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title: Conditions for automatic server shutdown
description: Understand the conditions that cause automatic PingDirectory server shutdown, including out of memory, low disk space, and file descriptor exhaustion.
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# Conditions for automatic server shutdown

All PingDirectory servers will shut down in an out of memory condition, a low disk space error state, or for running out of file descriptors. The server will enter lockdown mode on unrecoverable database environment errors, but can be configured to shutdown instead with this setting:

```shell
$ dsconfig set-global-configuration-prop \
            --set unrecoverable-database-error-mode:initiate-server-shutdown
```