Re: [OT] Linux Out-Of-Memory Killer

2010-11-04 Thread Marc Herbert
Le 03/11/2010 18:50, Bob Proulx a écrit : > Marc Herbert wrote: >> I suggest that Linux kids do not try this at home: the OutOfMemory killer >> killed a few random processes of mine! > > Off-Topic for this mailing list but if so then you should configure > your Linux kernel to avoid memory overcom

Re: [OT] Linux Out-Of-Memory Killer

2010-11-03 Thread Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan
Hi Bob, Thank you for the information. I have experienced this OOM killer 2 years ago while handling a Linux server running a big Oracle database. It's really hard to troubleshoot what is the cause of sudden missing of Oracle process, with no trace in any log, until one of our in-house Linux gur

Re: [OT] Linux Out-Of-Memory Killer

2010-11-03 Thread Bob Proulx
Marc Herbert wrote: > I suggest that Linux kids do not try this at home: the OutOfMemory killer > killed a few random processes of mine! Off-Topic for this mailing list but if so then you should configure your Linux kernel to avoid memory overcommit. I have previously ranted about this in some de