From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 19 19:02:29 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE90337B401 for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2003 19:02:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (adsl-67-119-53-152.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [67.119.53.152]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 016BC43FAF for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2003 19:02:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from rot13.obsecurity.org (rot13.obsecurity.org [10.0.0.5]) by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C936566BE5; Sat, 19 Jul 2003 19:02:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by rot13.obsecurity.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id DF305B36; Sat, 19 Jul 2003 19:02:22 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 19:02:22 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway To: "Ernest H. Rice, III" Message-ID: <20030720020222.GA66450@rot13.obsecurity.org> References: <200307192112.21558.ehr3@ehr3.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="BXVAT5kNtrzKuDFl" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200307192112.21558.ehr3@ehr3.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rpc.statd and NFS Server on 4.8-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 02:02:30 -0000 --BXVAT5kNtrzKuDFl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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... >=20 > 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= =20 > process) my internet connectivity slows down. Additionally, my system can= run=20 > out of swap space (I have 128 MB RAM and 512 MB swap). I never ran out of= =20 > swap before on FreeBSD and this troubled me. >=20 > I ran top and saw rpc.statd usurping about 257M of memory. > When I disable NFS Server facilities, and reboot, my internet performance= =20 > returns (and - of course - rpc.statd is no longer running. Also, I no lon= ger=20 > run short of swap. >=20 > When I export the directory I have one line in /etc/exports which just li= sts=20 > the directory to be exported. >=20 > 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 --BXVAT5kNtrzKuDFl Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/GfguWry0BWjoQKURAhGFAJ9gmZF9rCcl1JTHrEGNU9DdeXRDKQCgsu5H DwvtUIMj71yoDWHUhqlyRF0= =6Kn7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --BXVAT5kNtrzKuDFl--