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From: David Vastine <dvastine@vastine.net>
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On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 08:51:06PM -0400, Ken Smith wrote:
> 
> and worked out.  At this point the only major problem has been the above
> mentioned issue of large server (4 processors or more) hanging under extreme
> load conditions (varied load of local processes like database and heavy
> network load).  Details to help with debugging have been hard to obtain
> though progress is being made.  If anyone is in a position to help with
> trying to reproduce this it would be appreciated.

Does this also occur on sparc platforms?  I have a 4 processor sparc
platform that is available to test with.  I don't see any discussion of
the problem anywhere..  Who should I contact?

David Vastine