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From Hannes Dorbath
Subject Re: Memory settings, vm.overcommit, how to get it really safe?
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In response to Re: Memory settings, vm.overcommit, how to get it really safe?  (Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>)
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Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
> Make lots and lots of swap. You'll probably never use it, but at least
> it won't get in your way. I'd say 1-1.5 times your memory at least if
> you want overcommit off.

Thanks for your detailed explanations. I indeed misunderstood overcommit
with shared memory.

So I just keep what I always had -- lots of swap and overcommit off.


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Hannes Dorbath

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