Physical Memory Control Using the Resource Capping Daemon (Overview)

The resource capping daemon rcapd enables you to regulate physical memory consumption by processes running in projects that have resource caps defined. If you are running zones on your system, you can use rcapd from the global zone to regulate physical memory consumption in non-global zones. See Chapter 18, Planning and Configuring Non-Global Zones (Tasks).

The following topics are covered in this chapter.

• Introduction to the Resource Capping Daemon

• How Resource Capping Works

• Attribute to Limit Physical Memory Usage

• rcapd Configuration

• Monitoring Resource Utilization With rcapstat

• Commands Used With rcapd

For procedures using the rcapd feature, see Chapter 11, Administering the Resource Capping Daemon (Tasks).