Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 00:00:02 -0800 (PST) From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/8764: pwd_mkdb is slow on many users Message-ID: <199811200800.AAA18282@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/8764; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> To: lem@cantv.net Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/8764: pwd_mkdb is slow on many users Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 09:51:17 +0200 On Thu, Nov 19, 1998 at 10:48:05AM -0800, lem@cantv.net wrote: > On systems with large user counts (>= 50k), the time to rebuild > tha password database becomes quite large. One of our test systems > clocked 60+ minutes with 150k users. Increasing the buffer space > as suggested on one of the freebsd-* lists reduced this time to > 44+ minutes, which is roughly a 25% improvement. > > Probably further increasing cache could reduce the time by 50%. > Did you try `-u' switch of pwd_mkdb? * -u username * Only update the record for the specified user. Utilities that op- * erate on a single user can use this option to avoid the overhead of * rebuilding the entire database. -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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