Messages in this thread | | | From | Andrew Brink <> | Date | Sun, 13 Jan 2002 18:30:32 -0600 | Subject | Re: Getting Out of Memory errors at random intervals. |
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On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 12:09:14AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 11:45:42PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > > > Run something that has a sane VM in all the known awkward cases (eg the Red Hat > > > 2.4.9 tree) and you should be just fine. If not I'd be interested to know > > > > I take it the vanilla 2.4.9 would also do? > > Nothing like it. The 2.4.9-RH tree is very different VM wise from the 2.4.9 > base tree. Linus never took the VM updates from it.
Okay. Will do.
> > > > Andrea -aa vm patches or Rik's rmap-11b patch. Both of which seem to help > > > no end. > > > > As for High loads....these boxes don't even get a load. > > I suspect they are - possibly only a sudden sharp burst of web traffic > causing a lot of cgi/mysql/apache process activity.
*Shrug* I've done some experimenting with this, having a lab (30 people) all hit the site at the same time. Holds it fine most the time. Usually the OOM's come during the middle of the night.
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