Re: Memory overcommitting (was Re: http://www.redhat.com/redhat/)

John Wyszynski (wyszynsk@clark.net)
Thu, 20 Feb 1997 15:40:27 -0500

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Previous message: Ian main: "Memory/cpu limits."
Maybe in reply to: Brett Hollon: "Memory overcommitting (was Re: http://www.redhat.com/redhat/)"

Thanks to all who have lobbed missiles at me, especially those who believe
that they known all that can be known. I simply cannot respond to them all.
If this method of allocating memory is indeed as wide spread as some have
claimed, it hasn't been going on as long as some of you "experts" claim.
It is clear that some people have different design "goals" than others. This
does not mean that your's is the right answer for everyone else.

It may be the explanation why in the last few years I have seen so many
programs die for no cause in the middle of the day. (On non-Linux systems
so far.) In an operational environment, such havoc is not appreciated.

Previous message: Ian main: "Memory/cpu limits."
Maybe in reply to: Brett Hollon: "Memory overcommitting (was Re: http://www.redhat.com/redhat/)"