Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 10:04:34 +0200 From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> Cc: Robin Schoonover <end@endif.cjb.net> Subject: Re: Change default dumpdir to /usr/crash? Message-ID: <p06002010bcbbad24e354@[10.0.1.2]> In-Reply-To: <20040503080051.GA75981@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> References: <200404301403.50634.past@noc.ntua.gr> <20040430123040.GB30157@melusine.cuivre.fr.eu.org> <20040430211948.GC85783@dragon.nuxi.com> <4094F86E.2020908@noc.ntua.gr> <20040502141538.B13B043D54@mx1.FreeBSD.org> <p0600200cbcbba88bcf5d@[10.0.1.2]> <20040503080051.GA75981@falcon.midgard.homeip.net>
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At 10:00 AM +0200 2004/05/03, Erik Trulsson wrote:
> Try that calculation for a machine with 32MB RAM. You probably need a
> minimum suggested amount of memory as well for that.
Okay, then memory * 1.25, with a minimum of memory + 256MB, and a
maximum of memory + 1GB.
> A base value + memory size sounds better.
As you proved, you need a lower bound of usefulness. But you
also need an upper bound, and when it comes to things like logfiles
and other things you might want to store in /var, the larger the
memory on the system the larger the logfiles, etc... are likely to be.
Therefore, a multiplier based on memory is more likely to be
useful than simple addition.
--
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
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