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Netware 3.11 for the HP 3000 Installing and Administering Guide

File Services Parameters 

2.  Configuration

2.  File Services Configuration

2.  File Services Parameters


          Figure 10-9.  General Parameters 

Spawn Ahead Processes 

This value represents backlog of NCP engines available.  This parameter
sets the number of processes to be spawned at the start up of NetWare.
Changing this value adjusts the number of host operating system resources
available to the file server.

Memory resources are tied up at initiation if a high spawn ahead
processes value is set.  If you have large numbers of users logging on at
the same time, they may have uneven performance responses if this value
is set low.

Maximum Processes 

The default value is 25; the range is 1 to 50.  However, overall
performance may decrease as the number of engines exceeds 25.

Clients Per Process 

Default 10 clients per NCP engine.

Maximum Connections 

This parameter limits the total number of clients using NetWare
processes.  The value used to limit connections is the lesser value of
Maximum Processes or Maximum Connections.

This parameter may be changed to limit the number of clients using
NetWare processes at any one time.

The default is 250; the range is 1 to 255.

Maximum Volumes 

This parameter limits the number of volumes that can be mounted on the
host file system.

Change this parameter to add more volumes than allowed by the default
value or to limit the number of volumes that can be created.

The default is 16; the range is 1 to 64.

Read Ahead Cache Flag 

HP recommends that you use the default of INACTIVE.

This flag activates a spot cache function that improves file server
performance for file reading.  Although this function is not a general
purpose cache, it does read ahead on executable and read only files and,
therefore, adds efficiency to the true cache function performed by the
host system.

Write Behind Flag 

This flag specifies whether a response to a write request is sent before
the write is actually completed.  The choices for this flag are ACTIVE
and INACTIVE. The default is INACTIVE.

For this release of NetWare/iX, it is recommended that the default
INACTIVE is used.

Read Ahead Cache Block Size 

When the read ahead cache flag is set to INACTIVE, this field is not
used.  This parameter determines the size of the read ahead buffer for
the read ahead file caching performed by the file server.  The optimal
size of this value depends on the available memory in the host and on the
total load on that memory.  The default is 1024 bytes; the range is 512
to 16384.

Login Flag 

This flag specifies who can log in to the file server.  When it is set to
ACTIVE, all users can log in to the server.  When it is set to INACTIVE,
only the Supervisor can log in.  Choices are ACTIVE and INACTIVE.

Directory Mask 

This parameter declares the default permissions (in octal) for all
directories created in the NetWare file system.  This mask is used to
restrict host users from accessing NetWare directories.  Choices are any
valid MPE/POSIX permission.  NetWare rights apply only to NetWare users
within NetWare.

The default mask value of 0700 allows only the NWIXUSER.SYS user (the
default owner of NetWare) to read, write, and execute NetWare files.

The default owner of NetWare files is user NETWARE; processes run as
NWIXUSER.SYS.

File Mask 

This mask declares the default permissions (in octal) that are assigned
to all files created by NetWare users.

This mask restricts non-hybrid host users from accessing NetWare files.
Choices are any valid MPE/POSIX permission.  NetWare security rights
apply only to NetWare users within NetWare.

The default mask value of 0600 allows only the NWIXUSER.SYS (the default
owner of NetWare processes) to read and write NetWare files.

File Size Limit 

This parameter is not used by NetWare for the HP 3000.  This parameter
specifies the maximum file size that is supported by NetWare on this
system.  The maximum file size is 2 GB, but it is not user configurable.

Native Locks Flag 

For this release of NetWare/iX, native locks is not supported.  Use the
default INACTIVE.

This parameter specifies whether NetWare file locks also apply on the
host operating system.  Not all NetWare locks map correctly to host
system locks.  The choices are ACTIVE and INACTIVE. If this is parameter
is set to INACTIVE, file locks apply only to NetWare.

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