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Re: problems under "load"...

To: Laurent Lefoll <Laurent.Lefoll@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: problems under "load"...
Cc: lvs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Joseph Mack <mack.joseph@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 14:41:52 -0500
Laurent Lefoll wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I installed LVS some weeks ago with to real servers (mail servers) and it 
> works properly but under some conditions, when the load increase I sometimes 
> got a "kernel: IP_MASQ: ip_masq_new(proto=UDP): could not get free masq entry 
> (free=36692)". The UDP entries are in my case the result of lots of DNS 
> queries.

Hi Laurent,
        You don't have line wrap on, so your paragraphs are one line and run 
off the
page for me.

> What does it mean exactly ? Lack of memory or 

> not enough "available" ports to create new entries 
yes
 
? What does mean the "(free=xxxx)" in the error messages ?
> I think I read somewhere that, by default, for LVS the first usable port is 
> 61000 and that only 4096 simultaneous entries can be created. But it sounds 
> strange to me because from what I understand in some discussions, it seems to 
> be much more than that ! What am I misunderstanding and what should I tune ?
> 

other people here will know if you can fix this. I assume you're using VS-NAT.
You could use VS-DR and bypass the problem altogether.

Joe
-- 
Joseph Mack PhD, Senior Systems Engineer, Lockheed Martin
contractor to the National Environmental Supercomputer Center, 
mailto:mack.joseph@xxxxxxx ph# 919-541-0007, RTP, NC, USA


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