On Saturday 01 April 2006 22:36, Weller, Michael wrote: > we are bound to SLES9SP3 (and EXACTLY that, nothing less, not a patch > more)
Having latest updates does not hurt, on the contrary, it helps. For example, the latest kernel has OCFS2 1.1.8, while the kernel from SP3 has 1.1.7. There are a number of bugfixes. SLES updates do really have a purpose. Apply them after testing in a non-production system. > It locks up immediately. Definitely nothing like a 12s timeout expires. It just looks like it's immediate, actually, the 12s do expire. > You mention a FAQ regarding some config option which I didn't come > across up to now, where can I find it? /boot/grub/menu.lst change elevator=cfq to elevator=deadline http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/ scroll down, look at the red text > Which options would you recommend to fix the problem or at least make > locks much less likely. You could also increase the timeout: /etc/sysconfig/o2cb # O2CB_HEARTBEAT_THRESHOLD: Iterations before a node is considered dead. O2CB_HEARTBEAT_THRESHOLD=16 _______________________________________________ Ocfs2-users mailing list [email protected] http://oss.oracle.com/mailman/listinfo/ocfs2-users
