Status of 64-bit TDB

[Volker Lendecke]

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 10:46:22AM -0500, John H Terpstra - Samba Team wrote:
> I have been monitoring a site that has experienced problems with
> messages.tdb hitting the 4GB level.  The site runs an application that
> sometime takes 7-10 days to complete.  After 2-3 days of operation the
> message.tdb file will grow to approx. 3.5GB.

Before doing the 64-bit tdb just for messages.tdb, I would
rather go and rip out messages.tdb overall and replace it
with something like the s4 messaging system based on unix
domain sockets.

messages.tdb with 3.5GB is a bug somewhere else. A 64-bit
tdb implementation will not help you there. You might want
to look if the system has smbd processes in state D for
extended periods of time, which would give a hint towards a
kernel bug or a hardware problem.

Can you take a look in the system if you have such D state
processes?

Volker
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