Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 09:29:29 -0800 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: igb interfaces and kern.ipc.nmbclusters Message-ID: <CAJ-VmomsZAG9o6h%2BFgXPdUnBJ7L8UhLm_VhDZhTvmH9obUjEbg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <546770A1.1070606@qeng-ho.org> References: <546770A1.1070606@qeng-ho.org>
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That default is high and should be fine for almost all uses at 1g. -adrian On 15 November 2014 07:26, Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> wrote: > man igb contains the section > > kern.ipc.nmbclusters > The maximum number of mbuf clusters allowed. If the system has > more than one igb card or jumbo frames are enabled, this value > will need to be increased. > > Given that I'm in the process of setting up a new server with two igb > interfaces, is there a suggestion for what I should set it to? > > My current value is > > root@arthur:4# sysctl kern.ipc.nmbclusters > kern.ipc.nmbclusters: 2020126 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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