On 9/15/06, John Peacock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Brad Zobrist wrote:
> I am using forkserver, the server is not thrashing (it's a 15k scsi box
> and has avg TPS of ~250),

I was speaking of resource starvation due to not enough RAM or too many
processes, not disk-thrashing.  What does `top` report for the load?


I have 4GB ram, 8GB swap installed. I've maxed out at 3.8GB ram used and
2.5GB swap. I've seen my load go up to ~5.

I have resolved the issue. The issue was with a BIG-IP that is in the
> picture.

If you don't have multiple devices behind the load-balancer servicing
SMTP, there is *no* reason to use the BIG-IP here at all.  I would


I have 3 mail  servers behind the BIG-IP. They are setup where 2 can handle
the load but there is a third for redundancy.

I do have another question regarding timeouts. I'm seeing a ~5 second
> delay to get the 220 response. Where is this defined? Is it
customizable?

Load check_earlytalker with a parameter of 1 and see if it makes a


This works.


Thanks again.

Brad

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