Re: UI freezes while copying large file via NFS

2010-08-10 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2010-08-10 at 17:27 +0300, Gilboa Davara wrote: > > I mentioned this in my first post. It doesn't happen with copies to the > > local HD. > > > > poc > > > > OK. Next step. > Try ping flooding (ping -s 1400 -f, as root) another host on your > network. Do you see the same results? > How man

Re: UI freezes while copying large file via NFS

2010-08-10 Thread Gilboa Davara
> I mentioned this in my first post. It doesn't happen with copies to the > local HD. > > poc > OK. Next step. Try ping flooding (ping -s 1400 -f, as root) another host on your network. Do you see the same results? How many packets are lost (if any)? - Gilboa -- users mailing list users@lists.fe

Re: UI freezes while copying large file via NFS

2010-08-10 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2010-08-10 at 10:49 +0300, Gilboa Davara wrote: > On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 6:30 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan > wrote: > > $ cat /proc/interrupts > > CPU0 CPU1 > > 31: 58723167 0 PCI-MSI-edge eth0 > > 23:1445442 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb2,

Re: UI freezes while copying large file via NFS

2010-08-10 Thread Gilboa Davara
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 6:30 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > $ cat /proc/interrupts >           CPU0       CPU1 >  31:   58723167          0   PCI-MSI-edge      eth0 > 23:1445442 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb2, uhci_hcd:usb5 Ethernet is using MSI interrupts with no sharing. I

Re: UI freezes while copying large file via NFS

2010-08-09 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2010-08-10 at 04:39 +0300, Gilboa Davara wrote: > >> Are you seeing perhaps a common ethernet and disk or ethernet and > video > >> using the same interrupt? > > > > Not as far as I can tell (using 'lshw'). > > > > poc > > > > What's the output of /proc/interrupts $ cat /proc/interrupts

Re: UI freezes while copying large file via NFS

2010-08-09 Thread Gilboa Davara
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 4:19 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 20:12 -0400, John Mellor wrote: >> On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 19:10 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> > On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 15:46 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: >> > > Use rsync to do the copying and come up with a --bw

Re: UI freezes while copying large file via NFS

2010-08-09 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 20:12 -0400, John Mellor wrote: > On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 19:10 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 15:46 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > > > Use rsync to do the copying and come up with a --bwlimit > > > option that will keep it from completely clogging the

Re: UI freezes while copying large file via NFS

2010-08-09 Thread John Mellor
On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 19:10 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 15:46 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > > Use rsync to do the copying and come up with a --bwlimit > > option that will keep it from completely clogging the > > network and let it catch its breath sometimes. > > I don'

Re: UI freezes while copying large file via NFS

2010-08-09 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 15:46 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > Use rsync to do the copying and come up with a --bwlimit > option that will keep it from completely clogging the > network and let it catch its breath sometimes. I don't think clogging the network is really the issue but when I throttled it t

Re: UI freezes while copying large file via NFS

2010-08-09 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 13:45 -0700, Konstantin Svist wrote: > On 08/09/2010 12:36 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > I've been copying some large (several GB) files from my local system to > > a NAS server on my LAN, using NFS. > > > > The local files are on an external USB drive (Iomega 500GB unit)

Re: UI freezes while copying large file via NFS

2010-08-09 Thread kalinix
On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 13:45 -0700, Konstantin Svist wrote: > On 08/09/2010 12:36 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > I've been copying some large (several GB) files from my local system to > > a NAS server on my LAN, using NFS. > > > > poc > > Usually you see this kind of problem when your HDD is

Re: UI freezes while copying large file via NFS

2010-08-09 Thread Konstantin Svist
On 08/09/2010 12:36 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > I've been copying some large (several GB) files from my local system to > a NAS server on my LAN, using NFS. > > The local files are on an external USB drive (Iomega 500GB unit) on a > USB 2 port. The NAS server is also Iomega, an ix-200. The n

Re: UI freezes while copying large file via NFS

2010-08-09 Thread Tom Horsley
On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:06:11 -0430 Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > Any thoughts on this would be welcome. I can't explain the problem (that would be for someone who understands the network code in linux :-), but I can offer a workaround gimmick: Use rsync to do the copying and come up with a --bwli

UI freezes while copying large file via NFS

2010-08-09 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
I've been copying some large (several GB) files from my local system to a NAS server on my LAN, using NFS. The local files are on an external USB drive (Iomega 500GB unit) on a USB 2 port. The NAS server is also Iomega, an ix-200. The network switch is a Belkin Wireless G with 100Mbps Ethernet por