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Date:      Tue, 20 May 1997 09:15:28 +0100 (BST)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To:        "Brian N. Handy" <handy@sag.space.lockheed.com>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Max # of files with NFS?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970520091256.15296I-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.96.970519193806.26304X-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com>

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On Mon, 19 May 1997, Brian N. Handy wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> So I have this NFS-mounted directory with 287 files in it.  If I cd to
> that directory and do an 'ls', that terminal hangs.  Top says it's in
> 'getblk'. 
> 
> The server is a DEC alpha running DU 4.0.  The client is running
> 2.2-STABLE. 
> 
> Is this a problem with too many files?  I'm not sure what else it could
> be. 

I just listed a directory with 7800 files it to check.  I can't (yet) test
directly with DU 4.0 but if you could get a packet trace, it might help
diagnose what is happening.  Run 'tcpdump -vv -s300 port nfs' while you
try to do the 'ls'.

--
Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
Nonlinear Systems Ltd.			Phone: +44 181 951 1891




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