Re: [zones-discuss] restrcit physical memory with zone.max-locked-memory

2009-10-28 Thread Jerry Jelinek
Ketan wrote: Is it possible to restrict physical memory in solaris zone with zone.max-locked-memory just like we can do with rcapd ? I do not want to used rcapd No, locked memory is not the same thing as the total physical memory used by a zone. The only way to cap physical memory is with

Re: [zones-discuss] restrcit physical memory with zone.max-locked-memory

2009-10-28 Thread Ketan
So for what purpose zone.max-locked-memory is used ? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [zones-discuss] restrcit physical memory with zone.max-locked-memory

2009-10-28 Thread Steve Lawrence
It limits the amount of physical memory that can be pinned by a zone by mlock() or shmat(SHM_SHARE_MMU). These are typically done by databases or performance critical apps. locked memory cannot be paged out. -Steve L. On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:25:01AM -0700, Ketan wrote: So for what purpose