Re: Overcommitable memory??

From: Horst von Brand (vonbrand@pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl)
Date: Mon Mar 20 2000 - 12:44:28 EST


Jesse Pollard <pollard@cats-chateau.net> said:

[...]

> YOU ARN'T OOM - a specific user is out of resources, not a catastrophic
> failure.

If the user's programs get killed, they'll be pissed off. Regardless of any
high "Un-OOMable system configuration" horse the sysadmin is riding. If the
carnage is needless, they'll ask for the sysadmin's hide to use in binding
books.

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