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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Jobs and load-average
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 09:56:32
Message-Id: 5934143.lOV4Wx5bFT@wstn
1 Hello list,
2
3 Not long ago I read that we should allow 2GB RAM for every emerge job - that
4 is, we should divide our RAM size by 2 to get the maximum number of
5 simultaneous jobs. I'm trying to get that right, but I'm not there yet.
6
7 I have these entries in make.conf:
8 EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--jobs=16 --load-average=32 --autounmask=n --quiet-
9 unmerge-warn --ke>
10 MAKEOPTS="-j16"
11
12 Today, though, I saw load averages going up to 72. Can anyone suggest better
13 values to suit my 24 threads and 64GB RAM?
14
15 --
16 Regards,
17 Peter.

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Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Jobs and load-average "Peter Böhm" <peter.bo@×××.de>
Re: [gentoo-user] Jobs and load-average Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user] Jobs and load-average Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-user] Jobs and load-average "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>