server timeout when NFS server stops

[karlos]

I just installed an NFS server and have pointed to it for backup, when the NFS server is off I'm getting the below server error. I turn it back on and everything works, why would it cause this when the nfs backup I created only needs the server at a specific time?

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, root and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.
[8374]ERR: 24: Error in Perl code: 500 read timeout
Apache Embperl 2.2.0 [Tue Apr 27 09:02:56 2010]

 

[whinpo]

Maybe am I wrong, but I would say the NFS server is described in the storage configuration and PVE periodically checks it can access all its storage via something like pvesm...

 

[dietmar]

I just installed an NFS server and have pointed to it for backup, when the NFS server is off I'm getting the below server error. I turn it back on and everything works, why would it cause this when the nfs backup I created only needs the server at a specific time?

The current implementation assumes that all storage need to be online all the time. I guess we will drop that requirement in 2.0.

 

[whinpo]

that could indeed cause problems in case of a failure of a multipath-accessed storage when one of the paths is down..

 

[karlos]

thanks for the clarification, I noticed it when I was trying a demo version of axenfs which times out after 30 minutes.