[hobbit] bbtest-net output & poll time

[Schwimmer, Eric E *HS]

Ahhh, wonders achieved!!

TIME SPENT
Event                                            Starttime          Duration
bbtest-net startup                       1112653079.892656                 -
Service definitions loaded               1112653079.895452          0.002796 
Tests loaded                             1112653080.000170          0.104718 
DNS lookups completed                    1112653080.000448          0.000278 
Test engine setup completed              1112653080.010469          0.010021 
TCP tests completed                      1112653080.011328          0.000859 
PING test completed (1229 hosts)         1112653119.138755         39.127427 
PING test results sent                   1112653119.383178          0.244423 
Test result collection completed         1112653119.383202          0.000024 
LDAP test engine setup completed         1112653119.383217          0.000015 
LDAP tests executed                      1112653119.383247          0.000030 
LDAP tests result collection completed   1112653119.383262          0.000015 
Test results transmitted                 1112653119.432869          0.049607 
bbtest-net completed                     1112653119.436212          0.003343 
TIME TOTAL                                                         39.543556

Thanks Henrik, you rock!!

-Eric

-----Original Message-----
From:	Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk]
Sent:	Mon 4/4/2005 5:50 PM
To:	hobbit at hswn.dk
Cc:	
Subject:	Re: [hobbit] bbtest-net output & poll time
On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 05:09:47PM -0400, Schwimmer, Eric E *HS wrote:
> > No, it seems a bit much. My main server has about 1500 hosts in it,
> > and spends 4 seconds loading that file (actually, it is split into
> > about 30 files). If you look at the "bbgen" status, what's the time
> > reported for the "Load bbhosts done" line ?
> 
> >From bbgen:
> Load bbhosts done        1112648694.989501          0.178303

I tried playing around with this, and there is a bug. It adds the
hostnames to the DNS resolver queue, and since you have more than 500
hosts the DNS resolver does kick in and tries to do DNS lookups of
those hostnames.

I think this little patch should do wonders for your runtime.


Regards,
Henrik