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== Overriding default units ==
 
== Overriding default units ==
  
You can set parameter units explicitly when appropriate, for example:
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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:
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{| class="wikitable"
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| g, G || gigabytes
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| m, M || megabytes
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| k, K || kilobytes
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| p, P || [[memory page]]s
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|}
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=== Examples ===
  
 
* Set kmemsize limit to 512 Kb
 
* Set kmemsize limit to 512 Kb
 
<pre>
 
<pre>
# vzctl set --kmemsize 512k
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# vzctl set $VEID --kmemsize 512k
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
  
 
* Set privvmpages limit to 256 Mb
 
* Set privvmpages limit to 256 Mb
 
<pre>
 
<pre>
# vzctl set --privvmpages 256m
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# vzctl set $VEID --privvmpages 256m
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
  
 
* Set tcprcvbuf limit to 1000 pages (totals to almost 4 Mb on x86)
 
* Set tcprcvbuf limit to 1000 pages (totals to almost 4 Mb on x86)
 
<pre>
 
<pre>
# vzctl set --tcprcvbuf 1000p
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# vzctl set $VEID --tcprcvbuf 1000p
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
  
 
[[Category: HOWTO]]
 
[[Category: HOWTO]]

Revision as of 01:47, 10 July 2007

User Beancounters
Definition
/proc/user_beancounters
/proc/bc/
General information
Units of measurement
VSwap
Parameters description
Primary parameters
numproc, numtcpsock, numothersock, vmguarpages
Secondary parameters
kmemsize, tcpsndbuf, tcprcvbuf, othersockbuf, dgramrcvbuf, oomguarpages, privvmpages
Auxiliary parameters
lockedpages, shmpages, physpages, numfile, numflock, numpty, numsiginfo, dcachesize, numiptent, swappages
Internals
User pages accounting
RSS fractions accounting
On-demand accounting
UBC consistency
Consistency formulae
System-wide configuration
vzubc(8)
Configuration examples
Basic
Derived
Intermediate configurations
Tables
List of parameters
Parameter properties
Consistency
Config examples


  1. 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.
  2. entries with names like 'num*' are measured in items. i.e. numproc - number of processes, numiptent - number of iptables entries.
  3. other entries like kmemsize, tcprcvbuf, tcpsndbuf are measured in bytes

Overriding default units

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 num*). The following suffixes are available:

g, G gigabytes
m, M megabytes
k, K kilobytes
p, P memory pages

Examples

  • Set kmemsize limit to 512 Kb
# vzctl set $VEID --kmemsize 512k
  • Set privvmpages limit to 256 Mb
# vzctl set $VEID --privvmpages 256m
  • Set tcprcvbuf limit to 1000 pages (totals to almost 4 Mb on x86)
# vzctl set $VEID --tcprcvbuf 1000p