<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 6.5.7652.24"> <TITLE>gfs_tool: Cannot allocate memory</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  An 11-node cluster, each with 12GB RAM, whereas every node can execute these commands, except for 2 of them: gfs_tool df /home gfs_tool gettune /home >From strace, it is good when: open("/home", O_RDONLY) = 3 ioctl(3, 0x4723, 0x7fbffdf73c) = 0 ioctl(3, 0x472d, 0x7fbffff760) = 719 close(3) = 0 And it fails when: open("/home", O_RDONLY) = 3 ioctl(3, 0x4723, 0x7fbffcdf3c) = 0 ioctl(3, 0x472d, 0x7fbfffe300) = -1 ENOMEM (Cannot allocate memory) The only difference on those 2 nodes is that they have 5GB shared mem allocated for its database instance, whereas the others only have 2GB, or no instance running. There is plenty of memory (cached) available when reporting `free -mt` on them. Robert Hurst, Sr. Caché Administrator Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 1135 Tremont Street, REN-7 Boston, Massachusetts 02120-2140 617-754-8754 · Fax: 617-754-8730 · Cell: 401-787-3154 Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. </BODY> </HTML>