From: Garrick Staples Subject: Re: I feel stupid just asking this question Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 12:04:26 -0700 Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20040506190426.GN23287@polop.usc.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="o+XGOUgEmmuBaVbd" Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BLoBr-0006GW-Jb for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 06 May 2004 12:05:51 -0700 Received: from polop.usc.edu ([128.125.10.9]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.30) id 1BLoBr-0004ge-Aw for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 06 May 2004 12:05:51 -0700 Received: from polop.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by polop.usc.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i46J4Qlv026784 for ; Thu, 6 May 2004 12:04:26 -0700 Received: (from garrick@localhost) by polop.usc.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i46J4Qwb026782 for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 6 May 2004 12:04:26 -0700 To: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net In-Reply-To: Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: --o+XGOUgEmmuBaVbd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 02:52:55PM -0500, Randy Paries alleged: > Hello, > =20 > Please excuse this question, but i really would like to understand this. > =20 > I am deciding on how many nfsd's to run. > =20 > All the doc talks about how many clients. I'm new to the list, but since noone else has answered, here's my take on y= our question... You need enough nfsd threads to handle all incoming and pending requests. When you see messages about not finding enough request slots, and your nfs server isn't overloaded yet, then you need more threads. Don't be afraid to create a lot of threads. Having too many threads won't really slow down nfsd. On large machines that are dedicated nfs servers, I= 'll make 128, 256, or even up to 512 nfs threads. --=20 Garrick Staples, Linux/HPCC Administrator University of Southern California --o+XGOUgEmmuBaVbd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAmow60SBUxJbm9HMRAgHEAKCDATN4c6jvlyiQ7XitWnQ6oU+bPgCdHTyf JYmVI7LcWdQgXw2VBt1q8xE= =Q+uR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --o+XGOUgEmmuBaVbd-- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Sleepycat Software Learn developer strategies Cisco, Motorola, Ericsson & Lucent use to deliver higher performing products faster, at low TCO. http://www.sleepycat.com/telcomwpreg.php?From=osdnemail3 _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs