Hi
we have a linux 2.4.10-XFS running on a 2xPIII (1GHz) + 1 Gb RAM + 4 x
36Gb SCSI HDD (on a Mylex AccellRAID170 RAID-5 array).
we have created a ~100GB XFS partition
this server is very used (average 1000 HTTP connections, 130 incoming smtp
connections, 20 ftpd sessions, 10 pop sessions, 15 IMAP sessions)
the kernel we are using has been running with no known problems on a
similar machine (the same hardware) for several months now
our machine has strange problems. once a day at least it "crashes".
ill give more details about this. some processes are starting to hang in D
state (and dont die with kill -9). if i leave it like this my load average
its increasing every minute (i got even a 200.0). after a while i cannot
even reboot it (if im quick and i run reboot before the D proccesses gets
too many i am able to reboot it).
if i try to use sysrq+s (for emergency sync) it starts sync-ing on other
partitions but the syncing process hangs on the XFS partition
dmesg doesnt say anything unusual
i dont have any ideea, i know its very possible its not XFS issue but i
just want to ask here maybe somebody runned into similar problems with XFS
(i searched the mail archives and i couldnt find something helpfull)
thanks
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Mihai RUSU
"... and what if this is as good as it gets ?"
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