doc: coal add warning about VM memory #168
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Would it be sufficient to bold the step text for memory? "Processes & Memory > set memory to 8192 MB or greater. Be sure to leave Mac OS X with at least 8 GB." |
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@lloydde Fair enough, I've followed the steps from the README the first time and didn't see that part. I'll update the PR. |
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In this case was it coal on a Mac backed by an ssd or by a traditional spinning disk? In the former, I run quite comfortably in 6000 MB. |
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@lloydde I've made the change. PTAL @rmustacc It was a quick test on a spinning disk. I know not to do that again in the future. Perhaps it would be worth mentioning that a regular spinning disk would benefit from more RAM or maybe just consider using an SSD right away? |
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@unclejack oh ok, it doesn't look like the readme includes updating the memory. @rmustacc good to know. I'll have to 6000 MB a try. I did try pursue getting "Coal headnode should default to 8GB RAM" [1], but maybe that was shot down because there is a lower reasonable number for general development and test as @rmustacc suggests. |
This warning would be useful when setting up CoaL the first time, especially when the disk is thrashing.