Re: swapfile over 2G on 64bit

2003-09-18 Thread Adam Thornton
On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 11:38, Sergey Korzhevsky wrote: > Now, i don't know how much swap space will be used. I've read about this > 7GB in ibm's redbook about SAP on zLinux (SAP's "redbook" wants 20GB :). > So, I've started from seven. When i run SAP, i'll see the real > requirements. > > > ps: 're

Re: swapfile over 2G on 64bit

2003-09-18 Thread Sergey Korzhevsky
ge = 512M. WBR, Sergey "Post, Mark K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 18.09.2003 18:55 Please respond to Linux on 390 Port To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: swapfile over 2G on 64bit To a ce

Re: swapfile over 2G on 64bit

2003-09-18 Thread Post, Mark K
my comment about it being slow. Mark Post -Original Message- From: James Melin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 11:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: swapfile over 2G on 64bit That would depend on how much real storage was being backed by the swap file.

Re: swapfile over 2G on 64bit

2003-09-18 Thread Rich Smrcina
So how much 'real' storage will it have, how much will it 'need' and what is the requirement for so much swap? On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 09:58, Sergey Korzhevsky wrote: > 18.09.2003 17:53:18 "Post, Mark K" wrote: > > Who said about 4GB? Actually, it will be 7GB :) > > We are planning to install SAP.

Re: swapfile over 2G on 64bit

2003-09-18 Thread James Melin
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Re: swapfile over 2G on 64bit

2003-09-18 Thread Sergey Korzhevsky
18.09.2003 17:53:18 "Post, Mark K" wrote: Who said about 4GB? Actually, it will be 7GB :) We are planning to install SAP. I agree with you, Mark, it will be as slow as possible :) >As others have already stated, absolutely. I have to wonder, though, just >what kind of performance is going to b

Re: swapfile over 2G on 64bit

2003-09-18 Thread Post, Mark K
Duerbusch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 11:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: swapfile over 2G on 64bit Can you get around this by having multiple swap files? Tom Duerbusch THD Consultikng Post, Mark K wrote: >Just guessing, but I would say it is mkswap itself t

Re: swapfile over 2G on 64bit

2003-09-18 Thread James Melin
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Re: swapfile over 2G on 64bit

2003-09-17 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Can you get around this by having multiple swap files? Tom Duerbusch THD Consultikng Post, Mark K wrote: Just guessing, but I would say it is mkswap itself that has a 32-bit limitation in it somewhere. (This _is_ beta code after all.) Maybe try downloading a more current version of the source a

Re: swapfile over 2G on 64bit

2003-09-17 Thread Jay Maynard
On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 08:53:37AM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > Previously, the limit was 128 Mbyte and that was NOT > architecture-specific. Actually, it was...the limit was 512 MB on the Alpha.

Re: swapfile over 2G on 64bit

2003-09-17 Thread John Summerfield
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Sergey Korzhevsky wrote: > Hi. > > Is it possible to create swapfile over 2G on 64bit system?. I think yes, > but i've got the following "answer": > > ls -la > -rw-r--r--1 root root 4294967296 Sep 17 12:51 swap3 > > mkswa

Re: swapfile over 2G on 64bit

2003-09-17 Thread Jason Herne
swapfile over 2G on 64bit system?. I think yes, > but i've got the following "answer": > > ls -la > -rw-r--r--1 root root 4294967296 Sep 17 12:51 swap3 > > mkswap /share/share/swap3 > mkswap: error: swap area needs to be at least 40kB > Usage: mk

Re: swapfile over 2G on 64bit

2003-09-17 Thread Post, Mark K
From: Sergey Korzhevsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 6:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: swapfile over 2G on 64bit Hi. Is it possible to create swapfile over 2G on 64bit system?. I think yes, but i've got the following "answer": ls -la -rw-r--r-

swapfile over 2G on 64bit

2003-09-17 Thread Sergey Korzhevsky
Hi. Is it possible to create swapfile over 2G on 64bit system?. I think yes, but i've got the following "answer": ls -la -rw-r--r--1 root root 4294967296 Sep 17 12:51 swap3 mkswap /share/share/swap3 mkswap: error: swap area needs to be at least 40kB Usage: mkswa