[OpenAFS] Connection Timed Out errors occasionally when accessing openafs drive

[Derrick Brashear]

I'd venture this is a bug fixed in 1.4.10, with idle dead time  
computation in rx.

Derrick


On May 10, 2009, at 9:53 PM, Ken Elkabany <Ken@Elkabany.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have openafs 1.4.9 client and server running on two separate
> machines across a WAN. The client has scripts that access the
> /afs/our.cell/ directory. Occasionally, the script will fail to
> complete, and the logs will say that the "Connection Timed Out" on a
> "mkdir -p /afs/our.cell/x/y/z" command. The frequency of the errors
> are approximately 1 in 100, small enough to not be easily reproducible
> manually, but enough to hamper our project. The scripts run as the
> root user, and is guaranteed to have the proper ticket and token. It's
> also important to note that these scripts often run in parallel (4 at
> a time, all root, modifying our cell). When one fails, all scripts
> running concurrently will fail with the same error, and I typically
> either unlog;kdestroy or restart the openafs-client (I am unsure which
> of those solutions is necessary or sufficient). I will soon have an
> additional LAN setup, and will determine if the same error occurs. Has
> anyone dealt with this issue before?
>
> Thank you for the assistance,
>
> Ken
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