[Linux-cluster] Defending GFS

[Pedro Espinoza]

We ran into such problems few times: my collegue just reboots that node;)


On 2/19/08, Ray Charles <raycharles_man at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> GFS ver 6.1, not gfs2.
>
> I am looking for an intelligent way to defend the use
> of gfs on a prod cluster. Every time there's an issue
> I hear a cacophony of voices that declare that "GFS
> caused ... whatever."
>
> Most recently there was an instance where doing an ls
> of a certain sub dir that happened to be on a GFS
> partition just hung. All other sub dir in that same
> partition could be navigated. Does that sound like a
> typical scenario? Aside from the system log is there
> any other place to check??
>
> If gfs gets into a funny state how can i detect it or
> test for it?
>
> tia-
>
> -Ray
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