topic Re: Slow Ftp access problem. in Operating System - HP-UX

Slow Ftp access problem.

raiden — Sun, 18 May 2008 19:59:57 GMT

In one of our PA-Risc box we are facing a problem with slow ftp access. It seems that for every action some delay is present like deleting 20 files takes 100 seconds, opening a directory takes some 10 secs etc.

This is not the first time such incident occurred. Last time also we have faced the similar issue. At that time the issue was resolved by restarting the syslogd daemon and everthing worked fine. This time also after restarting syslogd it works fine. Now we have to present the root cause to the customer but we are unable to find the exact cause for this Issue.I have checked the syslog and ftp log but couldnt find anything specific to know the exact cause of problem.. we would appreciate if sumone could help us to find the cause for this Issue.

Re: Slow Ftp access problem.

Steven E. Protter — Sun, 18 May 2008 21:41:52 GMT

Shalom,

The root cause is probably a memory leak in the syslogd or other daemon.

Such problems are avoided by keeping the system up to date on patching.

There are several philosophies on patching. 1 is get the on patch that deals with your specific issue and install that. Or you could try a general strategy of bi-annual updates and install them.

Years ago I worked in a "If its not broke don't fix(patch) it" shop. We had a lot of production problems and issues like this.

When I became a systems administrator, I adopted an aggressive installation program for not only bi-annual patch sets but other patches that might avoid problems with Oracle.

Downtime and production problems were cut dramatically.

SEP

Re: Slow Ftp access problem.

Jeeshan — Mon, 19 May 2008 07:06:15 GMT

HI

hmmmm, for this you may first check the duplext settings of your lan interface.

For speed settings, you will need to configure your /etc/rc.config.d/hpconf file.

Before that, first check the lan interface duplex interfcae settings.

#lanadmin -x ppa#

Re: Slow Ftp access problem.

Anshumali — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:24:47 GMT

I will go with SEP.
Ahsan: It appears to be an issue with syslogd as restarting it, solves the issue.
Raiden: Are there any FCS errors on the lan cards... to be clear about duplex issues.

Re: Slow Ftp access problem.

Rasheed Tamton — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:50:51 GMT

grep ftp /etc/inetd.conf

if ftpd is enabled for logging on to syslog file (ftpd -l) remove the -l from the inetd.conf and restart the inetd daemon.