[mirror-admin] "file has vanished" again

[Rob van Nieuwkerk]

On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:32:47 -0500 (CDT)
Mike McGrath <mmcgrath at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 16 Oct 2009, Rob van Nieuwkerk wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:52:25 -0500 (CDT)
> > Mike McGrath <mmcgrath at redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, 16 Oct 2009, Chris Adams wrote:
> > >
> > > > Once upon a time, Mike McGrath <mmcgrath at redhat.com> said:
> > > > > On Thu, 15 Oct 2009, Carlos Carvalho wrote:
> > > > > > Chris Adams (cmadams at hiwaay.net) wrote on 15 October 2009 12:56:
> > > > > >  >I'm seeing more of the rsync "file has vanished" messages again, and
> > > > > >  >they seem to persist for hours.  For example, today I'm seeing:
> > > > > >  >
> > > > > >  >receiving file list ... file has vanished: "/linux/development/source/SRPMS/anaconda-12.37-1.fc12.src.rpm" (in fedora-enchilada)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Same here.
> > > > >
> > > > > Where are you syncing from and what file are seeing the same file vanish
> > > > > every time or a different one?
> > > >
> > > > Syncing from download3.fedora.redhat.com (also seen in a test on
> > > > download1).
> > > >
> > > > Yesterday, I saw the same anaconda-12.37-1.fc12.src.rpm "vanished" for
> > > > hours.  Eventually it came through.  I saw the first "vanished" message
> > > > at about 07:30 CDT and again several times up through 18:00 CDT.
> > > >
> > > > It appears that this was a file to be deleted yesterday (it was deleted
> > > > here in a run that started at 23:00 CDT), so maybe the problem is on the
> > > > delete side of syncing (deleting from the filesystem but not the
> > > > metadata?).
> > > >
> > >
> > > K, I have a hunch I know what this is.  These shares are all on nfs and we
> > > have a fairly high actimeo set.  I'll see about tuning this value.
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > This "file has vanished" behaviour is not new: I see it all the time
> > and I've reported it several times over the years, but I kind of gave
> > up on it.
> >
> 
> Do you see it with mirroring other distributions?
> 
> 	-Mike

Hi Mike,

I can't tell: I have a dedicated Fedora mirror,
it's the only thing I mirror !

	rob

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