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From: "Martin S. Weber" <Ephaeton@gmx.net>
To: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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Subject: Re: How do I limit I/O usage for a user/process? A user broke my
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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