Re: log error..
On 4/1/2012 3:21 AM, Robert Bonomi wrote: From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Sun Apr 1 01:46:26 2012 Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 13:01:31 +0700 (WIT) From: jangkawij...@students.itb.ac.id To: questions Cc: Subject: log error.. [ snip numerous syslog messages indicating incorrect zone file syntax ] can somene help me ?? can some help me to selve this thanks Since you seen incapable of reading and following the directions for creating properly formatted BIND zone files, even after having been directed to those resoures after your prior post, the best advice is for you to either: 1) Hire a knowledgable professional to set it up for you. -or- 2) Contract with a knowledgable operator to host your zones on *their* servers. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" LOL. Well said. Read docs and then ask for help, otherwise dont read docs and hire someone who knows what they are doing versus someone who doesnt care to learn. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Question regarding SPF records
On 2/18/2012 12:18 PM, Waitman Gobble wrote: On Feb 18, 2012 8:53 AM, "Jonathan Vomacka" mailto:juvi...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I am inquiring about how to setup a proper SPF record. I know there are SPF wizards/generators available but each seem to have a different "opinion" of what should be included and what should not be included. > > Let me give you a scenario of my setup, and hopefully someone can help me out. > > My domain is: test.com <http://test.com> > My mailserver hostname is: mail.host.com <http://mail.host.com> which also has a MATCHING PTR record > mail.host.com <http://mail.host.com> (for example) resolves to 50.1.1.1 and 50.1.1.1 resolves to mail.host.com <http://mail.host.com> > > This is a STANDALONE mail server which will receive and send email without any VIP's or load balancing. There is however one additional host that will send out mail from the domain but it wont be receiving mail, it will only be used as an SMTP (outbound only) server attached to a website automailer which is on a seperate webserver... It only generates error reports and sends them out... so technically it isn't a full mail server but it will be sending (outbound only) mail on behalf of the domain. > > The additional host is: mail2.test.com <http://mail2.test.com> which resolves to 50.2.2.2 and there is a Matching PTR. > > These are the ONLY mail servers and IP addresses that will be sending out mail from the test.com <http://test.com> domain. Some websites say I should use -all and others say -all will cause some MTA's to reject and ~all is better to use even if those are the only two hosts sending out mail. > > Would you be able to assist with a solid SPF record? > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org <mailto:freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org>" I usually choose soft fail because a user might decide to use a mobile device for email. Waitman Gobble San Jose California USA Waitman, Fair enough statement. I also generated the following SPF using a wizard. Let me know if this looks correct: teamwarfare.com. IN TXT "v=spf1 a mx a:mail.teamwarfare.com a:mail2.teamwarfare.com ip4:66.90.73.80 ip4:216.250.250.148 ~all" I wouldn't need an "include:" or "ptr" statement in this right? I would told "include:" was to include OTHER domains that are allowed to send e-mail, but then again I see some people writing the domain again as an include. Also is PTR good to use or not? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Question regarding SPF records
I am inquiring about how to setup a proper SPF record. I know there are SPF wizards/generators available but each seem to have a different "opinion" of what should be included and what should not be included. Let me give you a scenario of my setup, and hopefully someone can help me out. My domain is: test.com My mailserver hostname is: mail.host.com which also has a MATCHING PTR record mail.host.com (for example) resolves to 50.1.1.1 and 50.1.1.1 resolves to mail.host.com This is a STANDALONE mail server which will receive and send email without any VIP's or load balancing. There is however one additional host that will send out mail from the domain but it wont be receiving mail, it will only be used as an SMTP (outbound only) server attached to a website automailer which is on a seperate webserver... It only generates error reports and sends them out... so technically it isn't a full mail server but it will be sending (outbound only) mail on behalf of the domain. The additional host is: mail2.test.com which resolves to 50.2.2.2 and there is a Matching PTR. These are the ONLY mail servers and IP addresses that will be sending out mail from the test.com domain. Some websites say I should use -all and others say -all will cause some MTA's to reject and ~all is better to use even if those are the only two hosts sending out mail. Would you be able to assist with a solid SPF record? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
BIND SPF/TXT Questions
I know this is a bit off topic from CentOS itself, but are there any DNS experts that would be able to e-mail me on the side and assist with some questions I have regarding TXT/SPF records? I want to ensure my mail doesn't bounce. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: swap space
On Feb 17, 2012 6:55 PM, "Jim Pazarena" wrote: > > is there a command which can show the size of the hard drive swap? > > A "df" seems to avoid the swap area. > > This would be on a live production server. > Thanks. > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" Top or vmstat ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Looking for SEO / Website Design Work
On Feb 13, 2012 10:48 AM, "Shrikansh" wrote: > > Hi, > > > I am a SEO Specialist from India looking for a job in the field of Internet marketing . > > I have 4 years experience with SEO, Website Design and development. I would like to work remotely from my present location in India and help your organization with SEO and website design .I am specialized in Organic SEO. > My other skills include HTML, CSS, Photoshop, Dream weaver, flash, Joomla and Word Press and PPC. > > My monthly wage expectation is 800 USD Per month for fulltime work ie for 160Hrs or 400 USD for part time work. I can help you in handling seo projects for all your clients. > Looking forward to discussing this job opportunity further and how I can contribute to the success of your esteemed organization. > > Thank you for your time and consideration. > > > Sincerely, > Shrikansh > e-mail - - seoshrika...@gmail.com > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" This is not the mailing list for advertisements ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: fixating USB Storage
On Feb 4, 2012 4:54 AM, "Mike Clarke" wrote: > > On Saturday 04 February 2012, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > > > I don't know if anyone else has already mentioned it to you in > > response to this question, but I just very recently switched over to > > using volume labels to mount my partitions instead of device names. > > I was having an ongoing issue where this external USB drive's device > > number assignment would change from one boot to the next, toggling > > back and forth between da0 and da4 (strange!). > > Sounds similar to my experience. Normally my internal 4 slot memory card > reader is assigned devices da[0-3] and when the USB memory stick is > inserted it comes up as da4. If the USB stick is present on booting > then it appears as da0 and the card reader is da[1-4]. So it looks like > occupied slots are given priority when numbers are assigned at boot > time. > > -- > Mike Clarke > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" Do you know if it is different with zfs system? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Looking for SEO job
On Jan 26, 2012 1:25 PM, "Vani" wrote: > > Hi, > > > I am an organic SEO specialist with a bit of website design and development experience. > I would like to work remotely from my present location in India and help your organization with link building and onsite optimization work. > > My Skills include HTML, CSS, Photoshop, Dream weaver, Joomla, Word press, and flash. > My monthly wage expectation is as low as 700USD for full time work, where in I can work 8 Hrs a day 5 days a week and handle SEO for your client websites and also help with designing and development of new websites . > Looking forward to discussing this job opportunity further and explore the methods by which I can contribute to the success of your esteemed organization. > > Thank you for your time and consideration. > > > Sincerely, > Vani > e-mail - kalaivanionl...@gmail.com > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" This is the wrong mailing list for advertising. Perhaps odesk.com is a site you are looking for. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FreeBSD 9
On Jan 18, 2012 9:37 PM, "Allan McKinnon" wrote: > > > I finally got to install FreeBSD 9 onto my computer and noticed that the installer is now different. It seems to me that it forces you into doing extra steps that I was comfortable doing on my own. I really enjoyed the old installer because then I had complete control over how I tweaked my computer during and after the install. I am surprised that there is no gui present while installing FreeBSD because it feels more like Ubuntu or a windows install (somewhat). Please, please, please take this nightmare away and bring the beloved installer that was before FreeBSD 9. > Thank you for listening. > Allan ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" I am going to have to agree. The new installer is terrible ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
ASP running on FreeBSD via Apache/NGINX/Lighttpd
Good morning all, I currently have a website that was written in ASP back in 1999. The system is currently running Windows 2003 Server with MsSQL. Before everyone flames me for being in the wrong place, I was wondering if there is a way to allow freebsd to run old ASP code? I know years ago this wasn't possible without a program like ChiliASP, but now I heard rumor that apache might have a plugin to allow it to read ASP. I am unsure if there is an apache solution, or other solution like nginx/lighttpd that runs ASP. Any information you guys could provide would be great. I do appreciate your help in advance PS. I will need to convert the mssql data to mysql, is there any good program that will convert this? I understand that this question is probably inappropriate for this e-mail thread but maybe someone could shoot me a quick suggestion. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: booting
On Dec 17, 2011 9:04 AM, "Maxime-Etienne de Gier" wrote: > > I am really interested in Freebsd or PC-BSD but unfortunately every time > when I download an ISO of either of them and try to boot up (from the > DVD-ROM) my machine will not boot up (Laptop PackardBell). > Any insight? Thanks and much regard. > > > Maxime. > > > -- > Maxime-Etienne de Gier > > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" Any errors? What is the experience when you try to boot? We can not map a problem to an entire manufacturer since the only mentioned was that it was a Packard bell. I know this might sound like a stupid question, but did you verify the md5sum of the download before you burned the iso?. please give us detailed information so we can help you out. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: unsubscribe
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Re: Free BSD Website Question
Absolutely not On Nov 23, 2011 4:54 PM, "Frank" wrote: > Hey FreeBSD, > > I saw that you had a list of web hosting providers on your website and > wondered if you would consider adding WebHosting.net to your list. > http://www.freebsd.org/commercial/isp.html > > We have been around since 1998 and focus on more advanced hosting needs > like cloud hosting, exchange hosting, and dedicated servers. We have > recently launched a new version of our site and are also doing a bit of a > push to have more people try our service. > > If you would consider adding us to your list we would be incredibly > grateful and please let me know if you’d like any more information about > WebHosting.net. > > -Frank Anderson > *webhosting.net* > reliable. scalable. secure. > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Dennis Ritchie has died. A suggestion
+1 On 10/18/2011 10:15 PM, Allen wrote: On 10/17/2011 12:04 PM, Michael M wrote: *SNIP* / *PRUNE* For whatever it may be worth; I fully stand by dedicating the next release to dmr, as it wouldn't exist without him and Ken. -Allen ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Turning system accounting data into money
Ever heard of bold_or_underline? On Oct 11, 2011 10:06 AM, "Polytropon" wrote: > > This is _not_ a spam message trying to sell something > stupid to the list. I'm just searching for a solution > to turn consumed computing resources into a number and > a currency symbol. :-) > > Reason: A growing amount of (my) customers seems to > like this concept: They speed a low fee for access to > systems and applications, and they want to pay according > to what they did with that system. The access fee covers > access and some basic services (backup & quota), and for > anything "more advanced" they want to be charged per > "units" used, or per "consumed resources". This can be dialog > time (SSH), disk I/O, disk occupied, pages printed (can happen) > or pages required to print on exceptional specific forms > (can happen once or twice a year and is charged with an > additional fee for fold, staple & mutilate). > > Sounds stupid? I have _real_ customers intendedly > requesting that payment model (instead of "just pay > amount n Euro a month and do whatever you like"). > > Accidentally, I remembered history. > > So I thought: This funcitonality has been present on > UNIX systems for many decades. But _how_ to use it? I > know there's the command set for accounting, for example > the "ac" command. But what does its output "total 7264.15" > mean? There also are "acct" (process accounting), "sa" > (for system accounting) and "pac" (for printer accounting, > just dooesn't seem to work with CUPS). > > I'd also like to use the /etc/csh.logout resp. ~/.logout > mechanism. When a user logs in, he will be presented the > program he uses (or a menu, in case he uses different ones). > This can also be a regular "remote desktop" session. When > he logs out, a message should be displayed that informs > him how much will be charged for the session. At the end > of the month, he should get an invoice with the proper > accumulated amount. > > For example, if a user wishes to issue a "make a backup > _now_, because I intendedly want _this_ current state > backed up _now_", this will be seen as additional I/O > load and disk occupation (because it's handled aside of > the regular backup runs that should be part of the > "basic package" charged with the "conneciton fee"). > Or as I said, he issues printing for stuff he cannot > print at home, so he will be charged for 500 pages. > And in case he transfers 10 GB data in, and 10 GB data > out, he will be charged for that traffic, as well as > for the I/O. > > The sessions in questions will be SSH sessions (text mode) > as well as SSH/X sessions (remote desktops). > > Maybe someone already uses something similar he wants > to share? Suggestions and inspirations are welcome. > > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FreeBSD 8.2 Partition Sizing question
Thanks again Matthew On 9/14/2011 2:55 PM, Matthew Seaman wrote: On 14/09/2011 19:31, Chuck Swiger wrote: On Sep 14, 2011, at 11:27 AM, Jonathan Vomacka wrote: In regards to partitioning, I have a question regarding a "rumor" that has been told to me by various different linux experts, and I wanted to confirm if this also takes place with FreeBSD Unix. In the past, I have always had the root filesystem (/) and the /usr filesystem all on seperate partitions. I was told that having /usr on a seperate partition is an "old" way of doing things and actually causes issues when /usr is mounted separately from root (/). Does this play true in FreeBSD or is that thought process nonsense? I was told to create a larger root filesystem and NOT create usr seperately as /usr will mount off the root filesystem anyway. Will there be any issues by having /usr on a separate partition then root? I will like to know any opinions on this, as well as suggestions based on how other FreeBSD guru's have their server setups. There is nothing wrong with having / and /usr on separate partitions; in fact, there are some mild advantages to fine-grained partitioning for folks who pay attention to their filesystem space usage. However, there is nothing wrong with a single root partition (well, and swap partition), either. Use ZFS and you can put / and /usr on different filesystems (zfses), without any need to worry about not having made any of those filesystems big enough. (Since all the free space is held in common for all of the zfses on the same zpool.) The best of both worlds. Cheers, Matthew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Recommended SWAP space for large amounts of ram (8GB)
Thanks Matthew / Michael for your responses on this. On 9/14/2011 2:51 PM, Matthew Seaman wrote: On 14/09/2011 18:27, Michael Sierchio wrote: On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 6:55 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote: ... In these days of plentiful RAM, the new rule of thumb is "if you're swapping, then you're doing it wrong." I think your response follows the excellent pedagogical principle: "a little inaccuracy saves a lot of explanation." But... disk is still (by far) the cheapest commodity, and the opportunistic paging algorithm manages VM very well. VM is not by any means obsolete, and seeing paging behavior is not a sign of a misconfigured system. Well, yes. I was certainly glossing over a lot of complexity -- but I would maintain that I am fundamentally correct. Having some pages swapped out is absolutely not a problem. True. In fact, it's a positive benefit: swapping out memory pages that are exceedingly rarely referenced makes more room in RAM for more actively used pages. On the other hand, having pages continually swapping in and out definitely is a problem in terms of performance, given that disk IO takes of the order of milliseconds, while reference to main RAM is of the order of microseconds or less. Orders of magnitude faster. Now, while disk may well be the much the cheapest storage medium available, that's only part of the expense. In fact, up-front capital expenditure on the kit (perhaps several thousand pounds/euros/dollars) is outweighed by the operational expense (power, cooling, hardware support etc.) over the life of the equipment, so spending a bit more (capex) on components that run at lower power (opex) makes a lot of sense. Even more, if the server is being used for eg. e-Commerce, then the volume of the transactions and the data processed by the server makes all the difference to your margin: the more you can do with the same hardware - viz, the more efficiently and faster you can make the hardware run - then the more profit you make. Buying more RAM is peanuts on that scale. Cheers, Matthew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FreeBSD 8.2 Partition Sizing question
Thanks bud. On 9/15/2011 5:19 AM, f92...@hushmail.com wrote: There is nothing wrong with having / and /usr on separate partitions; in fact, there are some mild advantages to fine-grained partitioning for folks who pay attention to their filesystem space usage. To elaborate on this: Assuming you have separate /var, /tmp, /usr and /home partitions, the only files that should be on / are: 1. Part of base system not in /usr 2. Kernels (/boot/kernel) 3. root home directory (/root) Therefore the size of / does not grow with time on most systems. It also tends to be independent of what the system is used for, unlike the size of /usr for example. On my systems / is between 1.5 gb to 2 gb depending on overall disk size. /usr is up to 10 gb on desktop systems. A benefit of having / on its own partition is that it becomes much harder to run / out of disk space by accident. Checking out source trees (/usr/ports, /usr/src), building world (/usr/obj), building ports (/usr/ports), running software that uses /usr/local//logs for storing its log files, etc. all have potential to write to /usr if you don't have appropriate configuration/symlinks/partitions set up to redirect them to the right places. If your /usr is separate from / then running out of disk space on /usr is usually harmless. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
FreeBSD 8.2 Partition Sizing question
Good afternoon, In regards to partitioning, I have a question regarding a "rumor" that has been told to me by various different linux experts, and I wanted to confirm if this also takes place with FreeBSD Unix. In the past, I have always had the root filesystem (/) and the /usr filesystem all on seperate partitions. I was told that having /usr on a seperate partition is an "old" way of doing things and actually causes issues when /usr is mounted separately from root (/). Does this play true in FreeBSD or is that thought process nonsense? I was told to create a larger root filesystem and NOT create usr seperately as /usr will mount off the root filesystem anyway. Will there be any issues by having /usr on a separate partition then root? I will like to know any opinions on this, as well as suggestions based on how other FreeBSD guru's have their server setups. Any suggestions on partitioning schema's for a general LAMP stack server, and maybe some gameservers would be GREATLY appreciated. Kind Regards, Jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Recommended SWAP space for large amounts of ram (8GB)
Excellent response. Thank you so much.
On Sep 14, 2011 9:56 AM, "Matthew Seaman"
wrote:
>
> On 14/09/2011 13:34, Jonathan Vomacka wrote:
> > Each operating system seems to have different documentation regarding
> > what a decent swap size is for systems with large amounts of RAM. My
> > system only has 8GB of RAM. Some people have gone with the general idea
> > that 2X the amount of RAM is sufficient but for systems with large
> > amounts of memory 1X the amount of RAM is fine. I was also told that
> > anything over 2GB of SWAP space will cause performance issues on the
> > system and that it is not recommended.
> >
> > Either from the FreeBSD docs, or based on personal experiences, what is
> > the recommended swap space for a 8GB system? Your opinions are greatly
> > appreciated
>
> The old rule of thumb of swap = 2 x RAM dates back to the days when
> 128MB RAM was a big deal. Nowadays, you're likely to have that much in
> your phone, and systems with 128GB RAM are not unknown.
>
> In these days of plentiful RAM, the new rule of thumb is "if you're
> swapping, then you're doing it wrong." You don't need anything like as
> much swap nowadays, at least, not as compensation for lack of RAM. You
> may need swap to back eg. tmpfs filesystems. You don't need swap
> nowadays for system dumps -- any partition with ephemeral data (or no
> data at all) can be used for dumping, and given that minidump capability
> exists now, you don't even need to supply the 1 x RAM + delta required
> for a full dump.
>
> That swap > 2GB resulted in performance problems was certainly true
> once, but I doubt very much that it is still the case in HEAD or the
> upcoming 9.0-RELEASE, nor probably in {7,8}-STABLE. IIRC the problem
> was due to avoiding integer overflow in some calculations deep inside
> the VM system, which is usually not a hugely difficult problem to fix.
>
> My recommendation: for systems with 1GB RAM or more, and that don't make
> heavy use of memory filesystems and the like, then 2GB swap is ample,
> and you can probably get away with as little as 1GB at need.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Matthew
>
> --
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Recommended SWAP space for large amounts of ram (8GB)
Good morning all, Each operating system seems to have different documentation regarding what a decent swap size is for systems with large amounts of RAM. My system only has 8GB of RAM. Some people have gone with the general idea that 2X the amount of RAM is sufficient but for systems with large amounts of memory 1X the amount of RAM is fine. I was also told that anything over 2GB of SWAP space will cause performance issues on the system and that it is not recommended. Either from the FreeBSD docs, or based on personal experiences, what is the recommended swap space for a 8GB system? Your opinions are greatly appreciated Kind Regards, Jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
FreeBSD 6.1 and Counter-Strike: Source Server (SRCDS)
Hello all (again) I just e-mailed the list before and recieved a response on my last question however I have one more problem (which seems to be the biggest for me). I am trying to run a Counter-Strike: Source dedicated server off FreeBSD 6.1. I previously had it running fine with CentOS but because BSD needs linux binaries and such, i have run into a problem. First off I'd like to say that I already installed linux_base8 (or so i think) and have enabled it in rc.conf. I installed the source dedicated server files using hldsupdatetool (steams client) NOT the one provided by /use/ports/games/linux-steam. I found that the steam client in freebsd ports seems a bit outdated since steam doesnt use email and logins anymore to install/update steam server files. There used to be a problem with the hldsupdatetool which forced people to use the steam update tool in the ports collection but I believe thats been fixed now because i ran it without any problems (unless theres something i dont know). In any event to make a long story short, when I try to run srcds, it gives me an error and refuses to run. For all those gameserver people out there and GSP's do you think you could lend a hand? I know quite a few gameservers providers that run their source servers on freebsd. Maybe im doing something wrong. Could someone walk me through how to get source up and running starting from scratch on everything I need to do/install in order for source to work? This is the error im getting when i try to run srcds chi01-043-36# ./srcds_i686 -game cstrike +hostport 27015 +ip 208.100.3.190 +maxplayers 12 +map de_dust2 +exec server.cfg +fps_max 600 -tickrate 100 Failed to open bin/dedicated_i686.so (tier0_i486.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory) Thanks much in advance! I promise I won't try to bother the list anymore Kind Regards, Jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
1000 user_hz or hz Values in FreeBSD 6.1 (AMD64)
Hello all!, I have a quick question. I know these options are prevelent in Linux* Operating Systems. It's been a while since I used Freebsd. Last night I installed FreeBSD 6.1 (AMD64). For certain reasons, I need the FreeBSD kernel to achieve 1000 Hertz. Most linux OS's default at 250 and in order to change it the kernel needs to be recompiled. Does this work the same way for FreeBSD 6.1? If someone could show me how to adjust the values to 1000Hertz that would be great. PS. I have another quick question. I am running AMD64 because I have a 64 bit system. It's Dual Intel Xeons 64 bit. In the kernel it shows AMD64 as machine type, and HAMMER as cpu_type. I assume hammer stands for clawhammer/sledgehammer core found in AMD cpus. Because im using Intel Xeons should this value be changed? I am unsure what to use for the cpu type in the kernel. Kind Regards, Jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
