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| .. [#memory-size] If you limit virtual or resident memory size on a | ||
| system running MongoDB the operating system will refuse to honor | ||
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| .. [#rss-linux] The ``-m`` parameter to ``ulimit`` has no effect on Linux systems with | ||
| kernel versions more recent than 2.4.30 and can be safely omitted. |
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passive.
(also 2.4.30 kernels are what, 15 years old? are there even pre-2.4.30 kernels that mongodb would run on, where this specific piece of information would provide some useful insight?)
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The -m parameter still works fine on other unices. We can say that it's unnecessary on Linux but that's rather opaque. Also, not every use of passive voice is an incorrigible evil, particularly as consequent to an active clause. If you hate it, change it to the second person.
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