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Date:      Sun, 20 Aug 1995 01:07:31 -0700
From:      David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
To:        Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>
Subject:   Re: Making a FreeBSD NFS server 
Message-ID:  <199508200807.BAA00373@corbin.Root.COM>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 20 Aug 95 15:07:27 %2B0800." <Pine.BSI.3.91.950820150451.17751v-100000@aries> 

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>On Sat, 19 Aug 1995, J Wunsch wrote:
>> 
>> It's been just a ten-liner or so to convince the system dedicating 36
>> out of 64 MB for the file system buffer cache (after getting some
>> hints from David).  The remaining RAM still proves sufficient for two
>> concurrent compilations of large and bloated C++/X11 applications,
>> btw. :-)
>> 
>> I have no idea if similar tricks would be possible under FreeBSD 2.
>
>    What are the tricks involved?  I would be interested in putting
>together a fast 486 PCI box with 48 megs of RAM and seeing just how
>well it can handle NFS requests from 120+ simultaneous users spread
>out over about 20 gigs of disk.  What kind of performance are you
>getting out of your 1.1.5.1 machine?

   FreeBSD 2.0.5 and beyond will automatically use all free memory for file
caching...no hacks are needed.

-DG



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