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Virtual Memory Overcommit Explained

2012-06-16
System Administration

Ran across these posts today on virtual memory overcommit in linux. Interesting reading and I learned quite a few things.

  • How Linux handles virtual memory overcommit

  • Understanding the virtual memory overcommit issue

Thanks to Chris Siebenmann for helping me to understand things a bit better.

Originally published 2012-06-16

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