I am referring to the kdump core.
Assuming my system has 32GB RAM and 32GB swap space => 64GB.
>Well, in my opinion, crash dump image should be as big as the current
>allocated anonymous pages on RAM. So, it could be less than your RAM
>size, equal, or bigger.
Has you said, could you tell me how big allocated anonymous pages can be in this case.
-Hari
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Mulyadi Santosa <mulyadi.santosa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear Hari...
Are you referring to kdump here?
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 09:56, hari krishnan <p.harikrishnan22@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi kernelnewbies,
>
> I have a system which has 16GB memory +16GB for swap space total space
> required in /var/crash is 32GB.
Well, in my opinion, crash dump image should be as big as the current
> Can I keep less then 32GB for /var/crash ? many times I see kernel dump
> less then 20GB.
>
> My problem is we have 32GB RAM memory in production machine on RHEL5U5 and I
> don't have 64GB space for /var/crash.
> Could anyone tell me what is the minimum /var/crash we should have to get
> dump stored.
allocated anonymous pages on RAM. So, it could be less than your RAM
size, equal, or bigger.
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