On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:04:26AM -0400, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: > Holger Parplies wrote at about 11:29:49 +0100 on Thursday, October 30, 2008: > > Hi, > > > > Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote on 2008-10-30 03:55:16 -0400 [[BackupPC-users] > Duplicate files in pool with same CHECKSUM and same CONTENTS]: > > > I have found a number of files in my pool that have the same checksum > > > (other than a trailing _0 or _1) and also the SAME CONTENT. Each copy > > > has a few links to it by the way. > > > > > > Why is this happening? > > > > presumably creating a link sometimes fails, so BackupPC copies the file, > > assuming the hard link limit has been reached. I suspect problems with your > > NFS server, though not a "stale NFS file handle" in this case, > > since the file succeeds. Strange. > > Yes - I am beginning to think that may be true. However as I mentioned > in the other thread, the syslog on the nfs server is clean and the one > on the client shows only about a dozen or so nfs timeouts over the > past 12 hours which is the time period I am looking at now. Otherwise, > I don't see any nfs errors. > So if it is a nfs problem, something seems to be happening somewhat > randomly and invisibly to the filesystem.
IIRC you are using a soft nfs mount option right? If you are writing to an NFS share that is not recommended. Try changing it to a hard mount and see if the problem goes away. I only used soft mounts on read only filesystems. -- -- rouilj John Rouillard System Administrator Renesys Corporation 603-244-9084 (cell) 603-643-9300 x 111 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/