Subject: Re: NMBCLUSTERS again
To: 6bone@6bone.informatik.uni-leipzig.de <6bone@6bone.informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
From: Liam Foy <liamfoy@sepulcrum.org>
List: tech-net
Date: 11/07/2007 18:47:40
On 27/10/2007, 6bone@6bone.informatik.uni-leipzig.de
<6bone@6bone.informatik.uni-leipzig.de> wrote:
> hello,
>
> I am using NetBSD 4.0_RC3. My server acts as firewall and router. A
> nameserver is running, but no other services. The value for NMBCUSTERS is
> 16384.
>
> The problem is that the value for mbufs in use is increasing by more
> than 1500 per day. After some days the kernel reports INCREASE NMBCLUSTERS
> and no more network communication is possible. A reboot is necessary.
>
> At the moment netstat -m shows:
>
> 9670 mbufs in use:
>          8975 mbufs allocated to data
>          663 mbufs allocated to packet headers
>          32 mbufs allocated to socket names and addresses
> 2 calls to protocol drain routines
>
>
> Any idea what the problem could be?
>

Can I also request a view of 'sysctl -A' ?

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