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From: ccml@hippo.ru.ac.za (Mike Lawrie)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: [386bsd] mb_map full
Message-ID: <1992Nov4.095823.11429@hippo.ru.ac.za>
Date: 4 Nov 92 09:58:23 GMT
Article-I.D.: hippo.1992Nov4.095823.11429
Organization: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
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In order to test NFS performance, I've set up a loop to copy a 1 Mb file
from the nfs server (a SUN ELC) to local disk. Well before the file is
copied, the process seems to go to sleep, and very little happens. The
first message on the 386bsd console is

	/386bsd: mb_map full

There are intermittent messages on the console to the effect that the
nfs server is "not responding" and "is alive again".

Any guidance/comments would be greatly appreciated.

Mike
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Mike Lawrie                                    <ccml@hippo.ru.ac.za>
Director, Computing Services                   ph +27 461 22023 x 279
Rhodes University, Drostdy Rd                  fx +27 461 25049
Grahamstown 6140, South Africa