From owner-freebsd-net Thu Jun 27 9: 7:27 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFCA937B405 for ; Thu, 27 Jun 2002 09:07:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id 8201DAE22C; Thu, 27 Jun 2002 09:07:22 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 09:07:22 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Mike Silbersack Cc: Patrick Thomas , freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tune down recvspace for this ? Message-ID: <20020627160722.GK18877@elvis.mu.org> References: <20020627030821.M68572-100000@utility.clubscholarship.com> <20020627071056.N67834-100000@patrocles.silby.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020627071056.N67834-100000@patrocles.silby.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * Mike Silbersack [020627 05:10] wrote: > > On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Patrick Thomas wrote: > > > 99/10208/34816 mbufs in use (current/peak/max): > > > > Would changing net.inet.tcp.recvspace down to 32768 (default is 65536) be > > a wise thing to do ? > > > > Or are there other better suggestions ? > > > > thanks, > > > > PT > > Actually, you usually use most of your mbuf (clusters) for sending, not > receiving. Hence, sendspace is what you may wish to kick down in order to > reduce usage. True, but it looks like he could raise nmbclusters in his config intead of throttling. -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' Tax deductible donations for FreeBSD: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message