[SunHELP] help for our server running slow!

[Brian Scanlan]

On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 09:09:19PM +0000, shivraj yadav wrote:
> Thanks for responding Steve. BTW, by slow i meant that anything i do on that 
> server takes a long while to respond.

Show us some top output (subliminal message: install top).

>No, there are no DNS issues .. since 
> the response is the same even if i "telnet" to its IP-ADDRESS.

You misunderstand the problem. The problem is reverse DNS lookups. The
Sun box is attempting to resolve the name of the machine you're
accessing it from. If it cannot do that, it'll wait for a minute or so
before connecting you. This is a frequent problem.

On the Sun box add an entry for the host you're accessing it from.
Use finger on the Sun box to make sure the IP you're on from resolves.

-- 
Brian Scanlan, Systems Administrator.
Irish Times New Media - http://www.ireland.com