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You can probably turn hw.ixgbe.num_queues down to 2 or 4 and cut your =
mbuf consumption dramatically without noticing any loss of performance.

-A

On Jun 22, 2012, at 6:19 PM, Rick Miller wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Increase your system mbuf pool size, you do not want that failure to =
happen.
>=20
> Thanks, Jack.  I saw a thread where you discussed this.  You are
> referring to kern.ipc.nmbclusters, correct?
>=20
> Should I also adjust the following?
>=20
> hw.ixgbe.rxd
> hw.ixgbe.txd
> hw.ixgbe.num_queues
> hw.intr_storm_threshold

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