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Cc: FreeBSD ISP <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>,
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Subject: Re: NFS optimization
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Eric Anderson wrote:
> My rule of thumb for nfsd's has come down to nfs clients / 4 =
 > nfsd threads.

What would be the lower bound for such a rule?