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death by swap

death by swap

Posted Nov 4, 2009 18:31 UTC (Wed) by clugstj (subscriber, #4020)
In reply to: death by swap by jabby
Parent article: Toward a smarter OOM killer

"If your system is still usable after you're 2 to 4 gigs into your swap, I'd be shocked."

It all depends on the workload.


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