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- From: yaron@aristo.tau.ac.il (Yaron Zabary)
- Subject: Re: 22 SGIs which tend to hang: Help!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.181413.5311@aristo.tau.ac.il>
- Organization: Tel-Aviv University Computation Center
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:14:13 GMT
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- Stephen M. Wynne (stevemw@wvirginia.wv.tek.com) wrote:
- : We have a frequent problem with "hanging" on our system. When use is
- : up, users (provided they have NFS-mounted partitions in their paths)
- : notice delays of 2 to 3 minutes (and longer) of commands as simple as
- : "clear."
-
- : We have 22 SGI systems at various stages of configuration/OS-level.
- : The central file-server is a 4D/35 "Data Station" with two ethernet
- : interfaces, one internal 1000MB and one external 1000MB disk, and
- : running 4.0.1. Services provided include:
-
- : Euclid CAD database via NFS for about 15-20 heavy users at a time,
- : perhaps 30 or more at times (there are about 50 Euclid users).
-
- : PC-NFS to an unknown number of PC users -- probably about 50 at a
- : time or more.
-
- : NFS-mounted home, mail, X-terminal tftp (30 systems), and a common
- : directory. The /etc/rmtab contains 383 entries.
-
- : Served include 21 SGIs including: 2 Crimsons, 4 Indigo R4000s, 2
- : Personal IRISs, leaving the remaining Indigo R3000s. The X-terminals
- : take XDMCP from the Crimsons and the R4000s for the most part.
-
- : Shared on the network are 15-20 Sun workstations which have very
- : little to do with the SGIs. The network rarely reaches 45% capacity.
- : The Suns have few complaints about network performance.
-
- : Intended changes include automouting home and work directories from
- : the individual workstations across the SGI platforms.
-
- : Thanks for any practial suggestions.
-
- Sorry to be so trivial, but have you tried to run more nfsd processes. I
- mean like launching nfsd with nfsd 16 (in /etc/rc2.d/S??network).
-
- : STEVE
- --
-
- -- Yaron.
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