From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 21 13:15:03 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4709916A4CE; Fri, 21 May 2004 13:15:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.takas.lt (mail-src.takas.lt [212.59.31.78]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F7CA43D1F; Fri, 21 May 2004 13:15:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from steve@nomad.lets.net) Received: from mail pickup service by mail.takas.lt with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 21 May 2004 23:14:55 +0300 Received: from mx2.freebsd.org ([216.136.204.119]) by mail.takas.lt with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Fri, 21 May 2004 21:33:35 +0300 Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.freebsd.org [216.136.204.18]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F95555E56; Fri, 21 May 2004 11:33:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9D1C16A507; Fri, 21 May 2004 11:33:09 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0266416A4CE for ; Fri, 21 May 2004 11:32:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from arrow.wiznet.ca (arrow.wiznet.ca [216.138.223.232]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D614943D39 for ; Fri, 21 May 2004 11:32:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from steve@nomad.lets.net) Received: from nomad.lets.net (H74.C220.tor.velocet.net [216.138.220.74]) by arrow.wiznet.ca (Postfix) with SMTP id A913D6706 for ; Fri, 21 May 2004 14:32:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 2345 invoked by uid 1008); 21 May 2004 19:27:01 -0000 Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 15:27:01 -0400 From: Steve Shorter To: Eric Anderson Message-ID: <20040521192701.GA2334@nomad.lets.net> References: <40ABD7C8.7050405@centtech.com> <40ACD24E.8010401@centtech.com><40AE4531.7010205@centtech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40AE4531.7010205@centtech.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Errors-To: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 May 2004 18:33:35.0510 (UTC) FILETIME=[20567B60:01C43F62] cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org cc: Steve Shorter cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Max NFSD processes X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 20:15:03 -0000 On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 01:06:41PM -0500, Eric Anderson wrote: > > > > Disk design issues matter cause it is the ultimate > >bottleneck. RAID is you friend. > > > > Just curious - what RAID level/configuration do you use? I've typically > used RAID5, but RAID0+1 might be acceptable. > Depends. RAID5 has worst right performance, so it might be bad for something like mail. Generally I use RAID0+1 for mail and RAID5 for web data. Also, depending on your budget and/or concerns about failure/downtime, you might want to vinum mirror the entire base system disks. Be sure to have the root partition vinumed also. There is good documentation in the handbook and on gregs page. Actually all my nfs servers are "diskless" except for the data and boot off of boot servers using PXE. The boot servers have vinumed system disks. -steve _______________________________________________ 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"