Why does rsync cause performance problems and process hangs with GFS2?
Issue
- Using
rsyncto or from GFS2 resulted in performance problems, processes in D state waiting on the filesystem, and call traces in the logs. - Why does
rsynccause problems with GFS2?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5, 6, 7 (with the High Availability and Resilient Storage Add Ons)
- Red Hat Global Filesystem 2 (GFS2)
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