Re: (ITS#7466) syncreplication causes massive explosion in database size

[andrew.findlay@skills-1st.co.uk]

On Fri, Dec 07, 2012 at 08:29:59PM +0000, quanah@zimbra.com wrote:

> Subject: Re: (ITS#7466) syncreplication causes massive explosion in
>  database size

> Closing.  Issue was actually triggered by the core dump in ITS#7465, which 
> left a read txn lock on the primary database, causing the freelist to not 
> be able to compact.   Rebuilding the database cleared the lock and things 
> went back to normal.

Would it be possible for slapd to recover from such a case
automatically on startup? If so, then I think it should.
If not, then I think it is worth mentioning this in the
documentation or an FAQ.

Andrew
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