"You may want to enable earlyoom, so your whole server doesn't go down when a service goes bananas." Another option is to run BSD to avoid the Linux oom issue

"You may want to enable earlyoom, so your whole server doesn't go down when a service goes bananas." Another option is to run BSD to avoid the Linux oom issue For example, I'm not using Hetzner but I run NetBSD entirely from memory (no disk, no swap) and it never "went down" when out of memory Looks like some people install FreeBSD and OpenBSD on Hetzner https://gist.github.com/c0m4r/142a0480de4258d5da94ce3a2380e8bb https://gist.github.com/c0m4r/142a0480de4258d5da94ce3a2380e8... https://computingforgeeks.com/how-to-install-freebsd-on-hetzner-root-server/ https://computingforgeeks.com/how-to-install-freebsd-on-hetz... https://web.archive.org/web/20231211052837if_/https://www.area536.com/posts/freebsd-on-hetzner/ https://web.archive.org/web/20231211052837if_/https://www.ar... https://community.hetzner.com/tutorials/freebsd-openzfs-via-linux-rescue https://community.hetzner.com/tutorials/freebsd-openzfs-via-... https://www.souji-thenria.net/posts/openbsd_hetzner/ https://www.souji-thenria.net/posts/openbsd_hetzner/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220814124443if_/https://blog.vx.sk/archives/353 https://web.archive.org/web/20220814124443if_/https://blog.v... https://www.blunix.com/blog/how-to-install-openbsd-on-hetzner-cloud-servers.html https://www.blunix.com/blog/how-to-install-openbsd-on-hetzne... https://gist.github.com/ctsrc/9a72bc9a0229496aab5e4d3745af0bb9 https://gist.github.com/ctsrc/9a72bc9a0229496aab5e4d3745af0b... If it is possible to boot Hetzner from a BSD install image using "Linux rescue mode"^1 then it should also possible to run NetBSD entirely from memory using custom kernel Every user is different but this is how I prefer to run UNIX-like OS for personal, recreational use; I find it more resilient 1. https://docs.hetzner.com/robot/dedicated-server/troubleshooting/hetzner-rescue-system/ https://docs.hetzner.com/robot/dedicated-server/troubleshoot... https://blog.tericcabrel.com/hetzner-rescue-mode-unlock-server/ https://blog.tericcabrel.com/hetzner-rescue-mode-unlock-serv... https://github.com/td512/rescue https://github.com/td512/rescue https://gainanov.pro/eng-blog/linux/hetzner-rescue-mode/ https://gainanov.pro/eng-blog/linux/hetzner-rescue-mode/ https://docs.hetzner.com/cloud/servers/getting-started/rescue-system/ https://docs.hetzner.com/cloud/servers/getting-started/rescu... ChromeOS has an interesting approach to Linux oom issues. Not sure it has ever been discussed on HN https://github.com/dct2012/chromeos-3.14/raw/chromeos-3.14/mm/low-mem-notify.c https://github.com/dct2012/chromeos-3.14/raw/chromeos-3.14/m...