Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In general, sockets sitting a long time in TIME_WAIT would be a > network problem. That state means the user process already closed > the socket and the network stack is waiting for the other end to > acknowledge connection closure. If it's not getting the ACK then > you have either buggy network code in one kernel or the other, or > a network-level problem (maybe an overaggressive firewall in > between?). Not to discount those possibilities, but I've seen one other cause: a storm of connection attempts. It could be a DoS attack or a poorly written client. -Kevin -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
