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<p class=MsoNormal>Maiko,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I set the sync timer to 250 ms on all three ports. Trace
level was set to 0111 on all three ports.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I sent back-to-back 10KB messages into the BBS. These
were messages destined for another BBS. So, as soon as the first one was
received, it was forwarded to the next BBS on a different port while the next
message was being received, and so on. In other words, two ports were
running pretty much continuously.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>While that was happening, I monitored the CPU and memory activity
using Ubuntu System Monitor and saw no appreciable increase over the no traffic
state. I’m not sure what other tools would be good for monitoring
stuff like this. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Next, I tried 100 ms sync times on all three ports and again
sent through the same type of traffic. Again, no appreciable change in
the cpu, memory or swap stats.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>While experimenting, I notice that shorter intervals (< 1
sec) are useful for interactive monitoring. For example, it is nice to
see the log entry at nearly the same time that the radio s-meter is moving in
order to know which user is registering on the meter. For longer
term measurements, I would think that 1 sec is a sufficient interval and I
think I’ll suggest that we leave it set at 1 sec. But the system appears
to be very robust down to at least 0.1 seconds. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Nice work!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Michael<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>N6MEF<o:p></o:p></p>
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