PROBLEM WAS:
I am looking for information regarding the amount of memory that the kernel
allocates to a process and stack and whether it allows an
application to size them up.
ANSWER IS: (thank you alan_at_dec)
Data and stack size limits come in two values; default
and maximum. For data these are generally 128 MB default
and 1 GB maximum. Both can be changed via sysconfigtab.
The default value is the maximum a process gets if it
doesn't do anything to raise the default; using setrlimit(2),
setting it with the shell, etc. The maximum is just that,
the maximum. Even root can't set a higher limit without
raising the maximum.
(note: alan provided an extensive explanation on limits
and memory process not shown here).
MY SOLUTION:
Use the 'options {datasize}' in the named.conf to increase the datasize
after I add additional memory to the server.
Received on Wed Oct 03 2001 - 21:24:06 NZST