Is the load due to samba or something else? If you do a top, what are the "top" processes running when your at a load of 7? smbd? nmbd? are you using software raid? could it be doing a rebuild at that time? Thanks! On 07/29/2011 08:19 AM, Jon Schewe wrote: > I've got a fileserver that from time to time it's load climbs to > around 7. When this happens samba refuses more connections stating > that the maximum number of connections has been reached. I've not set > any connection maximums, so I shouldn't have any limits as the > defaults are all unlimited. Has anyone else run into this? > > Jon > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list