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SubjectRe: LowFree/LowMem problem
Matthias Wolle <Matthias.Wolle <at> gmx.de> writes:

>
> Hi,
>
> my company is running several servers with kernel 2.6.23.12. This are Dual
> Quad Core servers (CPU Intel) with 16GB RAM using a 32Bit kernel.

This is a common problem with running 32-bit kernels with more than 8Gb RAM.
(Search the archives and you will find similar problem reports.)

Anyone in your situation has two options - Preferred one is to switch
to a 64-bit kernel. In most cases you can just upgrade the kernel to
64-bits and use the same 32-bit userspace. It works fine.

If you cannot for some reason upgrade to a 64-bit kernel, the second
option is to try and use RHEL/CentOS kernels which according to Alan
Cox are better tuned for this kind of setup and you have a better
chance that they will work.

HTH

Parag


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