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Re: how limit the maximum memory allocated to a task?



On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 20:59 -0700, tom arnall wrote:
> How do I limit the maximum memory allocated to a task. I have tried 'ulimit -m 
> 100000' on my 512MB system, but the task i'm dealing with is, according 
> to 'top', still allocated about 98% of memory, bringing the system to its 
> knees.

Use OpenVMS.  Used DS10's are pretty cheap.

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