Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 4 Oct 2006 11:53:47 +0200 | From | Jarek Poplawski <> | Subject | Re: System hang problem. |
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On 04-10-2006 05:26, Willy Tarreau wrote: ... > To better understand how the overcommit works, imagine that you have > several people who need to put eggs in the same box. By default, they > are blind and simply put their eggs there. But they don't see if the > box is overloaded or not. So once the box is full and they push new > eggs, they start to break other ones (sometimes theirs), but breaking > eggs also leaves them some room to add new ones. ...
I think this explantion should be the model for linux Documentation! If every problem could be described so pictorially (preferably with eggs) learning would be a pleasure.
> I hope it's clear now.
Yes! (except the floor...)
Best regards,
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