Xose, On Wed, 2018-12-12 at 17:58 +0100, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote: > On 11/7/18 11:41 AM, Martin Wilck wrote: > > > I apologize for coming back to this after more than a year. > > I've been wondering about your dev_loss recommendation. > > > > What is the rationale for setting dev_loss and fast_io_fail to the > > same > > value, which is straight against the general recommendation? And > > what > > is the reason for the aggressively low dev_loss value anyway? > > Device > > loss and re-discovery is much more complex to handle for both the > > kernel and multipathd than failure/reinstantiation. You are the > > only > > vendor who recommends setting dev_loss less than the default of > > 600s. > > > > Could you share your reasoning please? > IMO, any change of a standard value should be documented. I agree. Have you looked at the past conversation (August 2017)? You challenged Arnon for explanations, but he came up with just a general statement ("Timeout and path recovery values are adjusted for error- free hot upgrade scenarios."), no detailed explanations. In particular, no rationale was given for the unusually aggressive dev_loss setting. That's the point of my inquiry. Martin -- Dr. Martin Wilck <mwilck@xxxxxxxx>, Tel. +49 (0)911 74053 2107 SUSE Linux GmbH, GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel