From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 31 8:24:34 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from erouter0.it-datacntr.louisville.edu (erouter0.it-datacntr.louisville.edu [136.165.1.36]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 722A31548D for ; Fri, 31 Dec 1999 08:24:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from k.stevenson@louisville.edu) Received: from osaka.louisville.edu (osaka.louisville.edu [136.165.1.114]) by erouter0.it-datacntr.louisville.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94F8624D04 for ; Fri, 31 Dec 1999 11:24:31 -0500 (EST) Received: by osaka.louisville.edu (Postfix, from userid 15) id 8964C18605; Fri, 31 Dec 1999 11:24:21 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 11:24:21 -0500 From: Keith Stevenson To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: softupdates and debug.max_softdeps Message-ID: <19991231112421.A27070@osaka.louisville.edu> References: <19991231004902.01D721CA0@overcee.netplex.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: <19991231004902.01D721CA0@overcee.netplex.com.au> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Dec 31, 1999 at 08:49:01AM +0800, Peter Wemm wrote: > FYI: On hub.freebsd.org (the freebsd mailing list server), if we activate > softupdates on the disk containing the postfix spool, the machine reboots > (silently if I recall correctly) within 5 minutes of postfix starting up. > > This is a much smaller system of course, with smaller memory and filesystem > working set. (postfix spool of ~50-80MB, 256MB ram). I thought I'd post > this as a real-use datapoint. I'm using a postfix/FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE system as the central mail hub for the University of Louisville. I have softupdates enabled on the mail spool, I process about 75K messages per day, and I have absolutely no stability problems. The system is a PentiumPro 200 MHz with 128 MB RAM. Kernel was compiled on Sep 27 14:32:45 EDT 1999. This system in only a relay/router system. It handles no local deliveries. Just another real-use data point. Regards, --Keith Stevenson-- -- Keith Stevenson System Programmer - Data Center Services - University of Louisville k.stevenson@louisville.edu PGP key fingerprint = 4B 29 A8 95 A8 82 EA A2 29 CE 68 DE FC EE B6 A0 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message