[Opendnssec-develop] too many open files

[Patrik Wallström]

I am testing performance on a better machine now, with fast disks and a quad core xeon processor. Performance is much better. I seem to get 5000 signed domains without too much hassle.

First, create 5000 domains, adding them using no-xml (with mysql), and exporting the xml zonelist. First problem here, the first three lines is not xml, it's the mysql config. Remove this by hand. HUP the enforcer, and the enforcer creates signer configs reasonable fast. The signer acts a little strange, so after restarting the signer, it signs all domains without too much problem.

Add another 5000 domains, that one is a little bit slower with the enforcer. Export and HUP, and it creates signer configs. Here somewhere (had some dinner), the signer loops with this:

Sep 30 18:53:21 dnslab ods-signerd: command handler accept error: Too many open files

So this problem do still exist. It might be that the enforcer grabs all file descriptors, I don't know. But maybe the signer should be more resilient about it. So, we still have to find the file descriptor leak.

But it looks better and better, performance wise.

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Patrik Wallström
Project Manager, R&D
.SE (Stiftelsen för Internetinfrastruktur)
E-mail: patrik.wallstrom at iis.se
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