From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 22 11:27:42 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2048216A421 for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 11:27:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ivan@careytech.com.au) Received: from ipmail01.adl2.internode.on.net (ipmail01.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F1B913C487 for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 11:27:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ivan@careytech.com.au) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.14,565,1170595800"; d="scan'208";a="132530746" Received: from ppp154-213.static.internode.on.net (HELO [192.168.1.2]) ([150.101.154.213]) by ipmail01.adl2.internode.on.net with ESMTP; 22 May 2007 20:57:39 +0930 Message-ID: <4652D3A9.3050509@careytech.com.au> Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 21:27:37 +1000 From: Ivan Carey User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Kernel Options fo a File Server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ivan@careytech.com.au List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 11:27:42 -0000 Hello, What would be the best Kernel options to run a file server? I will be using an Intel server mother board with one Xeon quad core CPU installed (this mother board has 2 CPU sockets) 2GB RAM and dual 500Gb SATA HDD's I am thinking of options that would make the kernel efficient as a pure file server. Thanks, Ivan