Subject: Re: Swap overcommit (was Re: Replacement for grep(1) (part 2))
To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
From: Ben Rosengart <ben@skunk.org>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 07/16/1999 00:12:12
On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote:

>     If this is correct, then solaris is using a VMSPACE = SWAPSPACE
>     model.  FreeBSD uses a VMSPACE = SWAPSPACE + REALMEM model.

According to Vahalia's _Unix Internals_, Solaris will use physical
memory as backing store when swap runs out.

--
 Ben

UNIX Systems Engineer, Skunk Group
StarMedia Network, Inc.