John Pierce wrote: >> >> I would not attribute these symptoms to XFS. XFS is a mature, stable >> file system, at least as much as any other available in SuSE Linux / >> openSUSE. >> >> If your system is unstable, I'd diagnose the problem, probably >> hardware-related in this case, before a protracted file system >> conversion that is unlikely to yield any improvement. >> >> >> If you can establish a login via ssh or telnet from another computer >> (only use telnet if the connection is via network link that's behind a >> firewall or otherwise isolated from the Internet) in advance of the >> symptom, then when the hang occurs you may still be able to run some >> commands such as ps, top or one of the various monitoring commands. The >> first thing to look for is processes hung in a 'D' wait state (using >> ps). This can sometimes be the result of software problems (disk or >> file system drive bugs) but when it occurs frequently is probably the >> sign of a problem with a disk drive, controller or bus interface >> component. >> > I have seen a lot of traffic on other lists concerning the xfs file > system and random lockups caused by it. As posted earlier, I have > already converted the /home, /var, and /tmp partitions to ext3 and the > problems seem to be less frequent now. As to frequency, I was have at > least 2 lock ups per day on average. > > During these lock ups I had tried to ssh in to the machine but always > got a 'no route to host' response from ssh. > > Only powering off the machine would bring it back. I have not seen > anything in the logs to indicate a problem. > > Thanks for your input. I will continue to try to get into the machine > during any lock up though.
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