From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Nov 22 13:38:48 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA27978 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 22 Nov 1997 13:38:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from implode.root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA27970 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 1997 13:38:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from root@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA09250; Sat, 22 Nov 1997 13:40:53 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199711222140.NAA09250@implode.root.com> To: Jaye Mathisen cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Serious performance issue with 2.2.5-RELEASE In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 20 Nov 1997 12:17:36 PST." From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 13:40:53 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >I upgraded my web server to 2.2.5 from 2.2.2-stable, dated sometime in >July. > >Big mistake. > >The only update to take place was the make buildworld, make installworld, >no other configuration files were modified, nor any changes to startup >scripts, etc. > >I now get these weird pauses where everything on the machine just freezes >for 30-40 seconds, sometimes longer. NFS is compiled in, but not in use. > >The system was a web server, and was happily serving up several hundred >domains. Now with the upgrade, I'll be lucky to keep them. Not good. > >It's a Super Micro P6, 384MB RAM, 2 SCSI disks off a bus-logic controller. > >Any ideas appreciated. I have built a new kernel from sources supped >11/7, but it doesn't seem to be any better. Is it possible that the slowness could actually be a network related problem involving the updated 'de' driver in 2.2.5? -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project