I have included the current value of vm.min_free_kbytes below. [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/sys/vm/min_free_kbytes 90112
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Ryan C. England <[email protected]>wrote: > Denice, > > First and foremost, thank you for the reply. I have included the I/O > stack for your convenience. > > nfs, xfs, lvm, megaraid_sas > > I could get rid of lvm layer, but the others are required. We're > currently using this as our NAS. When the array was created, ext4 was not > yet widely adopted so we chose to go with xfs. > > What value should I set for vm.min_free_kbytes? In further researching > the issue, I have discovered that 2.6.35 includes "xfs: skip writeback from > reclaim context." Should I entertain the idea of using a newer version of > the kernel? > > Thank you > > -- > Ryan C. England > Corvid Technologies <http://www.corvidtec.com/> > office: 704-799-6944 x158 > cell: 980-521-2297 > -- Ryan C. England Corvid Technologies <http://www.corvidtec.com/> office: 704-799-6944 x158 cell: 980-521-2297
