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Re: file-max/inode-max question

To: Derek Glidden <dglidden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: file-max/inode-max question
Cc: Joseph Mack <mack.joseph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, LVS List <lvs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Joseph Mack <mack.joseph@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 17:19:26 -0400
> 
> (Yep, assuming the same thing you're referring to are the instructions
> in the FAQ about increasing "file-max" and "inode-max" via the procfs
> interface.)
> 
> > No-one has talked about changing any of these values on this list.
> > Presumably it's not a problem for most people.
> 
> That scares me.  :)
> 
> Then either we're "the special case" for which it all just breaks,
> nobody else is running LVS with lots of servers which would require
> increasing file-max or inode-max, or we're pushing the limits of what
> the code is capable, which makes me sad since it really isn't doing all
> that much...

It's not easy being out in front :-)

I don't think many people are using VS-NAT for heavy duty LVS serving.
Most are using VS-DR. However the real-servers don't really know whether
they are in a VS-NAT or VS-DR LVS. 

You are changing the settings on the real-servers and not the director?

Joe

-- 
Joseph Mack PhD, Senior Systems Engineer, Lockheed Martin
contractor to the National Environmental Supercomputer Center, 
mailto:mack.joseph@xxxxxxx ph# 919-541-0007, RTP, NC, USA


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