From owner-freebsd-isp Wed May 13 13:35:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA11096 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Wed, 13 May 1998 13:35:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from news1.gtn.com (news1.gtn.com [194.77.0.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA11083 for ; Wed, 13 May 1998 13:35:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andreas@klemm.gtn.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by news1.gtn.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) with UUCP id WAA07161; Wed, 13 May 1998 22:30:14 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from andreas@localhost) by klemm.gtn.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA15495; Wed, 13 May 1998 22:23:22 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from andreas) Message-ID: <19980513222322.B15191@klemm.gtn.com> Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 22:23:22 +0200 From: Andreas Klemm To: Satya Palani Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how many virtual www server on a 2.2.6 PPro machine ? References: <19980513210347.A12724@klemm.gtn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Satya Palani on Wed, May 13, 1998 at 12:57:48PM -0700 X-Disclaimer: A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT SMP Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, May 13, 1998 at 12:57:48PM -0700, Satya Palani wrote: > On Wed, 13 May 1998, Andreas Klemm wrote: > > > What do you think, if I want to put as many virtual webservers > > as possible onto one FreeBSD (2.2.6) Machine (PPro 200, 128 MB) > > ... how many would that be ? > > You should be able to hit at least 500. Depending on how heavily accessed > the sites are, maybe more. Wow ... > > The max number of IP aliases is 255 I think per network card. > > If I would like to configure 240 ... would that run or > > do you see problems ? I'd try that if you don't know. > > Some OS's have this limit (Solaris), but you shouldn't have this problem > with FreeBSD. Fine ! > > What about the maximum number of open files ? > > Recompile libc with a higher FD_SETSIZE. 1024 has worked well for us. > Don't forget to up maxusers in the kernel too. 1024 is default on current #ifndef FD_SETSIZE #define FD_SETSIZE 1024 ... Do you perhaps mean a higher value ? -- Andreas Klemm http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~andreas What gives you 90% more speed, for example, in kernel compilation ? http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~fsmp/SMP/akgraph-a/graph1.html "NT = Not Today" (Maggie Biggs) ``powered by FreeBSD SMP'' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message