Optimal number of nfsd? [was: Re: OT:nfs hangs with redhat 7.3]

[Martin Siegert]

On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 12:55:12PM -0700, ulairi wrote:
> Quoting Jim Meyer <purp at wildbrain.com>:
> 
> > Hello!
> > 
> > > # Number of servers to be started by default
> > > RPCNFSDCOUNT=36
> > 
> > Here's an excellent question: how does one calculate the optimal number
> > of nfsd processes to have lying about?
> > 
> > Thanks!
> 
> Best rule of thumb I've ever seen was nfsd per CPU. 

I have a hard time believing that that is a good setting for a 1000 processor
beowulf cluster.

A more appropriate way of finding out how to set the number of nfsd processes
was given here on this list on May 6 by Jean-Christophe Ducom:

http://www.beowulf.org/pipermail/beowulf/2002-May/003447.html

Cheers,
Martin

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