Robin, I monitor about 200 targets on a Compaq Deskpro running NT4. It works OK, but don't try to use it as a workstation!
We use firedaemon to turn the processes into Windows services, it works out to about a dozen services running simultaneously. That also means we can stop/edit/start any one of them without affecting the others. They eventually all run at different times, spreading the CPU load. Load your machine with as much RAM as you can (blatantly obvious, that one). A last thought. If you're using a lot of ping-probes on slow devices, (as I do), remember that ping has a timeout period that may cause your process to hang around gobbling up cpu cycles until your remote device answers. Hope this helps, Steve Dowling -----Original Message----- From: Stephen E. McComas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 11 March 2004 3:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [mrtg] Re: MRTG perl processes 1. How many configs and how many things are you polling for in each config file? 2. Could it be that MRTG is overlapping itself. Space out the polling interval if you have it running on a daemon and let us know. Stephen -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robin Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 1:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [mrtg] MRTG perl processes Hello Can anybody help. I have MRTG running on a small Compaq deskpro with Windows 2000 server. It is currently polling about 50 different devices and interfaces. This has caused the server to be virtually unusable as I have at least a dozen perl.exe processess running at the same time. Has anybody ever come across this if so please can they help? Thanks Robin ************************************************************* Your mail has been scanned by the Manxnet Mail Plus anti-virus system. http://www.manx.net/solutions/mailplushome.asp ************************************************************* -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/mrtg FAQ http://faq.mrtg.org Homepage http://www.mrtg.org WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/mrtg FAQ http://faq.mrtg.org Homepage http://www.mrtg.org WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi ********************************************************************** This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain privileged information or confidential information or both. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it and notify the sender. ********************************************************************** -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/mrtg FAQ http://faq.mrtg.org Homepage http://www.mrtg.org WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi