Re: [Linux-cluster] How to change GFS node timeout?

[David Teigland <teigland redhat com>]

On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 01:32:19PM -0400, Gordan Bobic wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> How can I change the timeout after which a node will be deemed to 
> have failed? My nodes are connected via a dedicated gigabit ethernet, and 
> the chances are that if a node doesn't respond withing a few seconds, or 
> 10 at the most, that it needs to be dropped so that it doesn't lock out 
> the remaining nodes.

If you're using cman with openais, then for 5 sec

<totem token="5000"/>

It was recently added to the man page cman(5).

If you're using cman-kernel, then for 5 sec

<cman deadnode_timeout="5"/>

Dave