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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.EDU.AU!news.apana.org.au!usenet 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 Lines: 36 Message-ID: <3241D38A.41C67EA6@lespoir.apana.org.au> References: <DxuqK0.ID8@hparc12.aus.hp.com> <323EFEE8.C0B@www.play-hookey.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lespoir.apana.org.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE i386) To: kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com 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 > > Are you interested in | > byte-sized education | http://www.play-hookey.com > over the Internet? |