On 12/14/2012 07:22 AM, Muhammad Sharfuddin wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-12-14 at 14:09 +0100, Fabian Herschel wrote:
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>> Hi Muhammad,
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>> also find my ansawer inline...
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>> On 12/14/2012 12:55 PM, Muhammad Sharfuddin wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2012-12-14 at 16:47 +0500, Muhammad Sharfuddin wrote:
>>>> please find me replies in-line
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 2012-12-14 at 12:13 +0100, Fabian Herschel wrote:
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>>>>> As you are using Multcast (MCAST)
>>>>>
>>>> yes
>>>>
>>> so using Unicast instead of MCAST, would be a solution ?
>>>
>>
>> It COULD be a solution, if the network was the problem.
>>
> Ok, will try it.
> But as this problem is not **frequent**, I mean this cluster was running
> almost since 2 months without any error, therefore after switching to
> Unicast I have to wait for at least next 2 months to be sure that using
> Unicast is a fix.
> 
>> Some years ago I wrote a tiny programm to send MCAST with
>> high load and to count drops - maybe I can reload the code
>> and sent it to you, if you are interested. Its GPL so free
>> to use under the terms of GPL and no warranty :)
>>
>>
> Waiting.. thanks, appreciated a lot.

Cisco switch?

I've heard of them (possibly others) periodically drop multicast groups
as a way to clean up stale groups, figuring the client will just
re-request membership. Trouble is, it takes too long so the cluster
fails. The answer is to set a static multicast group in the switch.

I believe you can use omping to test multicast.

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