[Linux-cluster] Starter Cluster / GFS

Gordan Bobic gordan at bobich.net
Sat Nov 20 11:15:08 UTC 2010


On 11/19/2010 05:46 PM, Nicolas Ross wrote:
>> Back when I tried using it, it was reproducible by having > 1 dovecot
>> IMAP
>> client running in the cluster with maildirs stored on GFS2. Accessing
>> mailboxes with only 2-3 users used to reliably deadlock it in under 10
>> seconds. The only cure was a full cluster reboot. IIRC I was told at the
>> time here that the bug was one of the known ones, so I never bothered
>> investigating further.
>
> Ok, I see, in your case, users were connecting to a single node or many ?

Many.

> Is there a bug report for this with someting I can reproduce without
> having to install a full IMAP server ?

As I said, I never bothered filing a bug report or developing a more 
specific test case because it was mentioned that a similar bug is 
already known.

Gordan




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