From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 29 13:51:59 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB494106566C for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:51:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from mail.ebusiness-leidinger.de (mail.ebusiness-leidinger.de [217.11.53.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6040D8FC17 for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:51:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from outgoing.leidinger.net (p5B15464E.dip.t-dialin.net [91.21.70.78]) by mail.ebusiness-leidinger.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 76D20844015; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:51:54 +0200 (CEST) Received: from webmail.leidinger.net (webmail.Leidinger.net [IPv6:fd73:10c7:2053:1::2:102]) by outgoing.leidinger.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6870B1885; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:51:51 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from www@localhost) by webmail.leidinger.net (8.14.4/8.13.8/Submit) id p2TDpoal099704; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:51:50 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from pslux.ec.europa.eu (pslux.ec.europa.eu [158.169.9.14]) by webmail.leidinger.net (Horde Framework) with HTTP; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:51:49 +0200 Message-ID: <20110329155149.167768mu74in1ios@webmail.leidinger.net> Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:51:49 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Claus Guttesen References: <113777190.2282503.1301350571721.JavaMail.root@erie.cs.uoguelph.ca> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Dynamic Internet Messaging Program (DIMP) H3 (1.1.6) X-EBL-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-EBL-MailScanner-ID: 76D20844015.AD759 X-EBL-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-EBL-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, spamhaus-ZEN, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=0, required 6, autolearn=disabled) X-EBL-MailScanner-From: alexander@leidinger.net X-EBL-MailScanner-Watermark: 1302011515.39216@u6SjrVckn4iS+5sga4+kWA X-EBL-Spam-Status: No Cc: Rick Macklem , FreeBSD Stable Subject: Re: zfs, nfs and zil X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:51:59 -0000 Quoting Claus Guttesen (from Tue, 29 Mar 2011 06:57:40 +0200): >>> I'm mounting the FreeBSD-server from a couple of vmware esxi 4.1 >>> servers using nfs, but when there is alot of i/o the server becomes >>> unresponsive, easily triggered by installing ie. ms-sql. The server >>> itself is up but is not reachable from the network. When I take the >>> nic down and up again connection to the network is reestablished >>> (ip-wise). >>> >> So, is it just NFS that wedges or all IP activity and does NFS come >> back to life after the "ifconfig XX up"? > > All ip-activitiy, dns, ssh etc. on the interface (ip-address) that is > mounted. So whenever I test I log in to the server using the other > ip-address and whenever it stops responding to ping or my screen > session stops I reload the interfaces and the traffic resumes. Are the two NICs the same brand/driver/board? If not, could you try to switch the networks on them and test if the problem persists? It would also be nice if you could tell which driver/chip the NIC with the problem is. Bye, Alexander. -- Q: What do monsters eat? A: Things. Q: What do monsters drink? A: Coke. (Because Things go better with Coke.) http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137