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Gail, > We will be upgrading our LDM version from 5.0.6 to 6.4.5 very soon - in the > next day or so. We are having problems with the product queue getting filled > up very quickly. Is there a utility to help us create the optimal queue - > other than letting it run for a while and using pqmon - which will be > available to us in the new version? I'm afraid that there's no utility that can size the product-queue for you. Because data-product reception is highly variable (both throughout the day and in the requests that each site makes) the decision on the product-queue parameters (size, number of slots) requires a human in the loop. I like to use the pqmon(1) utility to sample the age of the oldest data-product in the queue as well as the number of slots in-use and then plot those parameters as a time series so I can get a good idea of what their values should be. Because the default action of the LDM is to request data from one hour ago (when starting with an empty queue) I recommend that the age of the oldest product in the queue always be greater than one hour. The attached script is useful for getting product-queue parameters. It can be run by a crontab(1) entry like 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * util/snapshot >>data/time-series.txt The age of the oldest product in the queue can then be plotted by the gnuplot(1) utility via the attached script. Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: RMC-119248 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: Closed