Subject: Re: Swap overcommit (was Re: Replacement for grep(1) (part 2))
To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
From: Alan C. Horn <ahorn@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 07/16/1999 09:56:57
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote:
>
>: Well, NetBSD is slated to be used in the 'Space Acceleration
>: Measurement System II', measuring the microgravity environment on
>: the International Space Station using a distributed system based
>: on several NetBSD/i386 boxes.
>:
>: Sometimes your 'what-if' senarios are others' standard operating
>: procedures.
>:
>: David/absolute
>:
>: What _is_, what _should be_, and what _could be_ are all distinct.
>
> Ummm... this doesn't sound like a critical system to me. It sounds like
> an experiment.
>
It's probably an awfully expensive experiment (putting things into space
is not cheap)
From a financial viewpoint that may be considered critical.
Cheers,
Al
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