High load from xfssyncd process on NFS server
Issue
- Very high load averages on RHEL6.4 NFS servers.
- "xfssyncd" and "migration" processes using up a lot of CPU time.
- No sign of significant NFS client activity and not much traffic over the network.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Dell R610
- NFS Server - NetApp/Engenio 2600 dual controller array
- Native DM Multipathing.
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