PowerFlex: SVM vm.overcommit Best Practices
Zusammenfassung: This article provides instructions on how to check the vm.overcommit_memory and vm.overcommit_ratio settings and how to modify the settings to match best practices.
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To check and/or modify the SVM vm.overcommit settings, follow these steps:
1. Log in to the SVM using SSH as root
2. Run cat /etc/sysctl.conf | grep "vm.overcommit"
Ex.
3, Run the following commands
Validation
Repeat these steps on all SVMs in the environment to ensure that they are set to the recommended best practice settings. You do not need to place the SDS into maintenance mode to perform this operation.
1. Log in to the SVM using SSH as root
2. Run cat /etc/sysctl.conf | grep "vm.overcommit"
Ex.
[root@sds-node logs]# cat /etc/sysctl.conf | grep "vm.overcommit" vm.overcommit_memory = 2 vm.overcommit_ratio = 50
3, Run the following commands
sed -i 's/vm\.overcommit_memory = .*/vm\.overcommit_memory = 2/g' /etc/sysctl.conf sed -i 's/vm\.overcommit_ratio = .*/vm\.overcommit_ratio = 100/g' /etc/sysctl.conf sysctl -p
Validation
[root@sds-node logs]# cat /etc/sysctl.conf | grep "vm.overcommit" vm.overcommit_memory = 2 vm.overcommit_ratio = 100
Repeat these steps on all SVMs in the environment to ensure that they are set to the recommended best practice settings. You do not need to place the SDS into maintenance mode to perform this operation.
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Artikelnummer: 000198177
Artikeltyp: How To
Zuletzt geändert: 13 Mai 2026
Version: 8
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