Jan Harkes <jaharkes_at_cs.cmu.edu> writes:

> On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 03:40:06PM +0200, Steffen Neumann wrote:
[...]
> 100 MB cache = +/-  4000 files = 16million ops  = 1sec  = unnoticable
> 250 MB cache = +/- 10000 files = 100million ops = 10sec = very noticable
O.K., went down to 100M on the server,
and can't reproduce the problem. 
Let's wait for the output of cron during 
the next days...

> with the Linux 2.2 module, the kernel sometimes seemed to ignore these
Yep, it still is the 2.2 kernel. 
We definitely won't update before 2.4.x 
with x < half_a_dozen_plus_a_few

Thanks for the fast reply.

Take home message of the day:

	Keep your server's own client cache small

Yours,
Steffen