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Date:      Fri, 16 Jan 1998 09:11:56 -0700
From:      Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@ve7tcp.ampr.org>
To:        Christiaan Keet <keet@mordor.plig.net>
Cc:        freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: mirror keeps crashes 
Message-ID:  <199801161611.JAA26188@ve7tcp.ampr.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 16 Jan 1998 10:47:00 GMT." <199801161047.KAA21531@mordor.plig.net> 

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> Jesper Skriver wrote:
> > I run ftp.dk.freebsd.org, and I have a problem, my mirror keeps crashing,
> > probably due to the wast number of files.

No, it's hitting a kernel-enforced per-process VM limit. There's a
kernel parameter you need to bump up:

  options         MAXDSIZ="536870912UL"   #512 MB

This ups the per-process VM limit to 512MB. You still might have to
fiddle with your shells limit command as well.

--lyndon




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