root@nodec28:~# root@nodec28:~# After the Start of the test cases root@nodec28:~# ps -aux | grep mysql mysql 1363 2.1 0.7 12656876 258324 ? Sl Nov30 4:14 /usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --plugin-dir=/usr/lib/mysql/plugin --user=mysql --log-error=/var/log/mysql/error.log --pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock --port=3306 --wsrep_start_position=e133cfb1-b736-11e6-872d-3b4849414c8d:98762 root 29605 0.0 0.0 99716 2052 ? S 02:27 0:00 /usr/bin/mysql --connect_timeout 2 -h localhost --port 3306 -u cmon -px xx -e show global status where variable_name='wsrep_local_state' root 29612 0.0 0.0 99716 2048 ? S 02:27 0:00 /usr/bin/mysql --connect_timeout 2 -h localhost --port 3306 -u cmon -px xx -e show global status where variable_name='wsrep_local_state' root 29619 0.0 0.0 99716 2048 ? S 02:27 0:00 /usr/bin/mysql --connect_timeout 2 -h localhost --port 3306 -u cmon -px xx -e show global status where variable_name='wsrep_local_state' root 29664 0.0 0.0 99716 2052 ? S 02:27 0:00 /usr/bin/mysql --connect_timeout 2 -h localhost --port 3306 -u cmon -px xx -e show global status where variable_name='wsrep_local_state' root 29671 0.0 0.0 99716 2044 ? S 02:27 0:00 /usr/bin/mysql --connect_timeout 2 -h localhost --port 3306 -u cmon -px xx -e show global status where variable_name='wsrep_local_state' root 29678 0.0 0.0 99716 2048 ? S 02:27 0:00 /usr/bin/mysql --connect_timeout 2 -h localhost --port 3306 -u cmon -px xx -e show global status where variable_name='wsrep_local_state' root 29685 0.0 0.0 99716 2048 ? S 02:27 0:00 /usr/bin/mysql --connect_timeout 2 -h localhost --port 3306 -u cmon -px xx -e show global status where variable_name='wsrep_local_state' root 29693 0.0 0.0 99716 2044 ? S 02:27 0:00 /usr/bin/mysql --connect_timeout 2 -h localhost --port 3306 -u cmon -px xx -e show global status where variable_name='wsrep_local_state' root 29701 0.0 0.0 99716 2052 ? S 02:27 0:00 /usr/bin/mysql --connect_timeout 2 -h localhost --port 3306 -u cmon -px xx -e show global status where variable_name='wsrep_local_state' root 29707 0.0 0.0 99716 2048 ? S 02:27 0:00 /usr/bin/mysql --connect_timeout 2 -h localhost --port 3306 -u cmon -px xx -e show global status where variable_name='wsrep_local_state' root 29714 0.0 0.0 99716 2044 ? S 02:27 0:00 /usr/bin/mysql --connect_timeout 2 -h localhost --port 3306 -u cmon -px xx -e show global status where variable_name='wsrep_local_state' root 29721 0.0 0.0 99716 2052 ? S 02:27 0:00 /usr/bin/mysql --connect_timeout 2 -h localhost --port 3306 -u cmon -px xx -e show global status where variable_name='wsrep_local_state' root 29726 0.0 0.0 10464 940 pts/17 S+ 02:27 0:00 grep --color=auto mysql root 29746 0.0 0.0 99716 2048 ? S 02:27 0:00 /usr/bin/mysql --connect_timeout 2 -h localhost --port 3306 -u cmon -px xx -e show global status where variable_name='wsrep_local_state' root 29770 0.0 0.0 99716 2052 ? S 02:27 0:00 /usr/bin/mysql --connect_timeout 2 -h localhost --port 3306 -u cmon -px xx -e show global status where variable_name='wsrep_local_state' root 29791 0.0 0.0 99716 2048 ? S 02:27 0:00 /usr/bin/mysql --connect_timeout 2 -h localhost --port 3306 -u cmon -px xx -e show global status where variable_name='wsrep_local_state' root 29834 0.0 0.0 99716 2044 ? S 02:27 0:00 /usr/bin/mysql --connect_timeout 2 -h localhost --port 3306 -u cmon -px xx -e show global status where variable_name='wsrep_local_state' root 31396 0.0 0.0 4440 752 ? S Nov30 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_safe root@nodec28:~# And falls back to root@nodec28:~# ps -aux | grep mysql mysql 1363 2.1 0.7 12656876 258952 ? Sl Nov30 4:17 /usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --plugin-dir=/usr/lib/mysql/plugin --user=mysql --log-error=/var/log/mysql/error.log --pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock --port=3306 --wsrep_start_position=e133cfb1-b736-11e6-872d-3b4849414c8d:98762 root 22115 0.0 0.0 10464 936 pts/17 S+ 02:30 0:00 grep --color=auto mysql root 31396 0.0 0.0 4440 752 ? S Nov30 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_safe