[Bug 999386] Re: Disk access locking whole PC

2012-06-01 Thread Kranti Agrawal
I have also faced this issue while copying the files from one external HDD to another. Typical transfer size is in range of 20-40 GBs. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/999386 Title:

[Bug 999386] Re: Disk access locking whole PC

2012-05-22 Thread Slogger
(Whereas, just copying a file only locks stuff some of the time, and usually more intermittently.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/999386 Title: Disk access locking whole PC To

[Bug 999386] Re: Disk access locking whole PC

2012-05-22 Thread Slogger
http://openbenchmarking.org/result/1205228-BY-FILESYSTE76 No idea if they're reasonable results or not, but they don't seem crazy. My sytem didn't seem to lock when I ran them, though I was gone for most of it. The bug you posted seems to describe similar symptoms. I think my issues are also

[Bug 999386] Re: Disk access locking whole PC

2012-05-21 Thread Slogger
When I try the above it just says 'No additional information collected' and quits. Possibly because there hasn't actually been a crash to trigger it? I'm going to try finding the PTS file systems tests and running them now. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 999386] Re: Disk access locking whole PC

2012-05-21 Thread Patrick Santos
I found a bug report upstream (Linux kernel) that has the same symptoms to your issue. May you review it, and if you believe this is the same problem you have, I can link the two reports: Large I/O operations result in poor interactive performance and high iowait times

[Bug 999386] Re: Disk access locking whole PC

2012-05-19 Thread Patrick Santos
You are mentioning Virtualbox in your report... What is your host OS, and is Ubuntu the guest? If you use large files regularly, you may want to read filesystem benchmarks such as http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=articleitem=ubuntu_1204_fsnum=1 In my experience (single hard drive) the xfs

[Bug 999386] Re: Disk access locking whole PC

2012-05-19 Thread Slogger
Ubuntu is the host, Windows 7 is a virtualized guest. Using the Phoronix test suite to do FS benchmarks is a good idea, I'll give that a go when I'm back at work on Monday. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 999386] Re: Disk access locking whole PC

2012-05-19 Thread Patrick Santos
Thank you for the information. Since Ubuntu is the host, this may have something to do with kernel, but they'll need logs during or after a large file transfer that you perform to be able to debug. Please run the following command (during or after your filesystem stress test) which will attach

[Bug 999386] Re: Disk access locking whole PC

2012-05-15 Thread Slogger
Find right package says I should use 'ubuntu-bug storage' to classify it, though so far as I can tell that is not actually possible. I also have no idea what Use Storage Symptom standard reply is. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 999386] Re: Disk access locking whole PC

2012-05-14 Thread Slogger
12.04 lts, if it's not clear. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/999386 Title: Disk access locking whole PC To manage notifications about this bug go to: