Storage server, hung tasks and tracebacks

[Stan Hoeppner]

On 5/2/2012 1:44 PM, Brian Candler wrote:
> I have a really wierd problem with storage. The one thing that I *can* see
> is dmesg output giving messages about hung tasks and XFS call tracebacks, so
> I'm posting here in the hope that someone can help me interpret them - even
> if only to say "this definitely means that your disks are not responding"
> would be very helpful.
...
> Any other suggestions (and of course interpretation of the kernel call
> tracebacks) would be much appreciated.

Which mainboards are these Brian?  Make/model?

Make/model/count of all add in cards?

Make/model of PSU?

Make model of chassis?

I'll sleuth around and see what I can find.  Could be some obscure
expansion card interaction.  Could be undersized PSUs or lack of
backplanes spread evenly across the 12v rails of a multi-rail PSU, etc, etc.

-- 
Stan