overcommit_memory ?

for example here http://od-eon.com/blogs/stefan/killing-oom-killer/

it is suggested for not letting postgresql die set

vm.overcommit_ratio = 100

vm.overcommit_memory = 2

When I have increase the memory of my vbox ubuntu guest I managed to login and to revert the overcommit back.

I suppose the graphical part of ubuntu is too heavy for 1GB with this setting=2.

I think I will take a snapshot of linode and try the above settings

Or maybe I am wrong?

I have found this on http://feross.org/how-to-setup-your-linode/

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Reboot server on out-of-memory condition

Still, in cases where something goes awry, it is good to automatically reboot your server when it runs out of memory. This will cause a minute or two of downtime, but it’s better than languishing in the swapping state for potentially hours or days.

You can leverage a couple kernel settings and Lassie to make this happen on Linode.

Adding the following two lines to your /etc/sysctl.conf will cause it to reboot after running out of memory:

vm.paniconoom=1

kernel.panic=10

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Is this common practice?

Thanks

Nenad