Author: Phil Brutsche Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] what is this "Failed to get write lock for"
roos wrote: > Hi. I have noticed in logs :
>
> 2006-05-16 09:27:46 1Fft0D-0002em-Kr Failed to get write lock for
> /var/spool/exim4/db/name_of_the_transport.lockfile: timed out
> 2006-05-16 09:27:46 1FdqWa-0004ml-4i Failed to get write lock for
> /var/spool/exim4/db/name_of_the_transport.lockfile: timed out
I have found that it means that the disk(s) /var/spool/exim4/db resides
on don't have the I/O capacity to meet Exim's needs... ie using IDE
drives when you should be using SCSI.
In my situation the messages went away when I put the hints databases on
a tmpfs ramdisk - for me it wasn't critical that they be saved between
reboots, and faster disks weren't an option.
