Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:47:59 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> To: Daniel Kalchev <daniel@digsys.bg> Cc: FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 32GB limit per swap device? Message-ID: <20110810074759.GA30254@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <4E422F8A.1070508@digsys.bg> References: <4E4143A6.6030307@digsys.bg> <20110809151646.GF1814@albert.catwhisker.org> <4E422F8A.1070508@digsys.bg>
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On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:13:14AM +0300, Daniel Kalchev wrote: > On 09.08.11 18:16, David Wolfskill wrote: > >While FreeBSD cannot address more than 32GB per swap space, it > >permits as many as 32 swap spaces to be active concurrently. > > I am more concerned that with 32GB of swap in single device I could > not dump kernel core, with 64GB of RAM. My apologies if I've misunderstood something, but why does this of any concern? Machine has 64GB RAM. You have a single swap slice that's effectively 32GB. How is a kernel panic worth of 64GB RAM going to fit into a 32GB swap slice? I think what folks are saying is that if you use multiple swap slices (e.g. two of 32GB each), you can achieve what you need. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, US | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP 4BD6C0CB |
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