[Bigjob-users] cyder.cct.lsu.edu

[Joohyun Kim]

Ole,

Do you have any sense about what programs could drive that situation? It
is worth knowing what caused such a situation to avoid the same problem.

JK




On 1/10/12 9:10 PM, "Ole Weidner" <oweidner at cct.lsu.edu> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I finally got access to the server room and the rack were we keep
>cyder.cct.lsu.edu. After connecting monitor and keyboard, it turned out
>that the machine had completely run out of memory and the kernel finally
>barfed and halted the system.
>
>Now, Cyder has 64GB (!) of RAM and it's somewhat beyond my comprehension
>why the machine would ever run out of memory, unless of course someone
>runs simulation codes with ultra-high memory requirements. If that's the
>case, please refrain from doing that. As you might have noticed, it is
>not exactly trivial to get access to the machine in order to reboot it,
>once it hangs.
>
>cyder.cct.lsu.edu is back online
>
>Best,
>Ole
>
>