Hello,
We are experiencing "PingAck timeout" on a system where multiple DRBD resources
are configured (more exactly a pair of active/active Lustre MDS servers):
A --- drbd0 --- B [nfs-data] idle
A --- drbd1 --- B [nfs-apps] idle
A --- drbd2 --- B [nfs-tmp] idle
A --> drbd3 --> B [mdt1] heavy load
A <-- drbd4 <-- B [mdt2] heavy load
A --- drbd5 --- B [mgs] idle
Our environment is DRBD 8.4.4, with "ping-int = 10s" and "ping-timeout = 25"
(2.5s)
The link between the two servers is 20Gb/s Infiniband (configured in datagram
mode).
Strangely, the timeout occurs on an idle resource (e.g. drbd1) when two of the
other resources ('mdt1' and 'mdt2') are heavily loaded (and displaying no
connection/timeout problem what-so-ever).
Looking at the source code, I believe that DRBD cannot know about the
potentially "congested" link (because of the heavily loaded resources, 'mdt1'
and 'mdt2') and the potentially resulting PingAck timeout it may spawn for
another idle one (e.g. 'drbd1'). Am I right ?
Is there a way to circumvent this problem ?
Thanks and best,
Cédric Dufour
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Cédric Dufour @ Idiap Research Institute
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