From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu May 21 22:15:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA04450 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 21 May 1998 22:15:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from eosnts2.ecc.tased.edu.au (eosnts2.ecc.tased.edu.au [147.41.64.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA04391; Thu, 21 May 1998 22:15:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Joe.Shevland@Central.tased.edu.au) Received: by eosnts2.ecc.tased.edu.au with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.995.52) id <01BD8594.5508B550@eosnts2.ecc.tased.edu.au>; Fri, 22 May 1998 15:14:36 +1000 Message-ID: From: "Shevland, Joe" To: "'Mark Mayo'" Cc: "'isp@freebsd.org'" , "'hackers@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: TIME_WAIT/FIN_WAIT_2... Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 15:14:34 +1000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.995.52 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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