Subject: radb problems

From: Gerald Andrew Winters <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 17:17:13 -0400 (EDT)

Hello, 

We have recently been experiencing a marked increase in
radb server load of approx. 10-fold.  This has resulted
in a noticable decrease in service and response time of
our database production service.  We have taken the following
steps to counteract the enormouse load:

* shut down the mirroring service and offloaded to a different
  machine.

* reduced or removed all non-essential cron activity.

* limited the number of simultaneous rawhoisd connections.

* offloaded whois.ra.net queries to radb1.merit.edu.

All tool users are asked to connect to radb1.merit.edu
where service should be much better.
  We have also encounterd some instability on radb1.merit.edu
but hope to have this resolved by the end of the evening.
  We appologize for the interruption in service and will
keep the list updated.

--jerry