When Linux Runs Out of Memory

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Nov 30, 2006 9:52 PM EDT
Linux DevCenter; By Mulyadi Santosa
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Memory is a precious commodity in computers. Generally the more you have, the better. Yet your application has to run alongside other applications, and each wants its own area of memory. What happens when there's not enough to go around? Mulyadi Santosa explores the memory management principles in the Linux kernel to explain how the Out of Memory killer works--and how to avoid it.

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