Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 17:51:59 +0530 From: Shanker Balan <shanu@shankerbalan.net> To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: High load average mail server 5.3-RELEASE Message-ID: <20050923122159.GW33413@yahoo-inc.com> In-Reply-To: <20050923080227.T58927@zoraida.natserv.net> References: <15412.1126634818@www56.gmx.net> <20050922214142.N50836@zoraida.natserv.net> <43336294.2020403@centtech.com> <20050923080227.T58927@zoraida.natserv.net>
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Hello,
Francisco Reyes wrote,
> On Thu, 22 Sep 2005, Eric Anderson wrote:
>
> >Also, if it is an NFS server, one should check the cpu times on the nfsd
> >processes. I've found that many times there aren't enough nfsd processes
> >to take the load from many clients. Increasing the number (double it)
> >often helps this. The max in 5.3 is 20, but you can easily change it and
> >get around it.
>
> What is the parameter to change the number of nfsd processes?
See /etc/defaults/rc.conf:
nfs_server_flags="-u -t -n 4" # Flags to nfsd (if enabled).
nfsd(8)
-n Specifies how many servers to create.
--
Shanker Balan
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