setting dirty_ratio kernel parameter
Hello
I've a n issue in understanding the kernel parameter in title.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.6 kernel 2.6.32-504.8.1.el6.x86_64 running on a VMWare env.
grep dirty /etc/sysctl.conf
vm.dirty_background_ratio = 3
vm.dirty_ratio = 80
vm.dirty_expire_centisecs = 500
vm.dirty_writeback_centisecs = 100sysctl -a |grep dirty
vm.dirty_background_ratio = 3
vm.dirty_background_bytes = 0
vm.dirty_ratio = 40
vm.dirty_bytes = 0
vm.dirty_writeback_centisecs = 100
vm.dirty_expire_centisecs = 500cat /proc/sys/vm/dirty_ratio
40
This value is so just after reboot, so me question is the parameter in /etc/sysctl.conf must be the same of /proc/sys/vm/dirty_ratio or not?
On anoter server the above parameter are the same in both file and proc.
Thank you in advance
Kind Regards
Responses
I'd guess sysctl.conf isn't applying, there are later entries in /etc/sysctl.d/, or there is something else (rc.local? tuned? vmware tools?) applying tunables after boot.
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