Kernel - maxusers, NMBCLUSTERS etc.

[Jack L. Stone]

At 03:55 PM 8.13.2003 +0100, Jez Hancock wrote:
>On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 10:46:59AM -0400, Grant Peel wrote:
>> 1. Does anyone use the maxusers=0 parm? If so is it safe, ie does it
>> dynamicly set maxusers on-the-fly, or does it only set at boot time
based on
>> the current number of users?
>Yes and Yes, the setting is assigned at boot time and depends on an
>algorithm which you can read about in tuning(7) IIRC.
>
>I would say give it a go and see how it fairs.  Check out sysctl -a for
>your current settings and see how it changes when you set MAXUSERS to 0.
>
>Also check out fstat(1) to see what open files you currently have and what
>is consuming your file descriptors - perhaps you can cut down the number
>of open files.
>
>
>-- 
>Jez
>

132 is WAY too low. And, yes if you set maxusers to zero, this will be set
by the system and will also change as and when it needs too. I have some
servers that shows in excess of 12000, and lowes is at about 8000 (8192).

You can always reset the maxfiles without a reboot via this command:
sysctl -w kern.maxfiles=8192

It can also be placed in the /boot/loader.conf and you don't have to change
the kernel right away.

That can hold you until you rebuild the kernel and reboot....

Best regards,
Jack L. Stone,
Administrator

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