Wayne,
Looks like it does not work. Now I have the same problem even
with ext2 filer system. My box is not running e-mail server, but
as a file server. The data transfer volume is huge (70GB+), but
the individual file is not that big, 200MB in average. After the
system hang, I could see the rcp (which is the program I transfer
files) is still running, just because the iowait too high causing
the server is not moving at all. The server still can be pinged,
BTW.
Thx & Rgds,
Chang Hong
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Hmmm Im not sure. All of my drives are ext3 drives (including the one
with that patch I sent).
I know the server which I had to do it on isn't handling large data
files, but rather many many many
small ones (mail server with anti-virus scan which handles ~1800
messages an hour so it's all disk io).
Im still guessing you want to mess with the pagecache settings.
Perhaps try a larger number.
(2 10 75 /proc/sys/vm/pagecache) .
Wayner
>>> csu4@xxxxxxxxx 06/10/2004 11:32:52 pm >>>
Hi Wayne,
Thanks a lot for the tips. I did have a try:
1. If the file system is ext2 for the large IO operation,
then your work around works;
2. If the file system is ext3, then it hangs again.
I'm wondering if this is ext3 problem or the parameter you
mentioned must be adjusted for ext3?
Thx & Rgds,
schyu
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I had a similar problem and did a google search on it a while back. I
found this little snippet and
tried it and have never had a problem since :
In your rc.d/rc.local file append the following two lines :
echo 100 > /proc/sys/vm/inactive_clean_percent
echo 2 10 20 > /proc/sys/vm/pagecache
I would give this a try.
Wayner
>>> csu4@xxxxxxxxx 04/10/2004 1:46:04 am >>>
Hi there,
Could anyone help to find the system hung problem? The box
is running RHEL 3AS Update3. Whenever I do a massive data
transfer (such as rcp from another box to this box), after
certain time (around six to seven hours), this box would
hang up. I could see the top output even it's hung, and it
showed that the iowait is 99% and system contributed another
1% making the server moving nowhere.
The box connected to a HP MSA500 Smart Array Storage, thru
multipath (I enabled it following the user guide) connection.
The filesystem is ext3 format. Any problem here?
Thx & Rgds,
SCHYU
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