Re: pack operation is thrashing my server

"Ken Pratt" [off-list ref] writes:

I'm starting to think repacking is just not feasible on a 64-bit
server with 256MB of RAM (which is a very popular configuration in the
VPS market).

As a quick workaround you could try it with a 32bit git executable?
(assuming you have a distribution with proper multilib support) 

I think the right fix would be to make git throttle itself (not 
use mmap, use very small defaults etc.) on low memory systems.
It could take a look a /proc/meminfo for this.

-Andi