Re: [Users] Is this mkswap message from OpenVZ?
If your MySQL is dying because of lack of memory, this is a sign that you need to upgrade your RAM, adding at least 1GB more, not to add swap. I understand the economical aspect, but today the price per GB of RAM is cheaper than ever. If your provider is charging too much for your budget, and price is your first priority, you can find really cheap OpenVZ options here https://lowendbox.com/tag/openvz/ There are providers offering servers per year and others with 5GB RAM servers for $5/month. On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 5:06 PM Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 3:01 PM Paulo Coghi - Coghi IT > wrote: > > > > By default, OpenVZ doesn't allow swap creation inside containers. And > this is a good thing. > > I think that depends on the metric used. > > A small swapfile would be most useful and economical for us. > > I think the lack of a swapfile and OOM kills are the worst choice > because they create a DoS in practice. Users cannot access our wiki > because MySQL was killed. > > Jeff > ___ Users mailing list Users@openvz.org https://lists.openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [Users] Is this mkswap message from OpenVZ?
On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 3:01 PM Paulo Coghi - Coghi IT wrote: > > By default, OpenVZ doesn't allow swap creation inside containers. And this is > a good thing. I think that depends on the metric used. A small swapfile would be most useful and economical for us. I think the lack of a swapfile and OOM kills are the worst choice because they create a DoS in practice. Users cannot access our wiki because MySQL was killed. Jeff ___ Users mailing list Users@openvz.org https://lists.openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [Users] Is this mkswap message from OpenVZ?
By default, OpenVZ doesn't allow swap creation inside containers. And this is a good thing. It is not good to use storage to act as memory, since the performance is really bad. When needing more memory, just upgrade the hardware profile of your VM with your provider. On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 3:41 PM Jeffrey Walton wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I'm trying to track down the cause of the error message below. It is > encountered when we try to enable a swapfile for a low-end VM. The VPS > provider uses OpenVZ. > > # ./vm-swapfile.sh > Swapfile already allocated > swapon: /swapfile: swapon failed: Operation not permitted > Failed to enable swapfile > > The relevant command is: > > if ! swapon /swapfile; then > echo "Failed to enable swapfile" > fi > > Is this mkswap message from OpenVZ? > > Thanks in advance. > ___ > Users mailing list > Users@openvz.org > https://lists.openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/users > ___ Users mailing list Users@openvz.org https://lists.openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/users
[Users] Is this mkswap message from OpenVZ?
Hi Everyone, I'm trying to track down the cause of the error message below. It is encountered when we try to enable a swapfile for a low-end VM. The VPS provider uses OpenVZ. # ./vm-swapfile.sh Swapfile already allocated swapon: /swapfile: swapon failed: Operation not permitted Failed to enable swapfile The relevant command is: if ! swapon /swapfile; then echo "Failed to enable swapfile" fi Is this mkswap message from OpenVZ? Thanks in advance. ___ Users mailing list Users@openvz.org https://lists.openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/users
