Hi , -Shouldn't you be using the hugemem kernel (or is that only for x86)? Yes, hugemem is only for x86 . Can you also provide the output of /proc/meminfo and sar -B 3 10000 , sar -W 3 10000. Kind Regards, Tolga -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ugo Bellavance Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 6:12 AM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Pagecache size Marcelino Mata wrote: > Hi all, > Hi > We have a Opteron workstation with 16GB RAM which we use to run large > memory jobs. It seems that no matter what we set > /proc/sys/vm/pagecache, the system starting swapping out after 12GB RAM > is used. The largest job only needs about 13GB RAM so it runs in RAM. > I have read the knowledge based docs and a few others but I can't seem > to address this issue. Can you provide us the output of 'vmstat 10 10' when memory used > 12 GB? > > RHEL 3.0 Update5 2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp (64bit) > Shouldn't you be using the hugemem kernel (or is that only for x86)? > Marcelino > > > > > -- Ugo -> Please don't send a copy of your reply by e-mail. I read the list. -> Please avoid top-posting, long signatures and HTML, and cut the irrelevant parts in your replies. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
