Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 19:03:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> To: Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.numachi.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tuning for a file server? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970609190036.18686D-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <19970609181845.03139@numachi.numachi.com>
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On Mon, 9 Jun 1997, Brian Reichert wrote: > I know there was recently a grumble about having stock recipies > for kernal configurations, but I had an actual question, or rather, > a request for pointers: > > I'm planning on putting together a monster file server (a half-Gig > of memory or more, many Gig worth of drives) and was curious about > peoples' suggestions about tuning the kernal to avoid various > bottlenecks. > > It's only a P-133 triton II motherboard, and I'm planning on two > PCI SCSI adaptors, but I've made no decisions or specifics beyond > that. Triton II boards normally max at 256MB of ram, so I'm not sure how you'd put 512MB+ into one of these boards. What kind of fileserver? NFS? I don't think you can wrong with a faster CPU then, as NFS normally operates synchronusly. How many clients? > I am subscribed to -hackers, but feel free to respond to me directly. > > Thanks... > > -- > Brian 'you Bastard' Reichert reichert@numachi.com > 37 Crystal Ave. #303 > Derry NH 03038-1713 USA Intel architecture: the left-hand path > > Tom
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