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From: "M.C Wong" <wongm@lespoir.apana.org.au>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: High-end FreeBSD server config suggestions needed please
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 23:13:14 +0000
Organization: Lespoir
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Ken Bigelow wrote:
> 
> M C Wong wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >     I will soon need a couple of very powerful server running FreeBSD
> > (perhaps 2.1.5), and it will be NFS, mail, DNS, NNTP, firewall, HTTP,
> > FTP, login, router etc server. I have in mind about 4GB disk space and
> > 32MB RAM to start off with.
> >
> >     However I remember someone saying that to support large numbers of
> > logins etc, the kernel needs to be configured differently for various
> > parameters. If so, can the kind person please reply to me for the
> > appropriate instructions/changes to the kernel etc ?
> >
> >     Thanks in advance, and please CC by email if reply to the group.
> 
> [CC sent]
> 
> RT Handbook on recompiling the kernel. The parameter you're thinking of
> is called MAXUSERS, and is used to set up various tables. In 

No, this is NOT the parameter I am interested in. There is someone
from the hackers list mention about tweaking the kernel configuration
to make it support MANY users/processes. It is something involving the
part of kernel codes change itself I remember.

particular,
> this parameter defines the maximum number of concurrent processes the
> system will support (calculation in the Handbook).
> --
> Ken
> 
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