How can I find out what is causing my problem "Connection rejected" on my sendmail. Could it be the disk delays or what? How can I sort out this problem because whether it is BogoMips or not Intel box does not reject messages but my Linux/390 does. Is the any way I can sort out this problem.
Please assist Moloko > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas David Rivers [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 19 March 2002 16:24 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Bogomips S390(IFL) / Intel > > Philipp Knirsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Moloko Monyepao wrote: > > > I RedHat 7.2 (Server Installation). I am currentely testing sendmail (Comparing >the load handling between Linux on Intel and Linux on S390. I am using an IBM z37 >machine with one IFL and I gave my Linux LPar 80Pwt (processor weighting on the IFL) > > > When the sever gets too busy start rejecting messages. Just for outbount mail >and I also want to test for both Inbound/Outbound. What could be the problem here. I >will send any further information if it is needed. The following is what I got from >my mail administrator. > > > > > > This is the BogoMips rating for the various machines: > > > > > > Mainframe: 326.04 BogoMIPS (Mainframe) > > > Maggie (mail-spool, 500Mhz): 996.14 (Intel) 500meg (processor) > > > > > > Higher is better, BogoMIPS should also be generic across platforms. > > > > > > > BogoMIPS is a fairly useless speed rating for the system, especially if you even > > start to try to use it to compare different archs. Better use some 'real' > > benchmarks, e.g simple ones like dhrystone or similar... > > Also - your choice of compiler might make a difference (though, > probably not in the case of a mail server... which I can imagine > is I/O bound.) > > For example, Systems/C on Linux390 typically presents values that > are up to 20% faster than gcc for these other tests. > > - Dave Rivers - > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: (919) 676-0847 > Get your mainframe programming tools at http://www.dignus.com
