Hello again,
On Samstag, 11. September 2004, Greg Kochanski wrote:
> I think this could be implemented using the /proc file system.
Arrgl! Do you know how many (or few) of all the available
operating systems include a /proc fs?
[..]
> This may actually be more relevant than my other suggestion,
> as system performance degrades slowly when the load average
> gets high, but everything goes to heck as soon as you run
> out of memory and the computer starts thrashing.
This true, but your MTA is not the right place to cope with
it. It might look neat for a single system. Think about some,
or hundreds. You´ll soon notice that what you´re talking about
is a parameter that´s one layer beneath exim and that SNMP or
equivalents are the right attempt for the job.
In todays computing setups, there has to be one single point
of intelligence in terms of decision making for the whole
environment. That´s the administrator. Everthing else is going
NOT to work until software "intelligence" is capable of
reacting with having the complete picture "in mind".
So Greg, you´re a couple of years ahead of our time :-)
Cheers,
vt
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