[CentOS] Good value for /proc/sys/vm/min_free_kbytes

Hi,

what would be a good value for

/proc/sys/vm/min_free_kbytes

on a Dual-CPU EM64T System with 8 GB of memory. Kernel is 2.6.9-42.0.3.ELsmp. I know that the default might be a bit low. Unfortunatelly the documentation is a bit weak in this area.

We are experiencing responsiveness problems (and higher than expected load) when the system is under combined memory+network+disk-IO stress.

Thanks Martin Please CC me on replies, as I am only getting the digest.

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