Re: freebsd - mbuf clusters!!!

From: Andrew Specht <andrew@dont-contact.us>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 16:58:02 +1000

i did that and i can't get them higher than 32000. IF i put them higher,
then the machine won't boot.

any more ideas?

Thanks again

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Andrew Specht
System Administrator / Internet Access Australia
andrew@iaccess.com.au
http://www.iaccess.com.au
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Marelas <maral@phase-one.com.au>
To: Andrew Specht <andrew@iaccess.com.au>
Cc: Squid Users <squid-users@ircache.net>
Date: Wednesday, August 19, 1998 2:55 AM
Subject: Re: freebsd - mbuf clusters!!!

>Number of mbufs is calculated based on
>
>nmbufs = NMBCLUSTERS * 4;
>
>To increase them, add..
>
>options "NMBCLUSTERS=8192"
>
>to kernel conf and recompile.
>
>The default is calculated based on..
>
>NMBCLUSTERS = (512 + MAXUSERS * 16)
>
>I suspect that this is only an initial static value. It may grow
dynamically
>as many variables in freebsd do. If this is the case, you may be short on
>memory.
>
>Regards
>Peter Marelas
>
>On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Andrew Specht wrote:
>
>> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 14:18:40 +1000
>> From: Andrew Specht <andrew@iaccess.com.au>
>> To: Squid Users <squid-users@ircache.net>
>> Subject: freebsd - mbuf clusters!!!
>> Resent-Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 21:19:21 -0700 (PDT)
>> Resent-From: squid-users@ircache.net
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> i was wondering if anyone is running a high load proxy server on a
freebsd
>> machine and if you have any problems with the amount of mbuf cluster
>> available?? Mine seems to be using up to 22000 mbuf clusters before the
>> server runs out of them.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>> "People who say money can't buy happiness
>> just don't know where to shop"
>>
>>
>> Andrew Specht
>> System Administrator / Internet Access Australia
>> andrew@iaccess.com.au
>> http://www.iaccess.com.au
>>
>
>--
>Regards
>Peter Marelas
>
>
Received on Mon Aug 17 1998 - 23:58:44 MDT

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