[hobbit] Runtime 31 longer than time limit (20)

Josh Luthman josh at imaginenetworksllc.com
Tue Jan 22 05:44:14 CET 2008


Fyi you can look at the bbtest report of the hobbit server and see
where the time is spent for the tests.



On 1/21/08, Javier Temponi <javier.temponi at selectv.com> wrote:
> Well after a few days I found the problem (I'm a bit new on hobbit yet),
> I set a -debug option in [bbnet] in the hobbitlaunch.cfg:
>
>
>
> [bbnet]
>
>         ENVFILE /usr/local/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
>
>         NEEDS hobbitd
>
>         CMD bbtest-net --report --ping --checkresponse --report --debug
>
>         LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bb-network.log
>
>
>
> And I checked the logs for something, and there was 30 seconds of DNS
> timeout trying to resolve a hostname, that it wasn't on the dns. 30
> seconds is the default timeout for DNS resolution.
>
>
>
> I changed the dns timeout to 2 seconds and now is working like a charm
> :D
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Javier!!
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Javier Temponi
> Sent: Friday, 18 January 2008 4:58 PM
> To: 'hobbit at hswn.dk'
> Subject: Runtime 31 longer than time limit (20)
>
>
>
> Hi, I was looking for information about this issue but, apparently there
> is not :-(
>
>
>
> I'm running hobbit 4.2 using hobbitping poll 12 hosts.
>
> Some of those hosts are behind a 2Mbps link, and almost all the time
> that link is 3% busy. The rest of the hosts are in the same LAN as the
> hobbit server.
>
>
>
> I need to poll 12 hosts within 20 seconds intervals, but it take 30
> seconds the complete process. I read that hobbitping is fastest than
> fping, and there is some Fping examples that show that 12 hosts would be
> ping in 20 seconds without any problem.
>
>
>
> I have changed the bbnet interval in the hobbitlaunch.cfg to 20 (or
> less, just to try) but here is what the log shows
> (/var/log/hobbit/bb-network.log):
>
>
>
> 2008-01-18 16:24:41 WARNING: Runtime 31 longer than time limit (20)
>
> 2008-01-18 16:25:11 WARNING: Runtime 30 longer than time limit (20)
>
> 2008-01-18 16:25:42 WARNING: Runtime 31 longer than time limit (20)
>
> 2008-01-18 16:26:12 WARNING: Runtime 30 longer than time limit (20)
>
> 2008-01-18 16:26:43 WARNING: Runtime 31 longer than time limit (20)
>
> 2008-01-18 16:27:13 WARNING: Runtime 30 longer than time limit (20)
>
> 2008-01-18 16:27:44 WARNING: Runtime 31 longer than time limit (20)
>
> 2008-01-18 16:28:14 WARNING: Runtime 30 longer than time limit (20)
>
> 2008-01-18 16:28:45 WARNING: Runtime 31 longer than time limit (20)
>
> 2008-01-18 16:29:15 WARNING: Runtime 30 longer than time limit (20)
>
>
>
> If any have any recommendation, or work around, how I can poll this
> hosts with 20 seconds interval, would be welcome! :D
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance!!
>
> Regards
>
> Javier
>
>
>
>


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