Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:07:43 -0500 From: "Glen Barber" <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: "Ramesh Ayyagari" <rameshayyagari@yahoo.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What would be the appropriate value for kern.maxfiles Message-ID: <4ad871310811191307s1a87825ekf5557f347792e30@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <974618.15901.qm@web111109.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <436595.20263.qm@web111109.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4ad871310811181843v14e57474t8441b465dcb1ec99@mail.gmail.com> <974618.15901.qm@web111109.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Ramesh Ayyagari <rameshayyagari@yahoo.com> wrote: > my server primarily runs postfix experiencing very huge inflow of mails >>60000 per hour. There are some other services that the servers runs like > caching DNS etc but postfix being the primary application running on it. > > Ram > 1.) Please don't top-post. 2.) I gave you an example. You obviously know what your server is doing, so you need to adjust the tunable accordingly. You can always set the number "too high", then slim it down from there after testing to see what meets your requirements. -- Glen Barber "If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done." --Scott Adams
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