From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 15 16:11:52 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 E528216A41C for ; Wed, 15 Jun 2005 16:11:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from matt@atopia.net) Received: from neptune.atopia.net (neptune.atopia.net [209.128.231.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE7C943D53 for ; Wed, 15 Jun 2005 16:11:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from matt@atopia.net) Received: by neptune.atopia.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 97CF240AE; Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:11:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by neptune.atopia.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9609840A7 for ; Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:11:52 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:11:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Matt Juszczak To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050615121014.D85802@neptune.atopia.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Mail server with 3500 active accounts 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, 15 Jun 2005 16:11:53 -0000 We're running a mail server with 3500 active accounts. Are there any kernel variables I should set with sysctl in loader.conf that will make the system more efficient, etc.? Right now I'm just running with the defaults. I found a site online that says if you run hundreds of postfix processes then you need to change things. Our count right now is about 34 when I do ps auxw | grep postfix | wc -l ... but of course that includes other processes like clean, etc. Thanks! -Matt