When I do ps -eF I can see many vsftpd process running. I can see behavior only after we moved to gluster fs.
# ps -eF|grep vsftp root 12822 1 0 9385 576 3 14:41 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf nobody 12826 12822 0 10425 1368 3 14:41 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 500 12828 12826 0 10425 840 0 14:41 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf nobody 12829 12822 0 10425 1368 2 14:41 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 500 12831 12829 0 10425 840 0 14:41 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf nobody 12838 12822 0 10425 1368 2 14:41 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 500 12840 12838 0 10425 840 0 14:41 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf nobody 12845 12822 0 10425 1368 2 14:42 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 500 12847 12845 0 10425 840 0 14:42 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf nobody 12848 12822 0 10425 1372 0 14:42 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 500 12850 12848 0 10425 844 3 14:42 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf nobody 12854 12822 0 10425 1372 3 14:42 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 500 12856 12854 0 10425 844 3 14:42 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf nobody 12857 12822 0 10425 1372 3 14:42 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 500 12859 12857 0 10425 844 2 14:42 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf nobody 12860 12822 0 10425 1372 0 14:42 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 500 12862 12860 0 10425 844 3 14:42 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf nobody 12865 12822 0 10425 1372 3 14:43 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 500 12867 12865 0 10425 844 2 14:43 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf nobody 12868 12822 0 10425 1372 0 14:43 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 500 12870 12868 0 10425 844 2 14:43 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf nobody 12871 12822 0 10425 1372 1 14:43 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 500 12873 12871 0 10425 844 3 14:43 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf nobody 12875 12822 0 10425 1372 0 14:43 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 500 12877 12875 0 10425 844 0 14:43 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf nobody 12878 12822 0 10425 1372 2 14:43 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 500 12880 12878 0 10425 844 0 14:43 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf nobody 12881 12822 0 10425 1372 3 14:44 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 500 12883 12881 0 10425 844 0 14:44 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf nobody 12884 12822 0 10425 1372 2 14:44 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 500 12886 12884 0 10425 844 0 14:44 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf nobody 12888 12822 0 10425 1372 3 14:44 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 500 12890 12888 0 10425 844 0 14:44 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf nobody 12891 12822 0 10425 1372 2 14:44 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 500 12893 12891 0 10425 844 0 14:44 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf nobody 12894 12822 0 10425 1372 1 14:44 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 500 12896 12894 0 10425 844 0 14:44 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf nobody 12897 12822 0 10425 1372 2 14:44 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 500 12899 12897 0 10425 844 0 14:44 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf nobody 12900 12822 0 10425 1372 2 14:44 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 500 12902 12900 0 10425 844 0 14:44 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf nobody 12906 12822 0 10425 1372 2 14:45 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 500 12908 12906 0 10425 844 0 14:45 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf nobody 12910 12822 0 10425 1372 2 14:45 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 500 12912 12910 0 10425 844 0 14:45 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf nobody 12913 12822 0 10425 1372 3 14:45 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 500 12915 12913 0 10425 844 0 14:45 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf nobody 12916 12822 0 10425 1372 1 14:45 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 500 12918 12916 0 10425 844 0 14:45 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf nobody 12922 12822 1 10425 1372 0 14:45 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 500 12924 12922 0 10425 844 2 14:45 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Krishna Srinivas Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 2:35 PM To: Rohan Cc: Gluster-devel@nongnu.org Subject: Re: [Gluster-devel] FW: GlusterFS as home directory on FTP server Rohan, What do you mean by "connections" here? On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Rohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > > > We are using GlusterFS as home directory on FTP server. Its heavy ftp site > and we are using standard VSFTP. We found that connections are not getting > closed. And after few hrs we can see more than 100 connections. > > > > Please help me in this matter. > > > > Rohan > > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-devel mailing list > Gluster-devel@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-devel > _______________________________________________ Gluster-devel mailing list Gluster-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-devel