In answer to the questions is as follows: On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Robert Adkins II wrote:
> David, > > You should never have to reboot your Linux server. There might > be some runaway process clogging up the works. The answer you seek will > lie within one or more of a few areas. Below are a few questions that > you should ask yourself, the answers may likely lead you to the answer > to your issues. > > 1. Have you recently upgraded or changed any services on your > server/workstation? This box is a monitoring server and the number of devices it monitors is increasing. Other than that nothing has been added or upgraded. > > 2. Have you monitored 'top' and checked out what apps or files are > starting to gobble up resources? > I have run top and not noticed anything specifically gobbling up the resources. > 3. Have you recently ran a rootkit/Trojan detection application and > confirmed that your system is doing what you want it to and not what > someone else wants it to do? > This I have not done, and was not really aware of such things. > 4. Has your networked drastically increased in the number of users? (I > can only assume that you are likely running Samba and have it configured > with multiple shares for multiple people.) > The answer to this is no, there is samba running, but the number of people of people connecting is quite small. > If this last bit is the case, then you will definitely need to > look at configuring this server to act as a Domain Controller, as that > will greatly reduce the amount of load on your server. A domain > controller will provide a 'key' to each authenticated client > workstation, which avoids continuous authentication, which is what > occurs with a basic "Work Group" configuration. Those constant > authentications can seriously slowdown a server. > > Unfortunately, that is all the help that I can provide based > upon the information presented. Hopefully those questions will point you > in the right direction for locating the root cause of your issue. Good > luck! > I am pretty sure the problem is related to perl program which is pulling data from a mysql database from another computer. > Regards, > Robert Adkins II > IT Manager/Buyer > Impel Industries, Inc. > 586-254-5800 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > On Behalf Of dbrett > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 9:59 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: too many files open? > > I have a RH 6.2 server, which seems to be unable to keep up with the > load > it is under. I have to keep rebooting it about every other day. One of > the first clues I have is there too many files open and can't do another > operation. > > How do I find out how many files are open and by what programs? Is it > possible to increase the number of files which can be open? > > david > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
