Randall Davis writes:

> absolutely, yes.  We had a horrible time over the last several months
> controlling both the socket table and the inbound buffer tables. Several
> patches were identified (some new as a result of our issues) and loaded
on our
> system.  We seem to be running better now.  These issues have been
(mostly) due
> to the changes HP made in 6.0 in relation to NS. ...

Can you identify these patches for us? Do you know if they made it into
the 6.0 Express 1 release? I'm loathe to upgrade to 6.0 without assurance
of network (NS-VT) connectivity, since that's how 95% of our users
connect.

> ... They made the network services
> more Berkeley Sockets compliant.  As a result, applications that used to
work
> fine, now don't close sockets properly.  When the socket table fills,
you lose
> connectivity.

i.e. more 'open' = less available. What's wrong with this picture?

Patrick
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Patrick Santucci
Technical Services Analyst
Seabury & Smith, Inc.