From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 12 03:54:08 2004 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 8573716A4CE for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 03:54:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF23243D2D for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 03:54:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1])i2CBrxJN033318 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 12 Mar 2004 11:53:59 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i2CBrxgu033317; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 11:53:59 GMT (envelope-from matthew) Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 11:53:59 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: Stefan Sonnenberg-Carstens Message-ID: <20040312115359.GB33032@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Stefan Sonnenberg-Carstens , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <001b01c4081c$02fcb980$9704a8c0@coolspot.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="4SFOXa2GPu3tIq4H" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001b01c4081c$02fcb980$9704a8c0@coolspot.local> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040304, clamav-milter version 0.67j cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Maximum numbers of nfsd processes bumped up 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: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 11:54:08 -0000 --4SFOXa2GPu3tIq4H Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 11:23:07AM +0100, Stefan Sonnenberg-Carstens wrote: > Hi there, > We have here a FreeBSD system which serves > for more than 369 days without interrupt as our > internal webserver nfs server. > We lately discovered more traffic to our sites and > therefor mor use of the nfsd processes. > That meens, 20 nfsd's aren't enough anymore ! > On my spare system I compiled a new kernel > with MAXASYNCNFSD (or so ..) =3D 256 and > patched /sbin/nfsd to accept this. > Are there any drawbacks from this ? There was a thread (on this very list) starting with this message which covered this topic in some detail: http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=3D676064+0+archive/2002/fr= eebsd-questions/20021110.freebsd-questions Subject line is "NFS Performance woes" -- you can find the messages if you go to http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/archive//2002/freebsd-questions/20021110.f= reebsd-questions.html and scroll down to entry 491. =20 Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --4SFOXa2GPu3tIq4H Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAUaTXdtESqEQa7a0RAq7aAJwMEFbDv+1+vKx5NEFk2iwUYa7BugCgiIZ8 h6aQsCjs/OQQP/keHgKmUvk= =NRiq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4SFOXa2GPu3tIq4H--