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overcommit_ratio

Submitted by admin on Wed, 2006-05-31 16:55

Percentage of physical memory size to include in overcommit calculations.

Memory allocation limit = swapspace + physmem * (overcommit_ratio / 100)

swapspace = total size of all swap areas
physmem = size of physical memory in system

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