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Subject: Re: ZFS "stalls" -- and maybe we should be talking about defaults?
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 04:01:47 -0000
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karl Denninger" <karl@denninger.net>
>> Then it happened I thought the machine had wedged, but minutes (not
>> seconds) later, everything sprung into action again.
>
> That's exactly what I can reproduce here; the stalls are anywhere from a
> few seconds to well north of a half-minute.  It looks like the machine
> is hung -- but it is not.

Out of interest when this happens for you is syncer using lots of CPU?

If its anything like my stalls you'll need top loaded prior to the fact.

    Regards
    Steve

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