Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 21:14:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Mark Hittinger <bugs@ns1.win.net> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Max Users (fwd) Message-ID: <199509170114.VAA02600@ns1.win.net>
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> From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@knobel.gun.de> > The initial value of 10 isn't that bad. 250 is _overkill_. It makes > certain kernel structures too huge and _kills_ your performcance. > I'd choose values of 10-20 depending on the amount of memory > you have and the number of users, that will work at the same time > on your system. I don't want to offend Andreas but I think this information might not be entirely accurate. I've been using a setting of 256 for around 8 months now. Creating a large swap area, and using a larger maxusers parameter has been necessary for me to operate my production internet servers. I do not see a performance hit from this. I do see a major performance hit when I don't use enough swap space or if I don't pump up certain kernel parameters - the system either hangs or crashes! Don't be shy, pump it up and see what happens. Experiment. It is ok to do this with FreeBSD - none of us will mind :-) Regards, Mark Hittinger Internet Manager WinNET Communications, Inc. bugs@win.net
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