FBSD 6.2 Xeon 2.4ghz CPU and high load

[DAve]

Wojciech Puchar wrote:
>> software was upgraded as well which consists of MailScanner and 
>> Sendmail. Both had been keep up to date so it was not a jump in 
>> required resources.
>>
>> The issue I am seeing is that my server load, under the same traffic 
>> load, has increased 4 times or more. Where previously we saw a high 
>> load on the servers of 5 to 8, we are now seeing 14 to 17. Since the 
>> upgrade Sendmail has begun to timeout connections.
> 
> do you feel that system goes slower?
> i think it's just the matter of calculation method - 6.* may calculate 
> it different way.
> 
> just change in your sendmail config the values in place of xx
> 
> define(`confQUEUE_LA', `xx')
> define(`confREFUSE_LA', `xx')
> 
> 
> as just accepting mail isn't a problem i set confREFUSE_LA very high

It is already set to higher than the load we see. I don't "see" sendmail 
refusing connections. What happens is I try to test sendmail from 
another server and the connection never completes. I'm knockin', 
sendmail ain't answering.

DAve


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