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Date:      Wed, 23 Jul 1997 15:13:57 -0700
From:      Michael Burgener <Michael_Burgener@brookscanada.com>
To:        "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Problems under heavy NFS load.
Message-ID:  <c=CA%a=_%p=Brooks_Automatio%l=CLIFF-970723221357Z-5921@cliff.brookscanada.com>

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We have a machine running FreeBSD 2.2.1 used as a NFS server.  When the
box is under heavy load it frequently refuses to spawn any new processes
(ie. cannot start any new xterms, login processes, etc).  The only
solution thus far has been to reboot the machine.

Anyone have any ideas about what might be going on here?

Machine specifics:

ASUS T2P4 motherboard
P90 w/256 cache
32MB
Adaptec 2940UW
2GB SCSI Quantum Viking
1.6GB IDE Western Digital
ATI Mach 64
2 3C509B combo cards

I have heard that some people have had problems with the 3COM cards
under 2.1.5 (even the config files said the driver was buggy but in
2.2.1 they don't) and I would be interested in hearing people's views on
this.

Thanks in advance

Michael Burgener
Network Administrator
Brooks Automation Canada
michael_burgener@brookscanada.com



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