Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 16:32:03 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Michael Beckmann <petzi@apfel.de> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Limitations in FreeBSD Message-ID: <199910282332.QAA02494@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 29 Oct 1999 02:02:53 %2B0200." <19991029020253.A3005@apfel.de>
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> On Thu, Oct 28, 1999 at 03:53:20PM -0700, Mike Smith wrote: > > How many fd's do you plan to have open? > > This would be 2^17 to 2^19. Would that be advisable ? I have never > seen anything like that. That would be difficult. > > How severe is the performance > > penalty (have you actually measured it yet, or are you just going on > > word of mouth)? > > The latter. Measuring would be difficult due to lack of tools, and IŽd > rather not make life tests in production machines. This is a failure of your approach, I think. You are trying to make a decision without adequate information, which is never a good idea. Craft the tools and make an informed choice. TBH, it sounds like you need to look at a different reader architecture. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the messagehelp
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