On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 1:14 AM, David Björklund <[email protected]> wrote: > Yo! > > If I allocate a Buffer of size 1gb - 1 byte (maximum size of a Buffer) the > memory usage of the process doesn't increase by 1 gb but far less - how and > where are a Buffer's memory allocated? > > - David Björklund
Google for 'memory overcommit', that's what's happening. -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
