Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 15:58:58 -0400 From: Tom Grove <freebsd@voidmain.net> To: PeterPluta <peter@placidpublishing.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel Options fo a File Server Message-ID: <46549D02.4000201@voidmain.net> In-Reply-To: <10771337.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <4652D3A9.3050509@careytech.com.au> <10771337.post@talk.nabble.com>
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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
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