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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!xmission!newsfeed.kdcol.net!usenet From: dave@mail.kdcol.com (Dave Martin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: INND takethis really long pauses problem Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 17:53:23 GMT Organization: KDC-Online Internet Access Provider Lines: 34 Message-ID: <30ec12f8.10926492@news.kdcol.com> References: <30e8909b.1118570368@newsfeed.kdcol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 137.241.238.233 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/16.141 On Tue, 02 Jan 1996 02:13:39 GMT, dave@mail.kdcol.com (Dave E Martin) wrote: After enabling tracing (ctlinnd trace innd on) our log indicates the following: < takethis <articleid> > 239 <articleid> < takethis <next_articleid> > 239 <next_articleid> and so on, with several per second according to the timestamp. But then there will be < takethis <later_articleid> 45 minute pause, according to timestamps and observed behaviour > 239 <later_articleid> then the several per second rate resumes. This happens several times per day, with the pauses varying in length (anywhere from 5-45 minutes and possibly longer). During the pause, innd appears to operate normally, will accept feeds from other sites, will accept connections from readers, etc. We are running 1.4unoff3 with FreeBSD 2.1.0 and the feeding site is running 1.4unoff3 with a machine that reports Unix System 5 Release 4.0 (suspected to be a sun of some sort). I have tried it with and without MMAP compiled in. We recently got behind several days in our newsfeed (due to murphy's law and the christmas holidays), and now we are trying to get caught back up. These pauses are frustrating. What could be causing them? Thanks for considering the problem