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On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Jesse Pollard wrote:
>James Sutherland <jas88@cam.ac.uk>:
>> In EVERY case where your non-overcommit system operates correctly, my
>> overcommitted machine does too.
>
>True.
>
>> Under heavier load, there is a point where my system continues to
>> operate correctly but yours fails with OOM errors.
>
>NOPE. none. Under heavier load the resource quotas prevent a process from
>exceeding the permitted limit. the system does not fail.
That is a failure from the point of view of a user. James is correct.
Dave
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