Resource management and control groups in RHEL6

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Introduction

Control groups are a new feature of the Linux kernel, and are now available in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL 6). This feature enables system adminstrators to divide tasks that run or will be run in groups, and allows limitations to be set or monitored. This article is the first in a series and provides the introduction to control groups.

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