Gary, I forgot to add that the first listing on my original email was from ptree, the second list was from the top. Also I also have only seen this issue twice now. One time with ntop-3.3.9 and ntop-3.3.10. We left the system running ntop over night both times and that is when the issues appeared. The ntop-3.3.10 was a new build downloaded yesterday.
Thank You Phillip Lynn Gary Gatten wrote: > > Hello, I tried a dev version of 3.3.10 on FBSD 6.0 and had various > issues, but nothing like it spawning multiple instances on its own. In > fact it usually will die if you try to run multiple instances without > the correct config - it tries to open th db's rw anf they're already > open so it aborts and exits. > > Do you have a cron job or something starting ntop? What are your ntop > args and prefs? Since I have FBSD ill try to help as much as possible. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed May 27 07:55:15 2009 > Subject: [Ntop] ntop problem > > Hi, > > Yesterday we upgraded a server to run ntop-3.3.10. After letting the > system run over night I found that ntop had multiple instances running. > The systems performance was degraded severely with a load average of > 18.89. Has anyone else seen this type of an issue and if so were you > able to correct the problem? Why is ntop spawning the extra processes? > > We are running Freebsd 6.3 release with patches. > > > Below are lines cut from a top command. > > ntop problem > > |-+= 83294 nobody /usr/local/bin/ntop -ivr1 -ndLM -W 0 -w 127.0.0.1:3000 > | |--- 00419 nobody /usr/local/bin/ntop -ivr1 -ndLM -W 0 -w 127.0.0.1:3000 > | |--- 01824 nobody /usr/local/bin/ntop -ivr1 -ndLM -W 0 -w 127.0.0.1:3000 > | |--- 06308 nobody /usr/local/bin/ntop -ivr1 -ndLM -W 0 -w 127.0.0.1:3000 > | |--- 22994 nobody /usr/local/bin/ntop -ivr1 -ndLM -W 0 -w 127.0.0.1:3000 > | |--- 28821 nobody /usr/local/bin/ntop -ivr1 -ndLM -W 0 -w 127.0.0.1:3000 > | |--- 32621 nobody /usr/local/bin/ntop -ivr1 -ndLM -W 0 -w 127.0.0.1:3000 > | |--- 36981 nobody /usr/local/bin/ntop -ivr1 -ndLM -W 0 -w 127.0.0.1:3000 > | |--- 43051 nobody /usr/local/bin/ntop -ivr1 -ndLM -W 0 -w 127.0.0.1:3000 > | |--- 45426 nobody /usr/local/bin/ntop -ivr1 -ndLM -W 0 -w 127.0.0.1:3000 > | |--- 50496 nobody /usr/local/bin/ntop -ivr1 -ndLM -W 0 -w 127.0.0.1:3000 > | |--- 58489 nobody /usr/local/bin/ntop -ivr1 -ndLM -W 0 -w 127.0.0.1:3000 > | |--- 71660 nobody /usr/local/bin/ntop -ivr1 -ndLM -W 0 -w 127.0.0.1:3000 > | |--- 86425 nobody /usr/local/bin/ntop -ivr1 -ndLM -W 0 -w 127.0.0.1:3000 > | |--- 93937 nobody /usr/local/bin/ntop -ivr1 -ndLM -W 0 -w 127.0.0.1:3000 > | |--- 96620 nobody /usr/local/bin/ntop -ivr1 -ndLM -W 0 -w 127.0.0.1:3000 > | |--- 97587 nobody /usr/local/bin/ntop -ivr1 -ndLM -W 0 -w 127.0.0.1:3000 > | \--- 97589 nobody /usr/local/bin/ntop -ivr1 -ndLM -W 0 -w 127.0.0.1:3000 > > last pid: 10403; load averages: 20.10, 19.46, > 18.89 up 12+21:00:30 07:19:39 > 78 processes: 21 running, 57 sleeping > CPU states: 11.3% user, 0.0% nice, 87.5% system, 1.2% interrupt, 0.0% > idle > Mem: 252M Active, 40M Inact, 101M Wired, 16M Cache, 58M Buf, 65M Free > Swap: 2048M Total, 170M Used, 1878M Free, 8% Inuse > > PID USERNAME THR PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE TIME WCPU COMMAND > 86425 nobody 1 127 0 74100K 62532K RUN 16:53 4.20% ntop > 28821 nobody 1 126 0 74220K 43680K RUN 59:37 4.15% ntop > 32621 nobody 1 126 0 74220K 43724K RUN 55:02 4.10% ntop > 1824 nobody 1 127 0 74100K 64672K RUN 6:31 4.10% ntop > 36981 nobody 1 126 0 74220K 44020K RUN 50:40 4.05% ntop > 22994 nobody 1 126 0 74220K 43280K RUN 68:32 4.00% ntop > 43051 nobody 1 125 0 74148K 55048K RUN 45:16 4.00% ntop > 45426 nobody 1 127 0 74148K 64908K RUN 43:19 4.00% ntop > 58489 nobody 1 125 0 74100K 53336K RUN 34:15 4.00% ntop > 96620 nobody 1 126 0 74100K 62704K RUN 10:12 4.00% ntop > 71660 nobody 1 126 0 74100K 59364K RUN 25:54 3.96% ntop > 97589 nobody 1 126 0 74100K 63708K RUN 9:25 3.96% ntop > 419 nobody 1 126 0 74100K 63536K RUN 7:26 3.96% ntop > 50496 nobody 1 126 0 74100K 61288K RUN 39:38 3.86% ntop > 93937 nobody 1 125 0 68336K 37740K RUN 161:01 3.81% ntop > 6308 nobody 1 124 0 68336K 38088K RUN 106:44 3.81% ntop > 97587 nobody 1 125 0 74100K 63708K RUN 9:26 3.76% ntop > > > > Thanks > Phillip Lynn > _______________________________________________ > Ntop mailing list > [email protected] > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop > > "This email is intended to be reviewed by only the intended recipient > and may contain information that is privileged and/or confidential. If > you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > review, use, dissemination, disclosure or copying of this email and > its attachments, if any, is strictly prohibited. If you have received > this email in error, please immediately notify the sender by return > email and delete this email from your system." > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Ntop mailing list > [email protected] > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop > _______________________________________________ Ntop mailing list [email protected] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop
