Re: PG Killed by OOM Condition

> It's not an easy decision. Linux isn't wrong. Solaris isn't wrong.
> Most people never hit these problems, and the people that do, are
> just as likely to hit one problem, or the other. The grass is always
> greener on the side of the fence that isn't hurting me right now,
> and all that.
> 
> Cheers,
> mark
> 

Thanks, a very informative reply.

Do you have some references where I can learn more?

I think that I've run into the OOM killer without a fork() being
involved, but I could be wrong. Is it possible to be hit by the OOM
killer if no applications use fork()?

Regards,Jeff Davis