John, I did see the same recommendation from another source, but I was a little hesitant after reading some posts recommending against it. I guess I am not convinced either way. Thanks, Eric -----Original Message----- From: linux-cluster-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-cluster-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Simpson, John R Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 7:08 AM To: linux clustering Subject: Re: CentOS 4.8, nfs, and fence every 4 days Have you tried setting the sysctl parameter vm/overcommit_memory to 2 to turn off the overcommit, as described here: http://lwn.net/Articles/104179/ John Simpson Senior Software Engineer, I. T. Engineering and Operations -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster