On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 11:19:03AM -0700, Jeff Rizzo wrote:
> I've followed the discussions on some of the other mailing lists just enough
> to know that there are some parameters to tune (with sysctl), which
> can change the performance of a system with UBC (unified buffer cache),
> and that might be particularly desired in a workstation.  I know what
> the parameters are, but don't really understand what changing them is
> doing.  Anyone care to point me at a document (or even email thread) that
> can give some pointers as to how to start?

I think a guide is in work, i.e. there's none yet. Someone else has to
advise you with sensible values :)

> [snipsnap...]
> Also, does there exist a document which describes the various things
> tweakable by sysctl?

man 3 sysctl

-Martin