<div dir="ltr">Everything is on the /dev/sda<br><br>And local<br><br>That is not the answer...<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Gabor Szabo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:szabgab@gmail.com">szabgab@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">2009/9/8 Noam Rathaus <<a href="mailto:noamr@beyondsecurity.com">noamr@beyondsecurity.com</a>>:<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5">> Hi,<br>
><br>
> I have two machines, their hardware is not identical, but their installation<br>
> is.<br>
><br>
> One is a 3 years old DELL server, while the other is a 1 year old server.<br>
><br>
> One is running 2.6.26-2-686 while the other 2.6.30-1-686<br>
><br>
> What I am seeing is slow startup - emphasis on startup, the code works fast<br>
> once its running - of perl scripts<br>
><br>
> Even the smallest perl script such as this:<br>
> ===<br>
> #!/usr/bin/perl<br>
><br>
> use lib '/usr/local/MySystem/lib';<br>
><br>
> use DB;<br>
><br>
> ===<br>
><br>
> Take 7 seconds to start, in comparison to 0.030secods<br>
><br>
> If I don't use the "use DB;" which my package<br>
><br>
> It loads fast<br>
><br>
> I am trying to figure out why, I checked the HD speeds via hdparam, the<br>
> newer server is 1.5 times faster 103MB/sec<br>
><br>
> I tried to see what libraries were being used, used strace, but I can't see<br>
> something "big" that is causing the delay.<br>
><br>
> The "use DB;" can be replaced with any other "custom" library package I<br>
> wrote, they all take 2-7 seconds to load, while on the other machine it<br>
> takes negligible time<br>
><br>
> Does someone have a "thread" to cling to?<br>
><br>
<br>
<br>
</div></div>A wide guess is that it is searching the @INC and on one system<br>
@INC points to a slow disk maybe via NFS ?<br>
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Gabor<br>
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