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Sorry but "provide more virtual resources than you physically have" isn't another way to say "overcommit"?
by teo_zero 4y ago
Sorry but "provide more virtual resources than you physically have" isn't another way to say "overcommit"?
- kazinator 4y agoVirutal memory provides a larger memory than available RAM, but all of it can be backed by mass storage. In that case, you have all of the storage; just not all of it is RAM. When not all of it is backed by storage, then the situation is overcommitted.