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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi Joel,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">$ root@proxy-1:~# kamcmd ps |grep second<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">31314 secondary timer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Basically it makes sense to use a dedicated timer if you have a large DB and/or a DB which is not particularly fast for the expiration, to not block the core timer to long.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Henning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Henning Westerholt –
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="https://skalatan.de/blog/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#0563C1">https://skalatan.de/blog/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Kamailio services –
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="https://gilawa.com/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#0563C1">https://gilawa.com</span></a></span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><b>From:</b> sr-users <sr-users-bounces@lists.kamailio.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Joel Serrano<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 20, 2020 1:12 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Kamailio (SER) - Users Mailing List <sr-users@lists.kamailio.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [SR-Users] Understanding some usrloc modparams<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt">I have an installation using usrloc + db_mode=1.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt">If I want on db_mode=1 or db_mode=2 the expired contacts to be cleaned up I have to enable the modparam db_timer_clean:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><a href="https://www.kamailio.org/docs/modules/devel/modules/usrloc.html#usrloc.p.db_timer_clean">https://www.kamailio.org/docs/modules/devel/modules/usrloc.html#usrloc.p.db_timer_clean</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt">The docs say:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt">"<i>Enable (1) or disable (0) cleaning of expired db records on timer basis for db_mode WRITE-BACK and WRITE-THROUGH. It uses the secondary timer process.</i>"<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt">I have the following doubts:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt">1- What does the reference "it uses
<b><i>the</i></b> secondary timer process" mean? Is there a specific secondary timer just for this purpose?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt">2- Is #1 related to the modparam timer_procs? (so it uses one of those when enabled?)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt">3- Why/When would you need a timer_proces modparam with a value higher than "1"? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt">Thanks, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt">Joel.<o:p></o:p></p>
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