Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 10:29:55 +0100 From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: Rami AlZaid <lists@alzaid.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: nfsd Benchmark Message-ID: <20010328102955.A92875@walton.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.12.2.20010327202300.04c60e10@wheresmymailserver.com>; from lists@alzaid.com on Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 08:29:35PM -0500 References: <5.1.0.12.2.20010327202300.04c60e10@wheresmymailserver.com>
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On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 08:29:35PM -0500, Rami AlZaid wrote: > I'm currently running 4.3-BETA and I'm trying to benchmark nfsd > with iozone. When using a Linux machine (2.2.18) as the nfs client and a > FreeBSD machine as the nfs server, the whole FreeBSD machine hangs when > trying to benchmark and the only thing I could do is turn it off and turn > it back on again. The nfsd works fine in normal usage but it just hangs > when benchmarking. Does anyone know why would nfsd hangs the FreeBSD > machine when trying to benchmark it? is this a bug? Definitely a bug. Linux used to have lousy clustering, which would result in the NFS server being hit harder during writes, but I think this has been fixed. It shouldn't kill the server either way. Have you tried compiling the debugger into the kernel and using ctl-alt-esc when it is wedged? (You'll find details of how to do this in the handbook.) David. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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