From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 18 18:14:39 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C23B10656D5 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:14:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.173]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F6C68FC12 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:14:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 27so19084wfd.7 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:14:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=RZJNx7FYgYeC4pBNDZeb3VYUl7S09KTYzd1Hld9RSqs=; b=s1BYmbAwWvOKrT2/1y058qwfaX9ejuY80D+tqnumdML1nJs4yNVNszgJEbhlze/ViY /U+ryDIOhygpi5XnE7Ec2kMRuApHO/VPzdrnYAzci3Ir5k/ynaUew9+RNC8qklRnZqep nA8E26DdOyiZRIFmBt0luQAQwn3h9IVZ2lWOo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=nKLonzQtIoj2obNJdcYD5+3zXEv9SHnFSG5WopZygWAg5PzSMCWqJhkNthBRElSNc3 EAoqCGRILA0jh+JvmnWbzd2KvVPbtS6NULnuqZVqT+qNjMQtVbog/gr5jFH+XF+6+bMa 8nuKRFYy0Xs6abGGidFmkKDyMPu/33lbE8TcE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.12.14 with SMTP id 14mr1843749wfl.21.1234980878656; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:14:38 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <000e0cd303bc6532a0046334bb5d@google.com> References: <000e0cd303bc6532a0046334bb5d@google.com> Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:14:38 +0000 Message-ID: From: Chris Rees To: af300wsm@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: memory limitations per process X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:14:40 -0000 2009/2/18 : > Hi, > > I'm running into a per process memory limit at work (on Windoze though), but > I'm wondering what's the limit per process in FreeBSD for 32 bit systems, ie > i386? Is it 4gb or 2? From stuff I found on the Net, I'm guessing 4gb, but > wanted to ask anyway. It seems to be an implementation deal limiting the > windows world to 2gb per process rather than hardware limitations. > > Thanks, > Andy > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >From /boot/defaults/loader.conf: #kern.maxdsiz="" # Set the max data size #kern.maxfiles="" # Set the sys. wide open files limit #kern.maxproc="" # Set the maximum # of processes #kern.maxssiz="" # Set the max stack size I suggest you play with these tunables a bit, IIRC the default maximum process limit is 512 MB. Someone'll doubtless come along soon with the real default. Chris R< $&h ! > $- ! $+ $@ $2 < @ $1 .UUCP. > (sendmail.cf)