[600] in Moira
Re: what causes this?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John T Kohl)
Tue Apr 27 10:40:25 1993
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 93 10:40:03 EDT
From: jtkohl@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John T Kohl)
To: Mark Rosenstein <mar@MIT.EDU>
Cc: hoffmann@MIT.EDU, bug-moira@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: [599]
> [0599] daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Rosenstein) Moira 04/27/93 10:35 (23 lines)
> Date: Tue, 27 Apr 93 10:35:36 -0400
> From: Mark Rosenstein <mar@MIT.EDU>
> Moira generates MR_BUSY "the database is busy; try again later" errors
> whenever an attempt to gain a lock on the database fails a 30 second
> timeout. This happens when:
> 1. You are unlucky in your timing against someone registering,
> as the main register operation takes almost exactly 30 seconds
Is this a potential problem for the fall crunch of new student
registrations? (or do they interlock in a less-problematic way?)
John
