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Date:      14 May 1999 17:13:18 +0200
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
To:        Chuck Youse <cyouse@cybersites.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 1GB, kvm issues.
Message-ID:  <xzpogjn3cs1.fsf@localhost.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: Chuck Youse's message of "Fri, 14 May 1999 09:32:41 -0400 (EDT)"
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.10.9905140930030.3301-100000@ns1.cybersites.com>

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Chuck Youse <cyouse@cybersites.com> writes:
> It's been noted on several occasions that with large (> 256MB) of RAM, one
> has to be "careful" with the configuration (NMBCLUSTERS, MAXUSERS) to
> prevent the box from falling over every few days due to kvm problems.

It's not a problem as long as your kernel address space is large
enough. The default in -CURRENT and recent versions -STABLE is 1 GB,
which should be enough for most (if not all) uses. The default for
3.1-RELEASE and -STABLE up to mid-April is 256 MB.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no


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