Can SOMEONE please test this and help out? I'm using pretty generic
hardware/software config here. This is a very critical issue. Please help if
you can just take 15mins to run the scripts.
--
Austin Gonyou
Systems Architect, CCNA
Coremetrics, Inc.
Phone: 512-796-9023
email: austin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gonyou, Austin [mailto:austin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 4:29 PM
> To: Linux XFS Mailing List
> Subject: RE: Linux + XFS + SCSI = Problems?
>
>
> I just started trying it. Sorry for the conusion. I started
> using it because
> I put a sleep(1); just after the print garbage and noticed
> that the system
> was writing out in 4096 byte chunks. The mount options there
> are from a
> progression of trying different things.
>
> --
> Austin Gonyou
> Systems Architect, CCNA
> Coremetrics, Inc.
> Phone: 512-796-9023
> email: austin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steve Lord [mailto:lord@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 3:45 PM
> > To: Gonyou, Austin
> > Cc: Linux XFS Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: Linux + XFS + SCSI = Problems?
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 2001-10-31 at 15:37, Gonyou, Austin wrote:
> > > I'm trying to uncover the root of an issue.
> > > The issue is this:
> > > When running a perl script I can get perl to jump up to
> > 99% cpu. When this
> > > happens, I can't kill the process.
> > > The only thing I can do to recover properly is reset the
> > system. Either
> > > power cycle or reset.
> > > Is there anyone who could attempt to run the attatched
> > script and let me
> > > know if they experience something similar?
> > >
> > > The targe configuration of the box I'm most concerned with
> > is as follows:
> > > 512MB RAM (ecc, parity, registered)
> > > 1x 9GB SCSI HDD(seagate)
> > > 1x PCI RAID controller(AMI MegaRAID express) wrthru and
> read-cached.
> > > DUAL 550 PIII
> > > RH 7.1 SGI XFS 1.0 installed or later.
> > > non-updated perl 5.6.0(installed with 7.1)
> > > Mount options for the filesystem I'm testing with.
> > > /dev/sda5 on /home type xfs (rw,biosize=13,logbufs=8,osyncisdsync)
> > >
> > > 2.4.13 Vanilla kernel + SGI XFS patch for 2.4.13.
> > > Attatched are the perl scripts I use to test with. Also the
> > kernel config
> > > I'm using. I'm pretty desparate here.
> > > If you can offer help on this, please help!
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Austin Gonyou
> > > Systems Architect, CCNA
> > > Coremetrics, Inc.
> > > Phone: 512-796-9023
> > > email: austin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > ----
> > >
> >
> > Austin, you did not tell me you were using biosize, have you tried
> > without it?
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > --
> >
> > Steve Lord voice:
> +1-651-683-3511
> > Principal Engineer, Filesystem Software email: lord@xxxxxxx
> >
>
|