Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 11:43:02 -0700 (MST) From: Jake Ott <jott@frii.com> To: Prime Internet Network <webmaster@primenetwork.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Max Users Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903141142320.18913-100000@elara.frii.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990309225931.009c6a00@mail.primenetwork.net>
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What are your pty's set to in the kernel? How about maxusers? How about maxmem? If you could dump the kernel you're useing in here we might be able to help. -Jake Sally sells C Shells by the seashore. On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Prime Internet Network wrote: > > We have a Free-BSD server that seems to keep rebooting on some panic exit > error. > > This machine is a webserver that is receiving a massive amount of traffic. > > Just before it usually dies it stops running cgi processes , returning an > 'internal server error' response. I usually have gone in a set the 'limit > maxproc 256' from the default 64 and it helps for a short time. The > machine still dies no matter what I do after about 2 hours of the load. I > have even gone to the extreme of running a cron every 30 minutes to restart > the apache server and kick all current connections. This does not help > either. There must be something I can config to allow more users on the > system than the default config. > > What should I change or configure in the kernel, and or any other location > to increase the performance of the machine and allow the maximum possible > internet connections as possible. > > I also run 5 RedHat server that do not have this problem and run at an even > higher load than the Free-BSD machine with less RAM. > > My Free-BSD is a Pentium II 300 with 256 MB ram . > > > I would be greatful for any help. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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