From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 25 13:33:34 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA01939 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 13:33:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from buffnet4.buffnet.net (buffnet4.buffnet.net [205.246.19.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA01777 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 13:31:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from shovey@buffnet.net) Received: from buffnet11.buffnet.net (shovey@buffnet11.buffnet.net [205.246.19.55]) by buffnet4.buffnet.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA03370; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 16:28:53 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 16:28:52 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Hovey To: "Sean T. Lamont .lost." cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I'm at the end of my rope In-Reply-To: <199711252028.MAA02522@itchy.serv.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > I'm beginning to think that FreeBSD just isn't suitable for a heavy load > for shell use. > I have no problem with heavy loads - but you need to be sure you have sufficient RAM and preferably CPU but RAM is the more important since not enough will result in excessive swapping to disk. If you use MMAP enabled for some reason that will get you intro trouble - also be sure you have enough nmbclusters defined - Ive noted sometimes if i run out due to being underconfiged I lock up. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Hovey Chief Engineer BuffNET More Than Just a Connection! ------------------------------------------------------------------