[mohaa] RAM and swap questions

Nathan P. natedog550 at hotmail.com
Fri Sep 24 13:15:27 EDT 2004


> There is a bug in the rh9 series of kernels.  Checkout this
> bugzilla thread.
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89226
> 
> try the following command at the command prompt as root:
> echo 1 10 10 >/proc/sys/vm/pagecache
> 
> If you get an error your kernel is too old.  At this point either
> find another kernel at the following link9drill through the
> posts)https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=132155
> 
> then use the echo command noted above.
> This is a redhat specific problem not a general linux kernel problem.

LOL!  What do you know!

-bash: /proc/sys/vm/pagecache: No such file or directory

Well man thanx for the info!  I'll see if I can get this figured out.  Much
appreciated!!!

--
NateDog



> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Warren [mailto:hescomingsoon at verizon.net]
> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 11:50 AM
> To: mohaa at icculus.org
> Subject: Re: [mohaa] RAM and swap questions
> 
> Nathan P. wrote:
> 
> > I run a moh:aa linux server - Red Hat 9.0 ; AMD 2400+ ; 1 Gig DDR RAM ;
> 80
> > Gig ATA HD - Linux Kernel: 2.4.20-31.9 (I didn't compile this kernel).
> I
> > had recently switched hosts and it's been running on this new host for
> about
> > a week.  I had 512mb of RAM and it wasn't using any swap space and I had
> > about 100mb of free RAM.
> >
> > Just yesterday I got an upgrade to 1 gig of RAM - because I'm going to
> run a
> > second moh:aa server.  Then what the heck!  It's using 30 mb of swap.  I
> > know that the way Linux and Windows handle "swap" are completely
> different
> > and that Linux uses swap on purpose and caches stuff so that it's faster
> to
> > load stuff blah blah.  But what I've heard many times and I'm not sure
> if
> > it's right - but I've heard that you don't want a game server using
> swap.
> > Is that right?  Actually that seems logical to me because RAM is a heck
> of a
> > lot faster than a hard drive.  It just seems funky that I go from no
> swap
> > usage with 512mb of RAM to 30mb of swap with 1 gig of RAM.
> >
> > I'm trying to get them to check it out but they're really busy.
> >
> > Neways......any insight to this issue would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >   NateDog
> >
> >
> >
> There is a bug in the rh9 series of kernels.  Checkout this
> bugzilla thread.
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89226
> 
> try the following command at the command prompt as root:
> echo 1 10 10 >/proc/sys/vm/pagecache
> 
> If you get an error your kernel is too old.  At this point either
> find another kernel at the following link9drill through the
> posts)https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=132155
> 
> then use the echo command noted above.
> This is a redhat specific problem not a general linux kernel problem.
> 
> --
> My "Foundation" verse:
> Isa 54:17  No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper;
> and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou
> shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD,
> and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
> 
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