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| 2021-06-03 |
Tips for saving processes from OOM termination |
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When a running process consumes too much memory it can starve the rest of the system, forcing the operating system to move other programs into swap space or, in more extreme cases, run a process called an out of memory (OOM) killer which terminates heavy programs. In recent years some open source operating systems, such as Fedora have introduced background services which will monitor for processes using too much memory and terminate them before the system's memory becomes overly taxed, wrecking performance.
While monitoring and terminating greedy processes can keep systems running smoothly, it also runs the risk of killing off services which are, for brief periods, intended to consume large amounts of memory. Databases in particular can consume a lot of RAM for brief periods and it is important to protect the database from being terminated during queries. Some tips on protecting heavy processes from unwanted termination are available for FreeBSD and for Linux. |
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