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Date:      Fri, 19 Aug 2016 12:16:57 +0200
From:      "Martin S. Weber" <Ephaeton@gmx.net>
To:        Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How do I limit I/O usage for a user/process? A user broke my system
Message-ID:  <20160819101657.GB2560@hephaistos.local>
In-Reply-To: <20160819104058.1c60a63fb832fbdc1524207c@sohara.org>
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On 2016-08-19 10:40:58, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:
(...)
> 	Very likely the problem was due to memory use and you are tight on
> memory for your normal load.

Which, as I might add, *should* be the normal usage pattern of a box.

There's an interesting parallel to the bufferbloat issue here. "throw
more memory at it" is not a good replacement for active smart queue
management...

-M



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