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Date:      Wed, 13 May 1998 22:23:22 +0200
From:      Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>
To:        Satya Palani <satya@netcorps.com>
Cc:        isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: how many virtual www server on a 2.2.6 PPro machine ?
Message-ID:  <19980513222322.B15191@klemm.gtn.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.980513124654.17190A-100000@ns1.netcorps.com>; from Satya Palani on Wed, May 13, 1998 at 12:57:48PM -0700
References:  <19980513210347.A12724@klemm.gtn.com> <Pine.NEB.3.96.980513124654.17190A-100000@ns1.netcorps.com>

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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 ?
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