From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 19 21:07:45 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA6541065670 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:07:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.173]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3915F8FC16 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:07:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 30so95408ugs.39 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:07:44 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=1MaPcwahXhBZpoPA4deXX+hCXe4xpKhhzuQO8v8GzuM=; b=Pvr4PRGmIxhFTrALvgm9W2pOnUZkL/cAp0Bb1/ndmkbOdT10obgfRM/xpaQOS/EdNp hWtVQhK8WvSMCmK0/QyxNfLDtQXMpM7R0V2nLAt2alNNjBl5eOn1ultloFlYn4EbGSa8 EvxP367mZP/hHTrqwqdUBo2C3ZpFLZp7e/KfI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=NfvvCA0teMOK+vOmuLO/EjF+3xvf4LTdQr4k8FIWnIiOeDaXzn44Kae1nAg2iDLFzt YKlAmX49gGvqqd9DWhAfLjph71Qf93vs8gLDPOEiahdsBj1I3DKu6xeQj7WGr0FPlC0L p8J4ob2RGqlsqD44jf3ZYg6e8JyrwY4SmAhY0= Received: by 10.103.213.19 with SMTP id p19mr536793muq.9.1227128863985; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:07:43 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.103.169.16 with HTTP; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:07:43 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4ad871310811191307s1a87825ekf5557f347792e30@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:07:43 -0500 From: "Glen Barber" To: "Ramesh Ayyagari" In-Reply-To: <974618.15901.qm@web111109.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <436595.20263.qm@web111109.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4ad871310811181843v14e57474t8441b465dcb1ec99@mail.gmail.com> <974618.15901.qm@web111109.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What would be the appropriate value for kern.maxfiles X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:07:45 -0000 On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Ramesh Ayyagari wrote: > my server primarily runs postfix experiencing very huge inflow of mails >>60000 per hour. There are some other services that the servers runs like > caching DNS etc but postfix being the primary application running on it. > > Ram > 1.) Please don't top-post. 2.) I gave you an example. You obviously know what your server is doing, so you need to adjust the tunable accordingly. You can always set the number "too high", then slim it down from there after testing to see what meets your requirements. -- Glen Barber "If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done." --Scott Adams