[WBEL-users] what is mdmpd?

[Ewan Mac Mahon]

On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 10:29:06AM +0000, Bevis Peters wrote:
> actively used! - though I see that each xterm takes 3Mb!!!!).
ICBW, but they may all be using the same 3Mb.

>  Anyhow, one process listed is 'mdmpd' taking 12Mb, but I can't find any
>  reference to what this actually is or what it's doing.  Can anyone tell me?
> 
>From the top of /etc/init.d/mdmpd:

"This starts, stops, and reloads the mdmpd-based multipath device
monitoring and management facility"

which I think probably qualifies as one of those 'if you don't know you
need it, you don't need it' services.

Ewan