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Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 15:15:00 -0600 (MDT)
From: Thunder from the hill <thunder@lightweight.ods.org>
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To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: RE: Killing/balancing processes when overcommited
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Hi,

On 12 Sep 2002, Alan Cox wrote:
> Because I've run real world large systems before. Ulimit is at best a
> handy little toy for stopping web server accidents.

Only if you assume that a bunch of users tries very hard to use up all the 
resources...

			Thunder
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