-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote:
> Holger Parplies wrote at about 11:29:49 +0100 on Thursday, October 30, 2008:
>  > Hi,
>  > 
>  > Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote on 2008-10-30 03:55:16 -0400 [[BackupPC-users] 
> Duplicate files in pool with same CHECKSUM and same CONTENTS]:
>  > > I have found a number of files in my pool that have the same checksum
>  > > (other than a trailing _0 or _1) and also the SAME CONTENT. Each copy
>  > > has a few links to it by the way.
>  > > 
>  > > Why is this happening? 
>  > 
>  > presumably creating a link sometimes fails, so BackupPC copies the file,
>  > assuming the hard link limit has been reached. I suspect problems with your
>  > NFS server, though not a "stale NFS file handle" in this case, since 
> copying
>  > the file succeeds. Strange.
> 
> Yes - I am beginning to think that may be true. However as I mentioned
> in the other thread, the syslog on the nfs server is clean and the one
> on the client shows only about a dozen or so nfs timeouts over the
> past 12 hours which is the time period I am looking at now. Otherwise,
> I don't see any nfs errors.
> So if it is a nfs problem, something seems to be happening somewhat
> randomly and invisibly to the filesystem.

See this URL which assisted me in improving the performance, and
reducing NFS errors in my environment.
http://billharlan.com/pub/papers/NFS_for_clusters.html

It was written a long time ago, but most of it is stall very relevant (I
guess NFS has not changed much).

In my case, the actual problem was faulty memory in a new server plus
some sort of strange network card driver problem corrupting the NFS
packets....

It truly surprised me just how many errors I was getting even from my
existing load which I had never noticed.....

Regards,
Adam
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iD8DBQFJCc6IGyoxogrTyiURAoVnAJ9iKX9Sj8H7mDgmyrC182Uz+rIvgwCePvy5
J8OaYBtJuOvYC9a4JSNGEKI=
=gip1
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge
Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes
Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world
http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/
_______________________________________________
BackupPC-users mailing list
BackupPC-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
List:    https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users
Wiki:    http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net
Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/