savehash: Not enough space

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

	Use limit/ulimit to find the default value for your system.
	Usually they 64M or greater.

	Mark

> I tried adding different datasize values, all > 1Mb, and named would
> just core dump when it was starting up.  The option I came up with to at
> least get most of my addresses resolving was to dump a bunch of address
> off the end of the /16's (dropped about 650,000 entries) and then it
> would startup ok without the datasize option....
> 
> Dan
> 
> Mark_Andrews at isc.org wrote:
> > 
> > > I got this message while trying to restart a DNS for someone yesterday, a
> nd I
> > > fixed it by removing some of the unused reverse entries.  From the little
>  bit
> > >  I
> > > looked at the code it looks like it's failing to allocate enough memory f
> or a
> > > ll
> > > their DNS entries...is this true and what can be done about this?
> > >
> > > This is 8.1.2 btw, running on HP-UX 10.20...
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Dan
> > >
> > >
> >         The same thing you would do if any other process ran out of memory.
> >         Provide it with more.   Now the only real problem is to decide if
> >         the limit hit is per-process or all of the virtual memory in the
> >         machine was exhausted.
> > 
> >         "options { datasize #; };" can be used to raise the per-process
> >         limit.
> > 
> >         Mark
> > --
> > Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium
> > 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
> > PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: marka at isc.org
> 
> 
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Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium
1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: marka at isc.org