Search Again: Re: coincidence? From: Nick Quinn Date: Friday, June 16, 2000 Time: 5:41:51 pm On Saturday, 17 June 2000, Men & Mice Support <cbuxton@menandmice.com> = wrote: >I was hoping someone else would be able to shed some light on >this. Oh well. > >>Amongst others, we have a 5400 with 72MB running QuickDNS, MacRadius >>and SIMS (being supported by MacOS 9.0, Timbuktu and MacCoach) for >>over 2 years. Having 72MB, I allowed QuickDNS (2.2.1) 10MB to cache >>its stuff, and everything runs hunkydory (translates to OK) most of >>the time except for: >> >>- the occasional freeze when Timbuktu shows the menu bar clock >>seconds stopped for a minute or so and then off it goes again, >and > >That could just be Timbuktu. It does that from time to time, at least=20 >in my experience - Timbuktu stops updating some or all of the screen,=20 >then shows all the updates that it should have been showing, in rapid=20 >succession. Is this what you're seeing? yes >>- every two weeks or so MacCoach restarts the system due to a >>nothing happening for 5 minutes (ie a long freeze) > >I don't have any experience with MacCoach. How does it work? bit like Powerkey's Rebound with (duck:) ?better? software >>I "Timbuktu" to the server 2 or 3 times a day to administer email, >>dns and radius and I noticed a couple of days ago that the QuickDNS' >>free memory was getting down to well under 1MB and thought to myself >>"oh, its due for a restart". And sure enough, the 36 hours later, >>that is what happened. >> >>Has anyone else had this coincidence? > >The free memory reading should go down somewhat below 1 MB, then pop=20 >back up to about 1 MB as less-used cache entries are cleared from the=20 >cache to make room for new entries. bein in a remote location, I have not sat around and watched its = progress over and extended period of time. >>Have I given QuickDNS too much rope and memory management is getting >>knotted when free memory gets to zero? > >You've given it 10 MB. That should pose no problem. Some people have=20 >given it quite a bit more, with no problem. >What type of Mac is this? 5400 (maybe not released in the US), a weak version of the 5500. >>Should I simply restart every week at a preset time, just to >be safe? > >Depending on what's running on the server, that may not be a >bad solution. >>Upgrade MacOS to 9.0.4? > >9.0.4 is a good thing. We haven't seen any problems related to=20 >upgrading to it (so long as QuickDNS is running on a machine with=20 >only one IP address), and it seems a bit faster and more stable. I agree with good things. We only have 1 ip# now. We moved http serving = six months ago when we retired QPQ and strarted using WebStar on a = separate Mac. That "wos the good ol' days": licked road clean; dns, = ftp, email, http & radius all on one all-in-one 5500 listening to 35 = ip#. [apologies to MP fans] You's was lucky with your Gx's [expect a = retort of someone doing it all on a Lisa running as a Mac Plus]. Nick Quinn Sunshine Beach Software in OZ

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