On Mar 17, 2014, at 7:21 AM, Bob Friesenhahn <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Mar 2014, Michael Schuster wrote: > >> > > My continuing theory is that Illumos is much slower to expand virtual memory > (map fresh memory into the process) than Linux is. Linux does not actually > give memory to a process until the address is accessed (modified) whereas > Solaris assures that the memory is allocated in advance. Solaris/illumos does not allocate the memory until it is accessed. max ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
