Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 14 Mar 2003 10:31:18 -0800 | From | "Martin J. Bligh" <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.20 instability on bigmem systems? |
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> The primary problem: Whenever any process (or set of processes) initiates > intensive disk I/O, the system grinds to a halt, kswapd and kupdated > consume upwards of 40% to 60% CPU each, and system load averages can jump > upwards of 21.00. The problem can be replicated with a simple find command > ("find / -print" seems to do it nicely).
Well known set of problems. 2.4 vm sucks on big machines. Run 2.5, 2.4-aa, or UL.
Yes, you can spend a few weeks beating your head against a brick wall gathering various bugfixes if you like ... but you'll probably just end up with a sore head ...
M.
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