E.5.1 Video Files and Your System Resources

On Sun systems, the video files are loaded into your AnswerBook2 server's directory. Each video file in this AnswerBook2 document can be as large as 60 Mbytes. The size of the video file is displayed next to its video icon in the AnswerBook2 documentation.

When you click on the video icon, AnswerBook2 downloads the file to your local system's /tmp or /swap directory, and then launches the video player for which your browser is configured.

On Sun systems, usually the system administrator often configures the /tmp or /swap directory to be about twice the capacity of the system memory. On the Sun system where you will be viewing these videos, make sure that the system administrator configures the system /tmp or /swap directory to support playing video files as large as 60 Mbytes.

When you quit the video player, the /tmp or /swap space is released. If you do not quit the player, then it is possible for your /tmp or /swap directory to become full. We recommend that you quit the player after watching each video.