From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Mar 18 22:37:50 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from implode.root.com (root.com [209.102.106.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA9DC37B66D for ; Sat, 18 Mar 2000 22:37:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dg@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA19139; Sat, 18 Mar 2000 22:32:37 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200003190632.WAA19139@implode.root.com> To: Gustavo V G C Rios Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: limiting buffer cache In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 19 Mar 2000 01:04:48 GMT." <38D427B0.113B2C5E@tdnet.com.br> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 22:32:37 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >So, that is it! >When my users try to copy very big directories the system simply prevent >anyone else from spawwing any other process, return the followind: >swapper: out of memory! > >Are you telling me that there is no way to prevent my users from eating >all my memory ? Uh, I'm not sure what is generating that error, but it has nothing to do with file caching. Sounds like you don't have enough swap space configured. What version of FreeBSD are you using? -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org Creator of high-performance Internet servers - http://www.terasolutions.com Pave the road of life with opportunities. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message