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From: cornell@csl.dl.nec.com (Cornell Kinderknecht)
Newsgroups: alt.sys.sun,comp.protocols.nfs
Subject: Re: how many nfsd's should I run?
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Date: 28 Feb 91 17:46:17 GMT
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>> Is there a magic formula for determining how man nfsd's to run?

I was talking to a Sun software support person yesterday about a different
subject but she made the comment that based on Sun's tests, after 22 nfsd's
running, there was no increase in performance.  So she had recommended a
maximum of 22.

I suppose there is no problem with running more besides that they aren't
needed.  Running too few I would guess, might cause problems when a lot
of nfs requests come in at the same time.

--- Cornell Kinderknecht