Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!bcm!convex!thurlow From: thurlow@convex.com (Robert Thurlow) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs Subject: Re: how many nfsd's should I run? Message-ID: Date: 24 Feb 91 04:33:39 GMT References: <28975@cs.yale.edu> <1991Feb24.025821.11354@news.iastate.edu> Sender: usenet@convex.com (news access account) Organization: Convex Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx. Lines: 18 Nntp-Posting-Host: dhostwo.convex.com In <1991Feb24.025821.11354@news.iastate.edu> john@iastate.edu (Hascall John Paul) writes: >Does anyone have a solid answer for this question? I think that part of the problem is that nobody has done a really good job at finding an answer, and that part is that there just isn't _one_ answer; that there's one for each job mix, machine pair, and user community. I was reminded of a reason to keep the numbers down that I had forgotten - SunOS will wake up all of the processes sleeping on the NFS input request socket, and the first one will get in. That could be a lot of process jostling. Since the nfsd's on a Convex sleep on a queued semaphore, this isn't an issue on our machines. Rob T -- Rob Thurlow, thurlow@convex.com An employee and not a spokesman for Convex Computer Corp., Dallas, TX Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com