Re: CONDUIT feed

Harry Edmon wrote:
> 
> By the way - my pointing to the wrong host for CONDUIT has exposed a hole in 
> the
> LDM  - the same one I found on my Linux box.  Basically, if you make a request
> to an upstream host that times out, or is refused for any reason, the LDM
> process trying to make the request sleeps for 30 seconds, and then tries 
> again.
> In trying again, the process goes through the queue file to determine the 
> latest
>  product time to request.  With a 2 GB queue file, this takes a LOT of system
> resources.  air has gotten bogged down a number of times this weekend trying 
> to
> connect to thelma to get CONDUIT.   A different method for determining the
> latest product should be developed.
> 
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> Dr. Harry Edmon                 E-MAIL: address@hidden
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Harry,

Yes, we suspected just this problem, and you have verified it.   I will
see what I can do about getting this changed.  Thanks for letting me
know.

Anne
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