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On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 10:43 -0500, Weldon S Godfrey 3 wrote:
> This output was from a kernel on 12/08.  The issue really came up while we 
> tried to swap to 8.0-RC2.  We plan to swap back sometime in the near 
> future.  The same symptoms happened with RC2 so I am sure it is a kmem 
> exhaustion.  I am guessing v3 requires a lot more.  When we switch, i'll 
> change to using the em card.

Sorry, can you clarify: have you ever tested the em card with the
8.0-RC2 kernel?

> This machine is very important.  I could set up an additional machine, but 
> I don't have the ability to simulate the load nor have the large drive 
> array attached.

OK, thanks.

Gavin