[Ocfs2-tools-commits] zab commits r1099 - trunk/documentation

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Author: zab
Date: 2005-10-03 17:55:06 -0500 (Mon, 03 Oct 2005)
New Revision: 1099

Modified:
   trunk/documentation/ocfs2_faq.txt
Log:
o more explicitly mention how heartbeat iterations delay quorum decisions


Modified: trunk/documentation/ocfs2_faq.txt
===================================================================
--- trunk/documentation/ocfs2_faq.txt	2005-10-03 22:03:30 UTC (rev 1098)
+++ trunk/documentation/ocfs2_faq.txt	2005-10-03 22:55:06 UTC (rev 1099)
@@ -465,6 +465,9 @@
 	another node.  This can happen immediately if the connection is closed
 	but can take a maximum of 10 seconds of idle time.  Then the node
 	must wait long enough to give heartbeating a chance to declare the
-	node dead.  This is tunable, but defaults to 18 seconds.  By default,
-	then, a maximum of 28 seconds can pass from the time a network fault
-	occurs until a node fences itself.
+	node dead.  It does this by waiting two iterations longer than 
+	the number of iterations needed to consider a node dead (see Q03 in
+	the Heartbeat section of this FAQ).  The current default of 7
+	iterations of 2 seconds results in waiting for 9 iterations or 18
+	seconds.  By default, then, a maximum of 28 seconds can pass from the
+	time a network fault occurs until a node fences itself.