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From: j@uriah.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development
Subject: Re: three questions about *BSD
Date: 6 Jan 1995 11:11:50 +0100
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john dyson <dyson@root.com> wrote:
>>In article <T4TVBQWQ@math.fu-berlin.de> Thomas Graichen writes:
>>* how can i change the number of allocated buffers at bootup time (maybe in
>>the kernel sources) because i think (namely FreeBSD) takes about 20% of the
>>memory for buffers ?
>>
>You can re-compile the kernel and specify more buffers if you want on
>FreeBSD V1.X and V2.0.
After getting some initial hints from David Greenman (thanks!), i've
done this for our network server, a 64 MB machine. It's now using 36
MB of buffer cache, and runs very stable (still 1.1.5.1 system, this
is a production environment). It beats even SGI Indys in some areas,
especially when the number of users is growing.
If someone needs the hints, i can mail them.
--
cheers, J"org work: --- no longer ---
private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.sax.de
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)