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Large number of TIME_WAITs

list Gary Baluha
Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:33:44 -0500
Message-Id: <user-784bcf5ee4df@xymon.invalid>

On Jan 29, 2008 4:19 PM, Henrik Stoerner <user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid> wrote:
On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 10:36:17AM -0500, Gary Baluha wrote:
Red Hat ES 4 Update 5.
That's what I normally would think, but it doesn't make any sense that
the
source AND destination are both localhost or the local IP.  It's as
though
the Hobbit server is trying to communicate with itself using network
sockets.
It makes perfect sense, actually. Various parts of Hobbit does talk to
the hobbitd daemon - most of the webpages get their data this way, and
all of the network test results are also reported using a network
connection.

TIME_WAIT states aren't evil, just confusing if you don't know what they
are for. They will clear themselves after a few seconds.

Indeed.  Thanks for everyone's input.