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C4040-221 · Question #217

A system with multiple applications is experiencing bursts of activity. This drives the free pages list very low, resulting in increased wait times for applications. Given the vmstat output below…

The correct answer is D. Increase the minfree and maxfree tunables. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

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A system with multiple applications is experiencing bursts of activity. This drives the free pages list very low, resulting in increased wait times for applications. Given the vmstat output below, what can be done to increase the number of free pages to compensate for these bursts of activity?

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  • AIncrease the maxpin tunable.
  • BIncrease the page space size.
  • CIncrease the lru_file_repage setting.
  • DIncrease the minfree and maxfree tunables

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  • B
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  • C
    11% (6)
  • D
    77% (41)

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