>> If a once-per-second sync avoids the issue, I would suggest shrinking >> your disk writeback cache. > > Specifically what are you suggesting I adjust? I'd already had a poke > through > /proc and not acheived anything useful.
Have a look at this, it explains what some of the values are and what effect it would have changing them: http://www.westnet.com/~gsmith/content/linux-pdflush.htm If you're in a hurry, skip down to the section "Tuning Recommendations for write-heavy operations" for suggestions directly related to the issue you're having. Cheers, Adam. _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
