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On Thu, 27 May 1999, Unidata Support wrote: > > ------- Forwarded Message > > >To: address@hidden > >From: Randy Weatherly <address@hidden> > >Subject: Lots of close_wait > >Organization: . > >Keywords: 199905271511.JAA07723 > > > All, > > We are using ldm to feed some large data sets (satellite and model) > between two sites across the internet (Western Region HQ and Eastern > Region HQ, NWS). When doing a netstat -n, we see lots of close_waits > on that connection. Looking through ldmd.log, we see that that the > ERH machine makes a lot of connections. > > This problem seems to come and go, probably depending on how well our > connection is over the internet. > > My question: is this a problem? Hiya, Not really, the LDM responds to the state of the network. Is it feasible to send large data > files over the internet like this using ldm? We have sent large files 100 megabytes in size. The only problem is that the file must remain entirely in the LDM queue until the transfer is completed. This can tie up the LDM queue and make the queue requirement size larger. The LDM splits large products into 16k sections that are sent sequential until the complete product is sent. What happens to the data > that is being sent if the connection closes? Does it pick up where it > left off, or does it resend. The LDM can stand short outages in the connection without loosing it place in sending a product. But once the ~5 minute limit is reach, the connection is broken and the LDM must resend the complete product again. ERH seems to be getting all of the files > we are sending. But I am concerned about the reliability of our > server in this situation. If the large products are broke into pieces, and a LDM connection breaks, then it is more effiecent network usage to resend the smaller products then a large product. If the current configuration is acceptable, then leave it. If degradation starts to occur, maybe splitting the larger products might be a better solution. Robb... > > Thanks for any insight. > > Randy > --------------------------------------------------------- > Randy Weatherly Unix Sys Admin/AWIPS > address@hidden National Weather Service > 801-524-5120 x284 Western Region Headquarters/SLC UT > --------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > ------- End of Forwarded Message > =============================================================================== Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ ===============================================================================