Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 07:46:02 -0700 From: mike <mike@coloradosurf.com> To: Adam LaBarge <phinger@best.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: limiting root process resources Message-ID: <20010206074602.A10117@coloradosurf.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102060622510.5610-100000@shell18.ba.best.com>; from phinger@best.com on Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 06:28:59AM -0800 References: <003a01c09040$ce466340$020110ac@c769378a.lakwod3.co.home.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102060622510.5610-100000@shell18.ba.best.com>
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On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 06:28:59AM -0800, Adam LaBarge wrote: > I am not sure then why it would be taking your box down every now and > then. You could possible move your mail-server to a different machine, if > you have the resources. I think that mail servers and web servers should > be in two different boxes. I have hear ( if you are using send-mail ) that > it can do some wacky stuff sometimes that will eat the process of a > machine. Send mail can be put in a loop that will take down a > machine. Generally this only happens if some one decides to make it > happen....you could send your question to "question"... good luck. > -adam Actually, it only happened once, and directly because of a poorly written program (I have many other valuable skills :). My question for discussion was the idea of putting limits (say 80% of the CPU and xxM of mem) so that if I were stupid enough to do something like this again (to a remote machine). I would not have to increase my terminal emulators timeouts just to get on the box itself. Also, it would allow me to actually do something once I got on (instead of waiting for keystrokes to register). I'm interested in if people have done this and what positive/negative effects they might have experienced. mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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