On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 12:05:26 -0400 "Alan DeKok" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Graeme Hinchliffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Find out why the server is taking so long to process requests,fix > > > the problem, and it will be much better. > ... > > The length of time these theads are hanging around is days. > > That's not a problem. The purpose of the "thread pool" is precisely > to have threads which hang around for days, or even weeks. But during > that time, each thread will handle many requests. indeed. but 403 threads is a little excessive for the load of 1 or 2 requests every 5 seconds. Only need that many threads when the load is very high. > > > There is no load on the box at all and mysql is responding in a > > timely manner. > > Then something else is causing the thread to take a long time to > process a request. any ideas? or pointers at what I should look at? > > > I thought that if a request was unfinished for a long time the > > server should just drop it? which in turn would cause the threads to > > quit too? > > Yes, and no. How do I get it to cull down threads during quiet times then? -- ----- Graeme Hinchliffe (BSc) Core Team Member Zen Internet (http://www.zen.co.uk) ICQ 3842605 (link) Direct: 0845 058 9074 Main : 0845 058 9000 Fax : 0845 058 9005 - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html