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

[Ken Elkabany]

Is this bug fixed in the client or the server? Thanks.

Ken

On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 7:22 PM, Derrick Brashear <shadow@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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