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Resource Management Guide

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Using cgroups to manage system resources on RHEL 7

Marie Doleželová

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Milan Navrátil

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Eva Majoršinová

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Peter Ondrejka

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Douglas Silas

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Martin Prpič

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Rüdiger Landmann

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Abstract

This guide covers the control groups (cgroups), a Linux kernel feature that allows you to allocate resources such as CPU time, system memory, network bandwidth, or combinations of these resources on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.