My experience is with the effects of the OOM killer. Perhaps with Linux on a desktop it is ok as it may pick on non critical processes but in a virtual machine server environment it represents a drastic out of storage condition requiring immediate action. I have seen this a few times on Oracle servers and some emergency relief in the form of dynamically adding swap helped but eventually the servers needed to be rebooted with storage adjustments to virtual machine size and Oracle SGA. It was unpleasant, like stopping a broken dam with a stick of gum.
Interestingly enough it has happened twice after applying Oracle patches! So beware of those patches! David Kreuter VM RESOURCES LTD -------- Original Message -------- Subject: OOM-Killer shut down SSh From: Robert Giordano <[email protected]> Date: Mon, January 25, 2010 12:53 pm To: [email protected] Can anyone provide any documentation or opinion on the use and management of the OOM-Killer process on SUSE Linux SLES 10 SP1? Regards Robert 930 Sylvan Ave Giordano System z IT Englewood Cliffs, Architect 07632-3301 IBM Sales & USA Distribution, Software Sales Phone: +1-201-607-8047 Mobile: +1-201-214-7466 e-mail: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
