Changed some default values to better reflect production usage

castor/gc/SynchronizationThread.cpp

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
 // Definitions
 #define DEFAULT_SYNCINTERVAL       3600
-#define DEFAULT_CHUNKINTERVAL      240
+#define DEFAULT_CHUNKINTERVAL      1800
 #define DEFAULT_CHUNKSIZE          2000
 #define DEFAULT_DISABLESTAGERSYNC  false
 

castor/scheduler/diskmanager/activitycontrol.py

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class ActivityControlThread(threading.Thread):
     if transfer.transferType == TransferType.STD and transfer.flags == 'r' :
       return True
     # find out the limit in terms of free space, from the config file
-    minFreeSpacePerc = self.configuration.getValue('DiskManager', 'FSMinAllowedFreeSpace', 0.05, float)
+    minFreeSpacePerc = self.configuration.getValue('DiskManager', 'FSMinAllowedFreeSpace', 0.02, float)
     # get status of the filesystem
     stat = os.statvfs(transfer.mountPoint)
     availableSpace = stat.f_bavail * stat.f_frsize

castor/scheduler/diskmanager/reporter.py

@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ class ReporterThread(threading.Thread):
     #   freeSpace, nbReadStreams, nbWriteStreams, nbRecalls, nbMigrations), ...)
     # with one tuple per filesystem
     diskServerName = socket.getfqdn()
-    maxFreeSpace = self.configuration.getValue('DiskManager', 'FSMaxFreeSpace', 0.10, float)
-    minAllowedFreeSpace = self.configuration.getValue('DiskManager', 'FSMinAllowedFreeSpace', 0.05, float)
+    maxFreeSpace = self.configuration.getValue('DiskManager', 'FSMaxFreeSpace', 0.05, float)
+    minAllowedFreeSpace = self.configuration.getValue('DiskManager', 'FSMinAllowedFreeSpace', 0.02, float)
     mountPoints = set(self.configuration.getValue('DiskManager', 'MountPoints', '').split())
     streamCount = self.runningTransfers.getStreamCount()
     reports = []

debian/castor.conf

@@ -298,12 +298,13 @@
 #DiskManager     MaxRegularJobsBeforeBackfill         20
 
 # List of mountpoints the DiskManager daemon should monitor
-#DiskManager  MountPoints            /srv/castor/01/ /srv/castor/02/ /srv/castor/03/
+# you can use a list like /your/mount/point/01/ /your/mount/point/02/ ...
+#DiskManager  MountPoints
 
 # The following definition allow the max and minallowed free space to be defined
 # at the disk server level respectively.
-#DiskManager          FSMaxFreeSpace           .10
-#DiskManager          FSMinAllowedFreeSpace    .05
+#DiskManager          FSMaxFreeSpace           .05
+#DiskManager          FSMinAllowedFreeSpace    .02
 
 # The frequency at which the GC daemon checks the stager to see whether there are
 # files to be removed on the diskserver. This value is represented in seconds.
@@ -327,7 +328,7 @@
 # the stager catalog and nameserver. I.e the interval between two bulk checks of
 # size ChunkSize
 
-#GC      ChunkInterval  240
+#GC      ChunkInterval  1800
 
 # By default the startup of the GC daemon is deliberately offset by a random interval
 # between 1 and 15 minutes. This randomized delay should prevent all GC's in an