Increase Max Process Memory Allocation By admin on August 26, 2005 in Linux, MySQL Use this command to increase the max memory that a single process can use: /sbin/sysctl -w kernel.task_size=3221225472 1 /sbin/sysctl -w kernel.task_size=3221225472 Add to /etc/sysctl.conf to reload on each boot. Related posts: Booting to Single User or Runlevel TFTPD Service Control Script Squid Guard SLAPD Service Control Script Sendmail Install