[mythtv-users] .25 - "Maximum buffer size exceeded"

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/29/2012 10:32 PM, Phil Bridges wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 10:32 PM, Phil Bridges wrote:
>> I noticed that I had the mysterious "yellow dots" beside some of my
>> recordings this evening.  At second glance, I realized that the two
>> shows I was recording at 9PM had two files.  Not good.  One of the
>> shows was split into two halves, approximately 30 minutes each.  The
>> other though, had only about 11 minutes in it's first half.
>>
>> I looked at the log, and found this:
>>
>>
>> 2012-03-29 21:12:30.800845 E [7151/23462] HDHRStreamHandler
>> ThreadedFileWriter.cpp:216 (Write) -
>> TFW(/mnt/recordings2/1461_20120329210000.mpg:99): Maximum buffer size
>> exceeded.
>>                         file will be truncated, no further writing will be done.
>>                         This generally indicates your disk performance
>>                         is insufficient to deal with the number of on-going
>>                         recordings, or you have a disk failure.
>>
>> It also appeared that mythbackend restarted at the bottom of the hour
>> - at least, there was a new logfile generated.
>>
>> I was only recording two shows at the time, and I have plenty of space
>> on each of my recording mountpoints (this was recorded to a local
>> drive).  Any tips at how to further troubleshoot the issue?
> As a quick addition, my mounts are formatted XFS.

any clues in dmesg or system logs?

Mike