From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jul 15 20: 8:47 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from apollo.backplane.com (apollo.backplane.com [209.157.86.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3452414C03 for ; Thu, 15 Jul 1999 20:08:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dillon@apollo.backplane.com) Received: (from dillon@localhost) by apollo.backplane.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id UAA14782; Thu, 15 Jul 1999 20:08:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dillon) Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 20:08:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Dillon Message-Id: <199907160308.UAA14782@apollo.backplane.com> To: lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca 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)) References: <199907152353.RAA35007@orthanc.ab.ca> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG :> 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 If your machines aren't going to run out of swap, then the overcommit isn't going to hurt you in a million years. -Matt Matthew Dillon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message