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On Llu, 2003-09-01 at 00:42, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> I once ran GCC on a box out there in netland, on a short bit of code,
> and it was a surprise memory hog due to the usual GCC surprises.

Run -ac on remote boxes and turn on no overcommit. Paranoid people also
run watchdog drivers set to NOWAYOUT and monitor a list of apps to be
sure they are there - if the app is gone, or the watchdog app dies the
box will reboot.