Subject: MAXUSERS
To: None <port-i386@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Sean Witham <Sean.Witham@asa.co.uk>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/25/1998 12:26:03
What is the highest value you can safely use for MAXUSERS on an i386
with 64MB of ram ? I get conf complaining when I set MAXUSERS to 128.
Its only a warning message but i'd like to know what the implications
are.

The main reason for the high value is the need for a large number of
open file descriptors but I susspect there will be a fair number of
subprocesses hanging arround so I wanted a fairly large Process Table 
as well. I have also increased the NMBCLUSTERS to 2048

I susspect that a MAXUSERS of 64 will be fine for the moment but I
don't want to have to recompile the kernel at a latter date as the
machine will be quit busy and I doubt I will have a spare to do the
work on.

-Sean