[opensource-dev] [server-beta] Script Memory ManagementAlgorithm

[Lear Cale]

Which is what we mean by "cost".  Price is what you are asked to pay.
Cost is what you actually pay.  Thus the phrase "cost/benefit
analysis" -- not "price/benefit analysis".

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Maggie Leber (sl: Maggie Darwin)
<maggie at matrisync.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Lear Cale <lear.cale at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> When we say how much memory a script is "actually using", that means
>> the amount of memory the script is making semantic usage of.  However,
>> the script is *allocated* a larger amount.  This larger amount is the
>> amount that matters to the system: it's the *cost* of the script, and
>> what needs to be controlled.
>
> It might be more accurate to say it's the *price*, not the *cost*,
> since it is what you will be charged for regardless of how much you
> actually *use*.
>