[OpenAFS] Connection timed out?

[Hartmut Reuter]

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Robbert Eggermont wrote:
> L.S.,
> 
> We are evaluating OpenAFS for use with 50 clients. One of the tests is a
> kernel build on 50 clients at the same time.
> 
> During this test we encounter 'Permission denied' errors, which seem to
> coincide with 'kernel: afs: failed to store file (110)' entries in
> /var/log/messages. 110=Connection timed out. The fileserver is busy but
> responsive, about 25 builds (out of 50) complete normally.
> 
> We are running 1.4.8 client & server, kernel > 2.6.18 64-bits. Currently
> all server processes run on the same server. Fileserver settings:
> /usr/afs/bin/fileserver -p 128 -b 512 -l 3072 -s 3072 -vc 3072 -cb 65536
> -busyat 1536 -rxpck 1024 -nojumbo
> 
> What are we doing wrong (except for the way we test;-))?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Robbert
> 

My feeling is that here the famous new (with 1.4.8) idleDead mechanism
plays a role. It would be interesting whether the same happens on 1.4.7
clients or not.

Hartmut

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