Messages in this thread | | | From | Jesse Pollard <> | Subject | Re: Avoiding OOM on overcommit...? | Date | Sun, 19 Mar 2000 15:37:24 -0600 |
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On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, Paul Jakma wrote: >On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, Jesse Pollard wrote: > > On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, Paul Jakma wrote: > >bzzzttt... bad analogy. :) > > > >overcommit is more like writing out many cheques where you know from > >experience that typically only a small percentage are ever cashed. > > > >would you keep $1,000,000 of cash in reserve when you know that most > >likely you could cover your debts with only $100? > > You do if it means that you will die if someone calls your bluff. > >indeed you would. But in this analogy the risk of death might be well >worth taking, ie resurection is just a reboot away. (and also in this >analogy the $1,000,000 dollars is as good as unattainable.)
Consider that the "resurection" has eliminated your memory of the previous existance (as far as the process doing the computation goes).
>it's a performance/risk tradeoff. Adjust it to your liking.
Thats a different problem. I can't adjust it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jesse I Pollard, II Email: pollard@cats-chateau.net
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