I would say run the test template per template, Ie: general application debugging, 
find out which template is the one causing the server to spin up

Jesse Noller
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Macromedia Server Development
Unix/Linux "special guy" 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Harper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 9:31 AM
> To: CF-Linux
> Subject: RE: Increasingly numerous processes / RE: DoS attack
> circumvention
> 
> Sorry, didn't realise how similar my issue was.
> 
> > I take it you are running under load Simon?
> 
> Yes, this server is now in production.
> 
> > If you are running our of memory, then something in your application
> (got CFX?) is causing
> > the child threads to increase dramatically until such time as the
> server vomits and dies.
> 
> We don't use CFX per se, but do spawn some external processes
> (including virus checking of uploaded files).
> 
> Are you suggesting that these [threads ?] may not be returning which
> means that CF starts another in it's place ?.  There's nothing in the
> logs to investigate - is there somewhere else I should look ?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Simon.
> 
> 
> ---
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Applications Development Manager
> Warwick Business School
> 
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 20/08/2002 13:36:25 >>>
> On linux, right?
> 
> Welcome to the wonderful world of Linux "threading" Linux does not have
> threading itself, instead, it has threading "emulation". This means that
> a parent and children threads display as single processes instead of
> thread -> child (as on solaris).
> 
> What you are seeing is normal, it's Java starting the parent and
> forking the children. This is not a DoS attack.
> 
> I take it you are running under load Simon? If you are running our of
> memory, then something in your application (got CFX?) is causing the
> child threads to increase dramatically until such time as the server
> vomits and dies.
> 
> Jesse Noller
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Macromedia Server Development
> Unix/Linux "special guy"
> 
> Jesse Noller
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Macromedia Server Development
> Unix/Linux "special guy"
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Simon Harper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 8:25 AM
> > To: CF-Linux
> > Subject: Increasingly numerous processes
> >
> > CFMX
> > RedHat 7.2
> > Apache 1.3.2.2
> >
> > Further investigation has revealed that no processes are
> dissappearing,
> > but a new one pops up every 2 or 3 minutes.  There are now 150
> processes
> > after running for two hours and I assume that, as before, this
> number
> > will continue to grow until we run out of memory again.
> >
> > I'm sure I must have missed a setting in the Administrator but can't
> > work out which one (perhaps the memory allowed for the JVM ?).
> >
> > If anyone's got any ideas I'd love to try them.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Simon.
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
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