I did, but no change: bash$ sysctl -w kern.maxfiles=65536 kern.maxfiles: 12328 -> 65536 bash$ sysctl -w kern.maxfilesperproc=32768 kern.maxfilesperproc: 11095 -> 32768
Output of top: last pid: 53114; load averages: 0.53, 0.25, 0.12 up 9+20:05:09 15:41:11 78 processes: 2 running, 76 sleeping CPU states: 18.3% user, 0.0% nice, 37.0% system, 0.4% interrupt, 44.4% idle Mem: 189M Active, 609M Inact, 130M Wired, 36M Cache, 112M Buf, 39M Free Swap: 2048M Total, 2048M Free PID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE C TIME WCPU CPU COMMAND 53080 virenp 47 0 2300K 2020K CPU1 1 0:18 93.25% 57.23% imapd 20776 www 2 0 28844K 14716K select 1 0:22 0.88% 0.88% httpd 53091 bubba 2 0 2732K 2468K select 0 0:00 1.88% 0.34% imapd 39675 bubba 2 0 2704K 2488K select 0 0:07 0.20% 0.20% imapd 51378 www 18 0 26684K 12156K lockf 0 0:02 0.05% 0.05% httpd > Since you're running FreeBSD, my solution may not work for > you, but ... > check your file handles! > > Viren Patel wrote: >> I have been following this thread with great interest. >> Here are my 4 cents. We have a webmail setup as follows: >> Dual AMD Athlon MP 2400 w/ 1 GB RAM >> RAID 5 (3 ATA133 7200 RPM disks with 8MB cache) >> Adaptec 2400 ATA RAID controller >> Linksys Gigabit NIC (gigabit uplink to router ;-)) >> FreeBSD 4.10 >> Squirrelmail 1.4.3a (options to use server sort etc). >> Apache 2_0_52,3 w/ modssl >> PHP 4.3.9 (increased memory & execution times in >> php.ini) >> Turck-mmcache 2.4.6 >> Courier IMAP 3.0.8,1 w/ server-side sorting >> Postfix 2.1.5,1 (maildir option) >> Vexira anti-virus >> I am not using LDAP, MySQL etc. We have external SPAM >> filtering, and I also do not have that many users - 250 >> in >> all and only a fraction of them using SM. >> This same setup was also on a dual PIII 1.1GHZ system. >> In >> both cases I experienced the same issues as the original >> author of this thread: CPU load jumps to 99% during >> initial login (blew my argument for the AMD system out >> of >> the water!) After that initial login, the system is >> fine. >> This happens on accounts that have many folders and >> subfolders. >> Interesting thing is I have done almost all the >> suggestions that have been made in this thread, I am >> using >> top-notch hardware (although not the best money can >> buy), >> and still experiencing the same issue, but with far >> fewer >> users than other setups. >> Since we have so few SM users it's not a big deal, the >> biggest CPU hog being myself ;-) but I can see where >> this >> would be a critical (read SM rejecting) issue when more >> users come on. I have also looked into IMAP alternatives >> but the one that seems most promising - Dovecot - isn't >> ready for production use yet. >> For what it's worth, I think this is an SM issue because >> using other IMAP clients - Thunderbird, Evolution, >> Eudora, >> Outlook, etc. do not cause the jump in CPU load - at >> least >> not on my server. >> Viren Patel >> Chemistry & Biochemistry >> University of Texas at Austin >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by: InterSystems CACHE >> FREE OODBMS DOWNLOAD - A multidimensional database that >> combines >> robust object and relational technologies, making it a >> perfect match >> for Java, C++,COM, XML, ODBC and JDBC. >> www.intersystems.com/match8 >> -- >> squirrelmail-users mailing list >> Posting Guidelines: >> http://squirrelmail.org/wiki/wiki.php?MailingListPostingGuidelines List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> List Archives: >> http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=ane.mail.squirrelmail.user List Archives: >> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id)95 >> List Info: >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users . > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: InterSystems CACHE FREE OODBMS DOWNLOAD - A multidimensional database that combines robust object and relational technologies, making it a perfect match for Java, C++,COM, XML, ODBC and JDBC. www.intersystems.com/match8 -- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting Guidelines: http://squirrelmail.org/wiki/wiki.php?MailingListPostingGuidelines List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Archives: http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id)95 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
