Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 20:08:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@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)) Message-ID: <199907160308.UAA14782@apollo.backplane.com> References: <199907152353.RAA35007@orthanc.ab.ca>
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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
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
<dillon@backplane.com>
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