In this video we will explore how Linux reacts to a low memory situation.

Kernel documentation article from video: https://www.kernel.org/doc/gorman/html/understand/understand016.html

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Linux reacts to running out of memory by selecting a process to kill based on a calculation that considers memory usage and CPU time.

What Happens When Linux Runs Out of Memory?

<p>This information is actually so helpful, now everyone running a server on a VM needs to watch out for that problem. Thank you</p>
