Omitting the vm.overcommit_memory
property
An improperly configured value for the vm.overcommit_memory
property in the /etc/sysctl.conf
file might cause the setup
or start-server
tool to fail.
About this task
For Linux systems, the vm.overcommit_memory
property sets the kernel policy for memory allocations. The default value of 0 indicates that the kernel determines the amount of free memory to grant a malloc
call from an application. If the property is set to a value other than zero, the operating system might grab too much memory, reducing the amount of available memory for the setup
or start-server
tools.
Steps
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Omit the
vm.overcommit_memory
property in the/etc/sysctl.conf
file to ensure that enough memory is available for these tools.