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<para>Why and how to efficiently size, layout, and place |
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<para>Why and how to efficiently size, layout, and place |
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filesystems and swap partition on your hard drive.</para> |
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filesystems and swap partitions on your hard drive.</para> |
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<para>The basics of the <filename>rc.conf</filename> configuration and |
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<para>The basics of the <filename>rc.conf</filename> configuration and |
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<filename>/usr/local/etc/rc.d</filename> startup systems.</para> |
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<filename>/usr/local/etc/rc.d</filename> startup systems.</para> |
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<para>How to configure virtual hosts on your network device.</para> |
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<para>How to configure virtual hosts on your network devices.</para> |
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<para>How to use the various configuration files in |
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<para>The size of your <filename>/var</filename> partition |
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<para>The size of your <filename>/var</filename> partition |
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reflects the intended use of your machine. |
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reflects the intended use of your machine. |
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<filename>/var</filename> is primarily used to hold: |
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<filename>/var</filename> is primarily used to hold: |
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mailboxes, print spool and log files. Mail boxes and log |
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mailboxes, print spool and log files. Mailboxes and log |
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files, in particular, can grow to unexpected sizes based upon |
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files, in particular, can grow to unexpected sizes based upon |
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how many users are on your system and how long your log files |
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how many users are on your system and how long your log files |
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are kept. If you intend to run a mail server, a |
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configuration files for the application, they will be created by |
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configuration files for the application, they will be created by |
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copying the .default files.</para> |
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copying the .default files.</para> |
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<para>For example, here is |
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<filename>/usr/local/etc/apache</filename>:</para> |
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<literallayout class="monospaced">-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2184 May 20 1998 access.conf |
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<filename>logfile</filename> is moved to |
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<filename>logfile.0</filename>, <filename>logfile.0</filename> |
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is moved to <filename>logfile.1</filename>, and so on. |
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Additionally, the log files may be archived in &man.gzip.1; format |
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causing them to be named: <filename>logfile.0.gz</filename>, |
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<filename>logfile.1.gz</filename>, and so on.</para> |
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<filename>logfile.1.gz</filename>, and so on.</para> |
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administrator. Over five hundred system variables can be read |
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administrator. Over five hundred system variables can be read |
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and set using &man.sysctl.8;.</para> |
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<para>To view all readable variables:</para> |
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<para>To view all readable variables:</para> |
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are two downsides to Soft Updates that you should be aware of: First, |
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Soft Updates guarantees filesystem consistency in the case of a crash |
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Soft Updates guarantees filesystem consistency in the case of a crash |
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but could very easily be several |
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seconds (even a minute!) behind updating the physical disk. If you |
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seconds (even a minute!) behind updating the physical disk. If your |
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crash you may lose more work than otherwise. Secondly, Soft Updates |
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crashes you may lose more work than otherwise. Secondly, Soft Updates |
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delays the freeing of filesystem blocks. If you have a filesystem |
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delays the freeing of filesystem blocks. If you have a filesystem |
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(such as the root filesystem) which is close to full, doing a major |
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(such as the root filesystem) which is close to full, doing a major |
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update of it, e.g. <command>make installworld</command>, can run it |
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update of it, e.g. <command>make installworld</command>, can run it |
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<title>Network Limits</title> |
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<title>Network Limits</title> |
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<para>The <varname>NMBCLUSTERS</varname> kernel configuration |
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<para>The <varname>NMBCLUSTERS</varname> kernel configuration |
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option dictate the amount of network mbufs available to the |
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system. A heavily-trafficked server with a low number of MBUFs |
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system. A heavily-trafficked server with a low number of MBUFs |
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will hinder FreeBSD's ability. Each cluster represents |
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will hinder FreeBSD's ability. Each cluster represents |
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approximately 2K of memory, so a value of 1024 represents 2 |
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approximately 2K of memory, so a value of 1024 represents 2 |