Re: [CentOS-docs] Contributing Wiki article on tmpfs

2009-11-04 Thread Jasper Siepkes
I think what they mean by that is the following: The Out of Memory handler will kill processes to free up RAM and swap. However tmpfs' memory use is not caused by a (killable) process, so the OOM handler can't free it up. Anyway when the OOM handler kicks in you have a serious problem anyway, tmpf

Re: [CentOS-docs] Contributing Wiki article on tmpfs

2009-11-04 Thread Brian Mathis
Looks good. I appreciate the discussion on the priority of the RAM space used and issues to think about as far as swap space size and when it starts using disk. One thing that concerns me in the tmpfs.txt file is this statement: If you oversize your tmpfs instances the machine will deadlock

Re: [CentOS-docs] Contributing Wiki article on tmpfs

2009-11-04 Thread Jasper Siepkes
Hi, First of all sorry for the long delay and thanks for the constructive feedback. I've made some additions to the Wiki article ( http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/TmpOnTmpfs ): -Added the 'Practical details' section to explain how tmpfs, swap and memory relate. -Added a 'Pitfalls' section

Re: [CentOS-docs] Contributing Wiki article on tmpfs

2009-10-20 Thread Brian Mathis
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Jasper Siepkes wrote: > Hi, > > I've made a first attempt at writing the tmpfs CentOS Tips and tricks item > and I'm looking for some feedback. Does it need more (or less) background > info ? Or more (or less) substance perhaps ? > > Regards, > Jasper > I'd like t

Re: [CentOS-docs] Contributing Wiki article on tmpfs

2009-10-20 Thread Jasper Siepkes
Sorry for the HTML mail, I kind of missed it :-( -Jasper On Tue, 2009-10-20 at 19:46 +0200, Jasper Siepkes wrote: > Hi, > > I've made a first attempt at writing the tmpfs CentOS Tips and tricks > item and I'm looking for some feedback. Does it need more (or less) > background info ? Or more (or

Re: [CentOS-docs] Contributing Wiki article on tmpfs

2009-10-20 Thread Jasper Siepkes
Hi, I've made a first attempt at writing the tmpfs CentOS Tips and tricks item and I'm looking for some feedback. Does it need more (or less) background info ? Or more (or less) substance perhaps ? Regards, Jasper On Fri, 2009-10-16 at 12:24 +0200, Ralph Angenendt wrote: > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009

Re: [CentOS-docs] Contributing Wiki article on tmpfs

2009-10-16 Thread Ralph Angenendt
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 10:28 PM, Jasper Siepkes wrote: > Yeah thats the background info I meant. Then go ahead: http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/TmpOnTmpfs I'll link to it when it is ready. Cheers, Ralph ___ CentOS-docs mailing list CentOS-docs@

Re: [CentOS-docs] Contributing Wiki article on tmpfs

2009-10-15 Thread Ed Heron
From: "Phil Schaffner", Thursday, October 15, 2009 2:31 PM > Jasper Siepkes wrote on 10/15/2009 04:28 PM: > ... >> >> Unless anybody here is interested in background info of my flamboyant >> s..errr never mind ;-) > > That goes on http://wiki.centos.org/JasperSiepkes > :-) > Phil heh,heh.

Re: [CentOS-docs] Contributing Wiki article on tmpfs

2009-10-15 Thread Phil Schaffner
Jasper Siepkes wrote on 10/15/2009 04:28 PM: ... > > Unless anybody here is interested in background info of my flamboyant > s..errr never mind ;-) That goes on http://wiki.centos.org/JasperSiepkes :-) Phil ___ CentOS-docs mailing list CentOS-docs@

Re: [CentOS-docs] Contributing Wiki article on tmpfs

2009-10-15 Thread Jasper Siepkes
On Thu, 2009-10-15 at 13:33 +0200, Ralph Angenendt wrote: > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Ralph Angenendt > wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 8:36 PM, Jasper Siepkes wrote: > >> But where should I put the background info? > > > > I'll bite: Which background info are you talking about? > > I

Re: [CentOS-docs] Contributing Wiki article on tmpfs

2009-10-15 Thread Ralph Angenendt
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Ralph Angenendt wrote: > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 8:36 PM, Jasper Siepkes wrote: >> But where should I put the background info? > > I'll bite: Which background info are you talking about? If you mean background info for why you want to have tmp on tmpfs - right in

Re: [CentOS-docs] Contributing Wiki article on tmpfs

2009-10-15 Thread Ralph Angenendt
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 8:36 PM, Jasper Siepkes wrote: > But where should I put the background info? I'll bite: Which background info are you talking about? Cheers, Ralph ___ CentOS-docs mailing list CentOS-docs@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mail

Re: [CentOS-docs] Contributing Wiki article on tmpfs

2009-10-14 Thread Jasper Siepkes
Hello, On Wed, 2009-10-14 at 17:21 +0200, Ralph Angenendt wrote: > Hi, > > sorry for reacting so late (did I really overlook that mail for 4 days? Tsk). No problem, I know all too well how time can fly :-) > > On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Jasper Siepkes wrote: > > I would like to contri

Re: [CentOS-docs] Contributing Wiki article on tmpfs

2009-10-14 Thread Ralph Angenendt
Hi, sorry for reacting so late (did I really overlook that mail for 4 days? Tsk). On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Jasper Siepkes wrote: >  I would like to contribute a howto on how to put /tmp on tmpfs (or shm as it > used to be called). I would also like to add a bit of background informatio

[CentOS-docs] Contributing Wiki article on tmpfs

2009-10-10 Thread Jasper Siepkes
Hi all, As suggested on the forum by Phil ( https://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=22594&forum=37&post_id=87597#forumpost87597 ) I would like to contribute a howto on how to put /tmp on tmpfs (or shm as it used to be called). I would also like to add a bit of background in