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[LDM #FPZ-406418]: number of ldmd processes

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  • Subject: [LDM #FPZ-406418]: number of ldmd processes
  • Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 13:17:54 -0600
Greetings Steve,

> Good afternoon folks. I was wondering how many ldmd processes there should
> be upon startup. Currently in our ldmd.conf, we have 8 ingestor EXECs and 5
> pqact EXECs, plus rtstats. But we have 24 ldmd processes running. Is this
> normal? What determines when a ldmd process is executed? Thanks for any
> enlightenment you can provide.

The top-level LDM process, ldmd, will fork(2) itself into a child-process to 
handle an incoming connection. Apparently, you have 23 downstream LDM-s that 
you're feeding.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: FPZ-406418
Department: Support LDM
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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