Date: 26 Nov 2003 09:18:03 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@apropo.ro> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sync delay and consitency Message-ID: <444qwrkyck.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20031125134915.2514dd57.itetcu@apropo.ro> References: <20031125134915.2514dd57.itetcu@apropo.ro>
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Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@apropo.ro> writes: > I have a machine that randomly crashes. I wonder if lowering > > Variable Default Description > kern.filedelay 30 time to delay syncing files > kern.dirdelay 29 time to delay syncing directories > kern.metadelay 28 time to delay syncing metadata > > would help having a more up-to-date fs (using soft-updates). It might. This may depend on *why* it's crashing, so I'd try attacking that problem first. > Also is there a reason for the 30-29-28 (the 1 differece between) > sequence ? I'd speculate that it's to keep the three cycles from synchronizing with each other (which they would tend to do if they were repeating with the same period).
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