[geeks] Solaris resiliency to crashing w/full root partition?

[Patrick Giagnocavo 717-201-3366]

On Wed, 2005-09-28 at 16:11, velociraptor wrote:
> I'm dealing with the annual IG audit here...
> 
> We have been dinged on / containing /var.
> 
> Given that / is 10GB it seems kind of specious (and
> no mail, web logs elsewhere, &c), but I need some
> "expert" spin to augment my argument.

I have had a case where due to full RAM and swap, init died or became a zombie; but the rest of the system kept working, though I did require a full reboot to be able to get the machine back to normal.

--Patrick