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List:       webmin-l
Subject:    Re: [webmin-l] Webmin displays Real Memory and Local Disk Space incorrectly in System Information vi
From:       "Jamie Cameron" <jcameron () webmin ! com>
Date:       2013-06-28 7:05:45
Message-ID: 1372403144.19485 () webmin ! com
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On 27/Jun/2013 12:57 Ben Johnson <ben@indietorrent.org> wrote ..
> 
> 
> On 6/27/2013 1:54 AM, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> > On 26/Jun/2013 17:38 Ben Johnson <ben@indietorrent.org> wrote ..
> >> On 6/26/2013 8:33 PM, Ben Johnson wrote:
> >>> Sure!
> >>>
> >>> I've posted these to pastebin.com, as the wrapping makes the output
> >>> illegible.
> >>>
> >>> http://pastebin.com/n2WbPdZh
> >>
> >> Whoops! I gave you bad intel there, Jamie. I examined the values on the
> >> wrong server. Here are the values from the same server we've been
> >> discussing:
> >>
> >> http://pastebin.com/bRkJ4PmR
> > 
> > Interesting, it looks like from /proc/user_beancounters your system
> > really has a memory limit of 7 GB. Specifically, the line :
> > 
> > privvmpages   523138   525096    1835008    1835008
> > 
> > says that the "barrier" limit is 1835008 pages, each of which is
> > 4k in size. Perhaps your VPS host has a "burstable" memory limit of 7 GB,
> > and a guaranteed limit of 2 GB?
> > 
> >  - Jamie
> 
> That sounds about right, Jamie. mediaTemple just upgraded its VPS
> platform and it was overhauled completely.
> 
> Given that "top", "htop", "free", etc. all display 2GB of physical
> memory, it seems less than ideal for Webmin to display a different value.
> 
> Would it be possible to either a) add conditional logic that is capable
> of detecting VPSs like this one and display the guaranteed limit
> (instead of the burstable limit), or b) modify Webmin to display *both*
> the guaranteed and burstable limits, labeling each accordingly?
> 
> Needless to say, I would prefer b), as this change would provide more
> information about the true hardware capabilities of the system. Of
> course, it's probably more work, too.
> 
> In any event, I think the status quo will confuse a fair number of users.
> 
> Thanks for your prompt replies, courtesy, and attentiveness to your
> users' needs. I really appreciate it.

I like option b - I'll look into implementing this in the next Webmin release.

 - Jamie

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