Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 14:34:30 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Scott <scot-gale@excite.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.8R sluggish performance Message-ID: <20040531143126.K75154@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20040531191730.C0D563DDC@xprdmailfe12.nwk.excite.com> References: <20040531191730.C0D563DDC@xprdmailfe12.nwk.excite.com>
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On Mon, 31 May 2004, Scott wrote: > I can always tell when the problem will occur based upon what > happens at boot. There are no error messages, but the slowness > begins when the standard daemons are loading. Cron and sshd > load just fine, but the delay occurs as sendmail loads, and > there is another delay as sendmail-clientmqueue loads. Once > that happens I know I'm in trouble thereafter. You can see if this is a DNS issue by comparing the reactions: ping hostname ping hostname's-ip-address In other words, if it's slow to look up a name, but quick when it doesn't have to, you've shown that it is a DNS problem. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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