Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 15:14:34 +1000 From: "Shevland, Joe" <Joe.Shevland@Central.tased.edu.au> To: "'Mark Mayo'" <mark@vmunix.com> Cc: "'isp@freebsd.org'" <isp@FreeBSD.ORG>, "'hackers@freebsd.org'" <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: TIME_WAIT/FIN_WAIT_2... Message-ID: <c=AU%a=_%p=tased%l=EOSNTS2-980522051434Z-7046@eosnts2.ecc.tased.edu.au>
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Scuse any ignorance on these matters, but are the following true statements? (just curious): i) Sockets in a TIME_WAIT state do not have a (an open?) file descriptor associated with them ii) Sockets waiting for a FIN segment or in the FIN_WAIT_2 state do. >> [trimmed] So I have ~3000 >> sockets in TIME_WAIT/FIN and only about 100 ESTABLISHED. >> >> Is this normal?? It doesn't seem like it to me. If not, what would be >> causing it, and what should I look at tuning on the Slowaris box?? > >You might be able to tune down the closing delay, but in reality I >can't see it as a "real" problem unless the number is growing or you >are resource-starved because of it. > >Of course, the "correct" tuning action would be to replace Solaris with >FreeBSD. > >-- >\\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith >\\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au >\\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org >\\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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