> > From: Robert Story (Coders) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2004/06/07 Mon AM 08:49:07 EDT > To: "Daniel Fallmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: AgentX Subagents - Upper limit of connections? > > On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 17:06:53 +0200 Daniel wrote: > DF> I would like to know if there is a practical/theoretical upper limit of > DF> AgentX Subagents that can be attached simultanously to one single > DF> Masteragent with Net-Snmp 5.1.1 under Linux (2.6.x). > > By default, net-snmp uses unix domain sockets for AgentX connections. This > means that the normal per process file descriptor limits will come into play. > However, you can run AgentX over UDP to get around that limitation. > (Restricting a UDP AgentX listening port to the localhost is strongly > recommended). > > DF> Are there any restrictions one must consider and I actually don't know? > DF> What do you think would be a good choice for an upper limit of AgentX > DF> Subagents connected to one Masteragent? And by the way, will many > DF> Subagents registered by one Masteragent slow down the system (especially > DF> the master agent) as a matter of dispatching overhead? > > As far as the master agent is concerned, I believe AgentX registrations look > like any other registration, and there is no appreciable overhead. However, > I've never heard of anyone using more than a handful of subagents, so there may > be an issue lurking that nobody's hit yet. > > -- > Robert Story; NET-SNMP Junkie <http://www.net-snmp.org/> > <irc://irc.freenode.net/#net-snmp> > Archive: <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=net-snmp-coders> > > You are lost in a twisty maze of little standards, all different. > >
AgentX on Win32 creates two additional UDP sockets in order to simulate a pipe() system call. The net increase in UDP sockets is four. Keep that in mind as you push the limits. -Mike Slifcak ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the new InstallShield X. >From Windows to Linux, servers to mobile, InstallShield X is the one installation-authoring solution that does it all. Learn more and evaluate today! http://www.installshield.com/Dev2Dev/0504 _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-coders mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-coders
