On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote: > Christofer C. Bell wrote: > > That depends upon the Linux kernel setting of vm.overcommit_memory. I > have ranted about this on a number of occasions. But the Linux kernel > default is to overcommit. In which case swap is not used in the > traditional way. Of course that setting isn't sane for serious > systems, the OOM killer might kill processes I don't want killed, and > so I always set it to not allow overcommit which is the traditional > Unix behavior. In which case swap is used in the traditional way. > > And newly part of the environment is now a /tmp mounted as a tmpfs. > That use of tmpfs will probably need swap as a backing store for it. > So now swap is doubly important. > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/08/msg00022.html > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2008/04/msg02554.html
Bob, thanks for posting these links again. You've reminded me of the default setting of 0 and I've once again followed your advice and set it to 2 (just in the last few minutes). I don't like the current default, either! :) -- Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caoevnyswrj_qkxassr-7hscu-lt7zzjnanp4ehihcvtjxw5...@mail.gmail.com
