HP CIFS Server 3.0a Administrator's Guide version A.02.01
HP-UX Configuration for HP CIFS
HP CIFS Process Model
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HP CIFS Process Model
The SMB daemon process, smbd, handles all SMB requests from a client.
One such process is launched for each connected client. Each SMBD
process handles one and only one client. Therefore, if there are 2048
connected clients, there will be 2048 SMBD processes. Such a large
number of processes will demand system resources, requiring
adjustment of certain kernel configuration parameters. It will also
deplete memory, disc and swap space resources.