Yes, you need to enable TCP keepaline via the directive. It has it;s own problems as temporary network glitches can fool TCP keepalive into thinking the connection is dead (do a search on keepalive). That probably isn't a problem as the client should reconnect. Andy (at FRA) On Mon, 25 Aug 2014, Lukasz Janyst wrote: > On 08/22/2014 06:59 PM, Matevz Tadel wrote: >>> Does the Xrootd server at least enable TCP keepalive? That'll close >>> out dead connections after 2 hours. >> >> I don't think so ... I see things hanging up to 24 hours easily (when >> collector decides to give up on the session). Can this timeout be set at >> socket creation time? > > Typically, this is handled by the TCP stack, but the routers/firewalls on > the way often mess things up. To enable the OS keepalive for xrootd sockets > you need to ask for it: > http://xrootd.org/doc/prod/xrd_config.htm#_Toc310725344 > > Cheers, > Lukasz > > ######################################################################## > Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list > > To unsubscribe from the XROOTD-DEV list, click the following link: > https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=XROOTD-DEV&A=1 > ######################################################################## Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list To unsubscribe from the XROOTD-DEV list, click the following link: https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=XROOTD-DEV&A=1