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Date:      Thu, 15 Jul 1999 17:53:52 -0600
From:      lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca
To:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
Cc:        sthaug@nethelp.no, rock@dead-end.net, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, tech-userlevel@netbsd.org
Subject:   Re: Swap overcommit (was Re: Replacement for grep(1) (part 2)) 
Message-ID:  <199907152353.RAA35007@orthanc.ab.ca>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 15 Jul 1999 16:22:41 PDT." <199907152322.QAA13667@apollo.backplane.com> 

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>     In that scenario, the 512MB of swap I assigned to this machine would be
>     dangerously low.

With 13GB disks available for a couple of hundred bucks, my machines aren't
going to run out of swap space any time soon, even if I commit to disk.

All I want for Christmas is a knob to disable overcommit.

--lyndon


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