+1 (RAM is neither free nor abundant.) Increasing the default buffers, stack or heap use, should be carefully considered. There was a discussion about providing guidance/examples for loader.conf and sysctl.conf for various anticipated uses: firewall, workstation, servers, routers whether single/dual/multi core; perhaps this is where calls for values other than those necessary to get a basic general purpose machine working, should be?
We manage servers providing all of: samba, squid, dovecot, sendmail, ldap, heimdal, apache on low-energy boxes with 1G RAM, and over 8 years FreeBSD has proven that it has "the power to serve". _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
