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Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 22:49:48 -0500
To: Marlon Pabilona <marl@skyinet.net>, brian@FreeBSD.ORG,
	steve@FreeBSD.ORG
From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net>
Subject: Re: swap_pager: out of swap space
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At 11:05 PM 10.13.2002 -0400, Marlon Pabilona wrote:
>Sir,
>
>	After a year having without problem, our freebsd machine experienced a hang 
>problem and found the message "out of swap space" in /var/log/messages. Our 
>proxy server has a 1G of mem and 128MB swap space. What are the common cause 
>of the problem ? Do you think it is related to a smaller swap space
allocated 
>? Thank you for your time.
>
>
>Oct 14 04:11:08 proxy23 /kernel: swap_pager: out of swap space
>Oct 14 04:11:08 proxy23 /kernel: swap_pager_getswapspace: failed
>
>

Although this will be debated by other opinions, it is recommended that a
swap be set up at 2X your physical memory -- or 2G in your case -- versus
only 128MB which sounds low in any case....

Check the handbook on this section on setting up swap and also about adding
more.....

Best regards,
Jack L. Stone,
Administrator

SageOne Net
http://www.sage-one.net
jackstone@sage-one.net

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