Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 04:22:31 +1000 From: D.Thomas@vthrc.uq.edu.au (Danny Thomas) To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, tech-userlevel@netbsd.org Subject: Re: Swap overcommit Message-ID: <v02140b06b3b283d51ab3@[130.102.4.80]>
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Ted Faber <faber@ISI.EDU> >For every strategy there's a counterstrategy. exactly: the disappointing thing about this whole thread is there's been little discussion of implementing a (tunable) policy how to handle the situation when resource shortage materialises. Overcommitment can be useful, maybe even for most people... >Killing the biggest is simple to implement and usually right. ... but some people don't want that policy, at least on some of their systems. Does FreeBSD offer alternatives? Is so, they've been conspicuously absent from discussion, which might have taken things into a more productive vein. What do other over-committing systems offer? Danny Thomas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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