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On Wednesday 13 November 2002 12:25, Roy Souther wrote:
> 512MB RAM is lots.
> Ext3 is a good idea but will not stop the crashes caused by BAD
> PROGRAMMING.
unless you are developing code that execute in kernel space, no program should
be able to crash the system. you may be able to grind it close to a halt, but
never kill it completely. the system should recover from swap storms, though
it may take a while, and fork bombs can wreak havoc. but all of those things
can be limitted on a per-user basis.
> Upgrading the kernel is a good idea also but stick with
> 2.2.x because moving to 2.4.x will be a big pain.
indeed ... but that's why we have that "Upgrade existing install" option in
the installer ;-)
> Newer versions of the
> 2.2.x kernel are great kernels and if they support all of your hardware
> the benifets are not that great.
well, IO and SMP improved in many important ways in 2.4 .. which may be an
issue in this case where there is lots of heavy lifting.
> 2.4.14 or higher would use a lot less
> RAM and CPU power but your init scripts will all break and you would be
> forced to do a complete reinstall.
forced is a strong word =) quicker to upgrade than do it by hand is probably
closer to reality.
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Aaron J. Seigo
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"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler"
- Albert Einstein
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