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Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] 1.2rc4 fresh install - Disable Paging
From: Anil Garg <garg_art2002 () yahoo ! com>
Date: 2008-01-27 8:02:56
Message-ID: 365441.91475.qm () web54206 ! mail ! re2 ! yahoo ! com
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Guys - My bad that I had not fully read the liveCD functionality.
I eliminated HDD by using a very old keychain USB with LiveCD.
Hurray - No HDD now!!!!!!!!!!!!
----- Original Message ----
From: Bill Marquette <bill.marquette@gmail.com>
To: support@pfsense.com
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 7:29:04 PM
Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] 1.2rc4 fresh install - Disable Paging
On Jan 25, 2008 2:47 PM, Anil Garg <garg_art2002@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Ok. I will leave paging on. I just kind of think its silly that for
one
> user at home I still hear my hdd constantly make noise of
read-write... But
> then I am not technical enough to know what is causing that..
I'm reasonably confident this isn't swapping. There's very little of
pfSense that can actually be swapped out to disk - less than 128M of
ram. And if anything in userland is getting swapped out to disk it's
likely not being used, or you have a serious shortage of ram for the
kernel to operate. We recommend a minimum of 128M (and throw
appropriate warnings for those with less), but can operate in 64M
environments (if you know what you are doing) without swap (and
without panics).
Things that might make the disk write are:
Excessive blocked packets - you'd have to be on an abormally busy
network though
3rd party packages - ntop (this one can eat lots of ram too), squid,
etc
Other thoughts...maybe it's not disk? Or maybe your disk is actually
going bad and just making lots of noise. During normal operation disk
should actually be used very little.
--Bill
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console,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Guys - My bad that I had not fully read the \
liveCD functionality.<br><br>I eliminated HDD by using a very old keychain USB with \
LiveCD.<br><br>Hurray - No HDD now!!!!!!!!!!!!<br><br><div style="font-family: times \
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----<br>From: Bill Marquette <bill.marquette@gmail.com><br>To: \
support@pfsense.com<br>Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 7:29:04 PM<br>Subject: Re: \
[pfSense Support] 1.2rc4 fresh install - Disable Paging<br><br> On Jan 25, 2008 2:47 \
PM, Anil Garg <<a ymailto="mailto:garg_art2002@yahoo.com" \
href="mailto:garg_art2002@yahoo.com">garg_art2002@yahoo.com</a>> \
wrote:<br>><br>> Ok. I will leave paging on. I just kind of think its \
silly that for one<br>> user at home I still hear my hdd constantly make noise of
read-write... But<br>> then I am not technical enough to know what is causing \
that..<br><br>I'm reasonably confident this isn't swapping. There's very little \
of<br>pfSense that can actually be swapped out to disk - less than 128M \
of<br>ram. And if anything in userland is getting swapped out to disk \
it's<br>likely not being used, or you have a serious shortage of ram for \
the<br>kernel to operate. We recommend a minimum of 128M (and \
throw<br>appropriate warnings for those with less), but can operate in \
64M<br>environments (if you know what you are doing) without swap (and<br>without \
panics).<br><br>Things that might make the disk write are:<br> Excessive \
blocked packets - you'd have to be on an abormally busy<br>network though<br> \
3rd party packages - ntop (this one can eat lots of ram too), squid, \
etc<br><br>Other thoughts...maybe it's not disk? Or maybe your disk is \
actually<br>going bad and just making lots of noise. During normal operation \
disk<br>should actually be used very \
little.<br><br>--Bill<br><br>---------------------------------------------------------------------<br>To \
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