Even with a fully loaded Sun F15K with several GigE interfaces and some really fast storage?
OK, I wish I had that, but there are all kinds of possibilities :> At a minimum the cap should be documented, but preferably removed entirely. -Jason Martin > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Burgess [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 11:46 AM > To: David Masterson > Cc: Martin, Jason H; [email protected] > Subject: RE: Max cfservd connections > > > > Anyone with such a system would be out of their mind to > expect a single machine to cope with such a load, > > M > > On Tue, 2005-10-18 at 10:52 -0700, David Masterson wrote: > > A large system with many network connections in an environment > > supporting thousands of machines and (for whatever reason) > no use of > > SplayTime? > > > > Also consider the reverse -- a tightly controlled *small* > system that > > a user wants to severely limit the maxprocesses to prevent > runaways, > > so he lowers maxprocesses. > > > > Mark Burgess wrote: > > > Fair enough - it was meant to be a silly number. I did not > > > anticipate anyone contemplating this. I would be > interested to know > > > he circumstances in which it is actual to expect 1000 simulaneous > > > connections to a single machine. > > > > > > M > > > > > > On Tue, 2005-10-18 at 10:13 -0700, David Masterson wrote: > > >> Arbitrary numbers should be configuration items. ;-) > > >> > > >> Mark Burgess wrote: > > >>> This is just an arbitrary number. Most systems will not > want to go > > >>> higher -- but if you do, then change it. M > > >>> > > >>> On Mon, 2005-10-17 at 16:14 -0700, Martin, Jason H wrote: > > >>>> I'm curious, does anyone know why cfservd is limited to 1000 > > >>>> concurrent connections? > > >>>> > > >>>>> From the latest cfservd.c: > > >>>> if ((CFD_MAXPROCESSES < 1) || (CFD_MAXPROCESSES > > 1000)) { > > >>>> FatalError("cfservd MaxConnections with silly > value"); > > >>>> } > > >>>> > > >>>> Thank you, > > >>>> -Jason Martin > > > > _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
