From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 23 20:34:33 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63D2416A400 for ; Wed, 23 May 2007 20:34:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@voidmain.net) Received: from tiltup.nepinc.com (tiltup.nepinc.com [66.207.136.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10CA413C45E for ; Wed, 23 May 2007 20:34:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@voidmain.net) Received: from haiti.nepinc.com (pgh.nepinc.com [66.207.129.50]) (authenticated bits=0) by tiltup.nepinc.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l4NJx0Hf018360; Wed, 23 May 2007 15:59:05 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from freebsd@voidmain.net) Message-ID: <46549D02.4000201@voidmain.net> Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 15:58:58 -0400 From: Tom Grove User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070425) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: PeterPluta References: <4652D3A9.3050509@careytech.com.au> <10771337.post@talk.nabble.com> In-Reply-To: <10771337.post@talk.nabble.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel Options fo a File Server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 20:34:33 -0000 PeterPluta wrote: > >From what I heard from most BSD'ers it's not really feasible to re-compile or > customize the kernel much these days. If you truly need to compile/optimize > the kernel you're already overworking your hardware. With that being said > I’m curious myself, I'm always interested in squeezing a little out of my > hardware. > > > Ivan Carey wrote: > >> Hello, >> What would be the best Kernel options to run a file server? >> I will be using an Intel server mother board with one Xeon quad core CPU >> installed (this mother board has 2 CPU sockets) 2GB RAM and dual 500Gb >> SATA HDD's >> >> I am thinking of options that would make the kernel efficient as a pure >> file server. >> >> Thanks, >> Ivan >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> >> > > First, please don't top post. Thanks. I typically recompile a kernel for almost every new machine. You can certainly change a great deal of options within the kernel that you otherwise can't do. For instance do a 'make LINT' in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf and grok the LINT file for options. There are tons of tweaks you could do. If you want to tweak the file server I would look more into tunefs. man tunefs...this will probably be where you will find the most info about getting the most out of your filesystem. -Tom