Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 13:15:25 -0500 From: "alexus" <ml@db.nexgen.com> To: "Ryan Thompson" <ryan@sasknow.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: out of swap space Message-ID: <003901c1a827$c25f4920$0d00a8c0@alexus> References: <20020126102130.C59495-100000@catalyst.sasknow.net>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Thompson" <ryan@sasknow.com> To: "alexus" <ml@db.nexgen.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 11:45 AM Subject: Re: out of swap space > alexus wrote to freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG: > > > hi > > > > is there a way to increase size of swap space? > > > > i have 512mb of ram and 512mb of swap space > > > > i had 256mb of ram before so i created 512mb of swap space now i put > > another 256mb in and i'm still running out of space > > Suggestion #1: If you can reduce the memory consumption of your > system, that should be your first task. Make sure you don't have any > processes that are eating/leaking memory. Is it better after a reboot, > and gradually winds down to a crash? > I can't.. server doesn't run anything what needes to be run > > > so i was asking if there is a way to increase size of swap space? > > > > this is live server and i can't afford for it to be down, so place > > no suggestions like partion magic.. this is so windowish:) unless > > thats the only one solution then i might consider.. > > Suggestion #2: Using your existing drives, you WILL need to mess with > filesystems. If you have any slices which you are NOT using, or are > not using nearly to capacity, you can move all those files to another > filesystem, symlink things appropriately, and use the slice for swap > (swapon(8), disklabel(8)). If the slice is adjacent to an existing > swap partition, use disklabel(8) (or /stand/sysinstall, for the > uninitiated). You'll probably want to do some of this in single-user > mode, but your total downtime shouldn't be that significant. > I have there / and I have /swap can i somehow cut a little bit from / and added it to /swap? > > > and yes i'm going to put more physical memory, but i still would > > like to know if there is a way to increase swap size > > Suggestion #3: Add another disk and use it as a new swap device. To do > this with only 45 seconds of downtime, add the entry to /etc/fstab > before you shut down, pop the drive in, and turn the power on. If you > have any hot swap bays, this isn't even an issue. :-) > > Suggestion #4: Share the load with another machine. > > > > thank you in advance > > I'm currently building a router/firewall/proxy for a client, using > FreeBSD 3.5 on a 486DX/2-66 that they supplied with 3072K + 640K + > 256K = 3968K RAM, and a 180MB HDD. After getting the kernel ~1MB, > disabling almost everything on boot (ps -ax | wc = 9 :-), it is soon > to be serving an entire floor of office machines. So, what is it you > can't do with several orders of magnitude more memory than that? :-) > > - Ryan > > -- > Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> > Network Administrator, Accounts > > SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com > #106-380 3120 8th St E - Saskatoon, SK - S7H 0W2 > > Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-664-1161 Saskatoon > Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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