Herb Peyerl wrote:

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> On Aug 7, 2004, at 5:08 AM, sigsegv@rambler.ru wrote:
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>> Well I've just found this 
>> http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/kernel/#mclpool-limit
>> I'll give it a try when I have some time after work, and see if it helps
>>
> The first thing I do after building a new NetBSD machine, or upgrading 
> an existing one, is rebuild the kernel with more mbuf clusters.
>
> In the kernel config file:
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> options NMBCLUSTERS="2048"
>
> The number you choose is dependent on how busy your machine will be as 
> far as network activity.  Most of my web servers are at 8192.
>
> The "out of the box" configuration is barely sufficient for any sort 
> of basic usage. It should really be bumped up in the GENERIC kernel...
>
>
>
Thanks, I've set nmbclusters to 8192 and everything is running fine now. 
I guess as I gain more experience in this area I will know better where 
and how to tweak the system. It is only recently that I started using NetBSD