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.

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Phil Brutsche
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