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    DateFri, 16 Oct 1998 08:57:31 -0700 (PDT)
    FromSimon Kirby <>
    SubjectRe: 2.1.125 SMP fails production load test, quotas/epic trouble.
    On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Bill Hawes wrote:
    
    > Simon Kirby wrote:> > > I have also had to raise the limit on our webservers here...Is there
    > > anything wrong with setting the initial limit to something like 4096 or
    > > even higher?  It only gets allocated when needed, correct?  It's also not
    > > something a user is going to be able to abuse...or is it?> > Quota is allocated when needed but never freed, so the number should stabilize at some
    > point and not need to be raised. Setting the quota max to a level comparable but
    > smaller than inode max would probably be a good starting point. It's possible that
    > under some conditions quota max might need to be greater than inode max -- with both
    > user and group quotas enabled, one inode might need two dquots.
    > > Also, you should be able to increase quota max on the fly (as root) if you're getting
    > "waiting for quota" messages.
    
    Right...but I was talking about changing the default of 256 in the
    kernel.  Would it be a good idea?
    
    Simon-
    
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