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doc: coal add warning about VM memory
This warning would be useful when setting up CoaL the first time, especially when the disk is thrashing.
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." https://github.com/joyent/sdc/blame/master/docs/developer-guide/coal-setup.md#L99
@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.
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.
@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?
@unclejack oh ok, it doesn't look like the readme includes updating the memory. https://github.com/joyent/sdc#cloud-on-a-laptop-coal
@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. [1] https://smartos.org/bugview/HEAD-2216