UBC parameter units - Revision history

24.246.1.237: Change capitilization on example units to read as (mega/kilo)BYTES instead of BITS

2011-10-13T18:14:24Z

Change capitilization on example units to read as (mega/kilo)BYTES instead of BITS

Nathanhaigh: Reformatted for easier reading

2011-08-01T23:00:42Z

Reformatted for easier reading

Kir: Reverted edits by MaymeOvermyer (Talk) to last revision by Kir

2011-04-29T17:17:02Z

Reverted edits by MaymeOvermyer (Talk) to last revision by Kir

MaymeOvermyer: /* Overriding default units */

2011-04-29T16:22:57Z

‎Overriding default units

Kir: Reverted edits by Rebeca123 (Talk) to last revision by Botinki Kira

2010-07-13T15:08:01Z

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Rebeca123 at 14:50, 13 July 2010

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Botinki Kira: Robot: Automated text replacement (-VEID +CTID)

2008-03-11T09:44:25Z

Robot: Automated text replacement (-VEID +CTID)

Kir: added suffixes table, more text

2007-07-10T01:47:13Z

added suffixes table, more text

Kir: formatting

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formatting

Kir: linked to memory page

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linked to memory page

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 The following are some examples to demonstrate the use of different units when specifying the value of a parameter. Where <code>$CTID</code> is the container ID.
-* Set <code>kmemsize</code> limit to 512 Kb
+* Set <code>kmemsize</code> limit to 512 KB
 <pre>
 # vzctl set $CTID --kmemsize 512k
 </pre>
-* Set <code>privvmpages</code> limit to 256 Mb
+* Set <code>privvmpages</code> limit to 256 MB
 <pre>
 # vzctl set $CTID --privvmpages 256m
 </pre>
-* Set <code>tcprcvbuf</code> limit to 1000 pages (totals to almost 4 Mb on x86)
+* Set <code>tcprcvbuf</code> limit to 1000 pages (totals to almost 4 MB on x86)
 <pre>
 # vzctl set $CTID --tcprcvbuf 1000p

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 {{UBC toc}}
-# entries which name has word 'page' are measured in [[memory page]]s (4K on x86 and x86_64, 16K for IA64). These are <code>privvmpages</code>, <code>oomguarpages</code> and others.
+* [[UBC secondary parameters|Secondary Parameters]]
-# entries with names like 'num*' are measured in items. i.e. <code>numproc</code> - number of processes, <code>numiptent</code> - number of iptables entries.
+** None
-== Overriding default units ==
+* [[UBC auxiliary parameters|Auxiliary Parameters]]
-When using [[vzctl]] to set beancounter parameters, you can set units explicitly when appropriate (i.e. for all parameters which names are not starting with <code>num</code>*). The following suffixes are available:
 {| class="wikitable"
-| g, G || gigabytes
+!Suffix
 |-
-| m, M || megabytes
+| g || G || gigabytes
 |-
-| k, K || kilobytes
+| m || M || megabytes
 |-
-| p, P || [[memory page]]s
+| k || K || kilobytes
-|}
+|-
 === Examples ===
-* Set kmemsize limit to 512 Kb
+The following are some examples to demonstrate the use of different units when specifying the value of a parameter. Where <code>$CTID</code> is the container ID.
 <pre>
 # vzctl set $CTID --kmemsize 512k
 </pre>
-* Set privvmpages limit to 256 Mb
+* Set <code>privvmpages</code> limit to 256 Mb
 <pre>
 # vzctl set $CTID --privvmpages 256m
 </pre>
-* Set tcprcvbuf limit to 1000 pages (totals to almost 4 Mb on x86)
+* Set <code>tcprcvbuf</code> limit to 1000 pages (totals to almost 4 Mb on x86)
 <pre>
 # vzctl set $CTID --tcprcvbuf 1000p

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 | p, P || [[memory page]]s
 |}
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+=== Examples ===
 * Set kmemsize limit to 512 Kb

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 | p, P || [[memory page]]s
 |}
-=== Examples ===
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 * Set kmemsize limit to 512 Kb

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 # entries with names like 'num*' are measured in items. i.e. <code>numproc</code> - number of processes, <code>numiptent</code> - number of iptables entries.
 # other entries like <code>kmemsize</code>, <code>tcprcvbuf</code>, <code>tcpsndbuf</code> are measured in bytes
-#[http://www.superiorpapers.com research paper help]
 == Overriding default units ==

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 == Overriding default units ==
-You can set parameter units explicitly when appropriate, for example:
+When using [[vzctl]] to set beancounter parameters, you can set units explicitly when appropriate (i.e. for all parameters which names are not starting with <code>num</code>*). The following suffixes are available:
 * Set kmemsize limit to 512 Kb
 <pre>
-# vzctl set --kmemsize 512k
+# vzctl set $VEID --kmemsize 512k
 </pre>
 * Set privvmpages limit to 256 Mb
 <pre>
-# vzctl set --privvmpages 256m
+# vzctl set $VEID --privvmpages 256m
 </pre>
 * Set tcprcvbuf limit to 1000 pages (totals to almost 4 Mb on x86)
 <pre>
-# vzctl set --tcprcvbuf 1000p
+# vzctl set $VEID --tcprcvbuf 1000p
 </pre>
 [[Category: HOWTO]]

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-# entries which name has word 'page' are measured in memory pages (4K on x86 and x86_64, 16K for IA64). These are privvmpages, oomguarpages and others.
+# entries which name has word 'page' are measured in [[memory page]]s (4K on x86 and x86_64, 16K for IA64). These are privvmpages, oomguarpages and others.
 # entries with names like 'num*' are measured in items. i.e. numproc - number of processes, numiptent - number of iptables entries.
 # other entries like kmemsize, tcprcvbuf/tcpsndbuf are measured in bytes