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Eliminating OOMkillsRHEL3●/proc/sys/vm/oom­kill – number of processes that can be in anOOM kill state at any one time(default 1).RHEL4●/proc/sys/vm/oom­kill – oom kill enable/disable flag(default 1).RHEL5●/proc//oom_adj – per­process OOM adjustment(­17 to +15)●●●Set to ­17 to disable that process from being OOM killedDecrease to decrease OOM kill likelyhood.Increase to increase OOM kill likelyhood.●/proc//oom_score – current OOM kill priority.