Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 16:27:49 +0100 From: Frank Leonhardt <frank2@fjl.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: warning: total configured swap (8960911 pages) exceeds maximum recommended amount (8243200 pages). Message-ID: <526001F5.1020505@fjl.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <201310171404.r9HE4ouQ018448@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <201310171404.r9HE4ouQ018448@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
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On 17/10/2013 15:04, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > I'm using a 72gb swap disk. > I've 10gb RAM > > I get this warning: > > warning: total configured swap (8960911 pages) exceeds maximum recommended amount (8243200 pages). > warning: increase kern.maxswzone or reduce amount of swap. > > What is max. recommended amount based on? > What is the danger of exceeding it? > How should I increase kern.maxswzone? > > # sysctl kern.maxswzone > kern.maxswzone: 0 > # > > Do I set it to the total swap size? > Where is kern.maxswzone described? > > I went through this on an earlier version but didn't get any warning. You might find the answer here: http://blog.frankleonhardt.com/2011/large-swap-files-on-freebsd-die-with-mystery-killed-howto-add-lots-of-swap-space/ Regards, Frank.
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