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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!worldnet.att.net!arclight.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.direct.ca!nntp.portal.ca!van-bc!van-bc!not-for-mail From: jhenders@wimsey.com (John Henders) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: How to fix 'Cannot alloc MBUF' or similar message Date: 20 Dec 1996 12:13:38 -0800 Organization: Wimsey Information Services Lines: 15 Message-ID: <59es1i$2bt@vanbc.wimsey.com> References: <01bbee2a$b6648a20$9e9dd4c7@soca> NNTP-Posting-Host: vanbc.wimsey.com X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #3 (NOV) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5477 In <01bbee2a$b6648a20$9e9dd4c7@soca> "Bruce Fleming" <bfleming@bserv.com> writes: >I am getting a frequent (once every 1 or two days) message similar >to 'Cannot alloc MBUF' message and the system freezes. Can anyone >point me in the right direction. Try upping the number of mbufs in the kernel config and recompiling. I use this for our nameserver. options NMBCLUSTERS=2048 # mbufs default 256 - gateway 512 You can monitor mbuf usage with netstat -m or systat -mbufs -- John Henders - System Administrator - Mindlink!/Wimsey