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| ====== OOM Killer ====== | ====== OOM Killer ====== | ||
| - | Description: | + | **General Information** |
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| + | The Linux OOM (Out Of Memory) Killer is a kernel function that will automatically kill off processes if there is memory contention on a system. | ||
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| + | **Checklist** | ||
| + | * Distros: All, except for RHEL based kernel information at the end. | ||
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| ===== OOM Function Details ===== | ===== OOM Function Details ===== | ||
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| The setting is from 0 to 100. | The setting is from 0 to 100. | ||
| - | * 0 = Avoid swapping for as long as possible | + | * 0 = Very aggressively avoid swapping for as long as possible |
| + | * High risk of OOM killing from memory and I/O pressure | ||
| + | * 10 = Red Hat recommended for Oracle databases | ||
| * **60 = Linux default** | * **60 = Linux default** | ||
| * 100 = Aggressively swap from memory to disk | * 100 = Aggressively swap from memory to disk | ||