HP CIFS Server 3.0k Administrator's Guide version A.02.04

it is needed. This results in the process not finding the swap space that it needs, in which case it
has to be terminated by the OS.
Each smbd process will reserve about 2 MB of swap space and depending on the type of client
activity, process size may grow up to 4 MB of swap space. For a maximum of 2048 clients, 4 *
2048 or about 8 GB of swap space would be required. Therefore, HP recommends configuring
enough swap space to accommodate the maximum number of simultaneous clients connected
to the HP CIFS server.
Memory Requirements
Each smbd process will need approximate 2 MB of memory on 11i v1 and 4 MB on 11i v2. For
2048 clients, therefore, the system should have at least 4 GB of physical memory on 11i v1 and
8 GB on 11i v2. This is over and above the requirements of other applications that will be running
concurrent with HP CIFS.
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