RE: Max cfservd connections

[Martin, Jason H]

Well, the limit *is* currently configurable, so long as it is between 1
and 1000. 

-Jason Martin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Masterson [mailto:dmasterson@vmware.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 10:53 AM
> To: Mark Burgess
> Cc: Martin, Jason H; help-cfengine@gnu.org
> Subject: RE: Max cfservd connections
> 
> 
> A large system with many network connections in an 
> environment supporting thousands of machines and (for 
> whatever reason) no use of SplayTime?
> 
> Also consider the reverse -- a tightly controlled *small* 
> system that a user wants to severely limit the maxprocesses 
> to prevent runaways, so he lowers maxprocesses.
> 
> Mark Burgess wrote:
> > Fair enough - it was meant to be a silly number. I did not 
> anticipate 
> > anyone contemplating this. I would be interested to know he 
> > circumstances in which it is actual to expect 1000 simulaneous 
> > connections to a single machine.
> > 
> > M
> > 
> > On Tue, 2005-10-18 at 10:13 -0700, David Masterson wrote:
> >> Arbitrary numbers should be configuration items.  ;-)
> >> 
> >> Mark Burgess wrote:
> >>> This is just an arbitrary number. Most systems will not 
> want to go 
> >>> higher -- but if you do, then change it. M
> >>> 
> >>> On Mon, 2005-10-17 at 16:14 -0700, Martin, Jason H wrote:
> >>>> I'm curious, does anyone know why cfservd is limited to 1000 
> >>>> concurrent connections?
> >>>> 
> >>>>> From the latest cfservd.c:
> >>>> if ((CFD_MAXPROCESSES < 1) || (CFD_MAXPROCESSES > 1000))       {
> >>>>       FatalError("cfservd MaxConnections with silly 
> value");      
> >>>> }
> >>>> 
> >>>> Thank you,
> >>>> -Jason Martin
> 
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