Thanks a lot to
Joe Fletcher <joe_at_meng.ucl.ac.uk>
Kees Bol <bol_at_Axp1.IenD.wau.nl>
Jim Bostwick <Jim_Bostwick_at_cargill.com> and
Adam Bentley <ccx009_at_coventry.ac.uk>
who all suggested pretty much the same thing and I quote Jim Bostwick:
> This is a known issue with FastTrack and similar servers. It is related to
> the number of simlultaneous memory-mapped files that the OS allows. See the
> excellent and frequently-updated "Tuning Compaq Tru64 UNIX for Internet
> Servers", available at:
>
> http://www.unix.digital.com/internet/tuning.htm
>
> There is a section specifically addressing your problem. The fix is pretty
> simple - adjust a kernel parameter and reboot.
We are running sys_check on the machine right now and we'll
probably increase maxusers and vm-mapentries.
The original posting was:
> Hi gurus,
>
> we are trying to setup Netscape FastTrackServer 3.01
> on a dpws600au running TRU64 4.0e.
>
> Installation procedure went all right and after starting
> the server (www3.tsl.uu.se) it works all right for a couple of hundred
> requests untill I get lots of errors of the following type:
>
> [10/Sep/1999:08:26:34] warning: for host 195.84.204.130 trying to GET
> /thep/tengblad/fpdd/globalenergi/moment2/NFR-G.html,
> send-file reports: error opening buffer from
> /home/thep0/www/tengblad/fpdd/globalenergi/moment2/NFR-G.html
> (IO timeout error)
>
> while the user gets the message that access is forbidden.
> It seems as if the server then distributes the requested page
> with about 50-75% probability with no clear pattern in the pages that
> become (and stay) forbidden.
>
> Has anybody experienced similar problems?
>
> I'm both new to this list and to the business of computer
> administration. So feel free to point me to a more
> approriate list for such questions.
>
Best regards,
Stephan Pomp
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