Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 19:02:22 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: "Ernest H. Rice, III" <ehr3@ehr3.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rpc.statd and NFS Server on 4.8-RELEASE Message-ID: <20030720020222.GA66450@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200307192112.21558.ehr3@ehr3.com> References: <200307192112.21558.ehr3@ehr3.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 09:12:21PM -0400, Ernest H. Rice, III wrote: > Folks: > Excuse the interruption, but I have a probably very stupid question... > > I enabled NFS Server facilities on my 4.8.2 FreeBSD system recently. > I export ONE directory, and when nfs is started (via the normal booting > process) my internet connectivity slows down. Additionally, my system can run > out of swap space (I have 128 MB RAM and 512 MB swap). I never ran out of > swap before on FreeBSD and this troubled me. > > I ran top and saw rpc.statd usurping about 257M of memory. > When I disable NFS Server facilities, and reboot, my internet performance > returns (and - of course - rpc.statd is no longer running. Also, I no longer > run short of swap. > > When I export the directory I have one line in /etc/exports which just lists > the directory to be exported. > > What am I doing wrong to have rpc.statd using SO MUCH memory. This question is answered in the FAQ (short answer: it's not). Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/GfguWry0BWjoQKURAhGFAJ9gmZF9rCcl1JTHrEGNU9DdeXRDKQCgsu5H DwvtUIMj71yoDWHUhqlyRF0= =6Kn7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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