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Alexandre Hardy updated ZOOKEEPER-885:
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    Description: 
A zookeeper server under minimum load, with a number of clients watching 
exactly one node will fail to maintain the connection when the machine is 
subjected to moderate IO load.

In a specific test example we had three zookeeper servers running on dedicated 
machines with 45 clients connected, watching exactly one node. The clients 
would disconnect after moderate load was added to each of the zookeeper servers 
with the command:
{noformat}
dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/mapper/nimbula-test
{noformat}

The {{dd}} command transferred data at a rate of about 4Mb/s.

The same thing happens with
{noformat}
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mapper/nimbula-test
{noformat}

It seems strange that such a moderate load should cause instability in the 
connection.

Very few other processes were running, the machines were setup to test the 
connection instability we have experienced. Clients performed no other read or 
mutation operations.

Although the documents state that minimal competing IO load should present on 
the zookeeper server, it seems reasonable that moderate IO should not cause 
problems in this case.

  was:
A zookeeper server under minimum load, with a number of clients watching 
exactly one node will fail to maintain the connection when the machine is 
subjected to moderate IO load.

In a specific test example we had three zookeeper servers running on dedicated 
machines with 45 clients connected, watching exactly one node. The clients 
would disconnect after moderate load was added to each of the zookeeper servers 
with the command:
{noformat}
dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/mapper/nimbula-test
{noformat}

The {{dd}} command transferred data at a rate of about 4Mb/s.

The same thing happens with
{noformat}
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mapper/nimbula-test
{noformat}
transferring at a rate of about 120Mb/s. 

It seems strange that such a moderate load should cause instability in the 
connection.

Very few other processes were running, the machines were setup to test the 
connection instability we have experienced. Clients performed no other read or 
mutation operations.

Although the documents state that minimal competing IO load should present on 
the zookeeper server, it seems reasonable that moderate IO should not cause 
problems in this case.


> Zookeeper drops connections under moderate IO load
> --------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: ZOOKEEPER-885
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-885
>             Project: Zookeeper
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: server
>    Affects Versions: 3.2.2
>         Environment: Debian (Lenny)
> 1Gb RAM
> swap disabled
> 100Mb heap for zookeeper
>            Reporter: Alexandre Hardy
>            Priority: Critical
>         Attachments: WatcherTest.java
>
>
> A zookeeper server under minimum load, with a number of clients watching 
> exactly one node will fail to maintain the connection when the machine is 
> subjected to moderate IO load.
> In a specific test example we had three zookeeper servers running on 
> dedicated machines with 45 clients connected, watching exactly one node. The 
> clients would disconnect after moderate load was added to each of the 
> zookeeper servers with the command:
> {noformat}
> dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/mapper/nimbula-test
> {noformat}
> The {{dd}} command transferred data at a rate of about 4Mb/s.
> The same thing happens with
> {noformat}
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mapper/nimbula-test
> {noformat}
> It seems strange that such a moderate load should cause instability in the 
> connection.
> Very few other processes were running, the machines were setup to test the 
> connection instability we have experienced. Clients performed no other read 
> or mutation operations.
> Although the documents state that minimal competing IO load should present on 
> the zookeeper server, it seems reasonable that moderate IO should not cause 
> problems in this case.

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