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diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/options/memory-reservation.md b/docs/source/markdown/options/memory-reservation.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..410f1dd7c --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/source/markdown/options/memory-reservation.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +#### **--memory-reservation**=*number[unit]* + +Memory soft limit. A _unit_ can be **b** (bytes), **k** (kibibytes), **m** (mebibytes), or **g** (gibibytes). + +After setting memory reservation, when the system detects memory contention +or low memory, containers are forced to restrict their consumption to their +reservation. So you should always set the value below **--memory**, otherwise the +hard limit will take precedence. By default, memory reservation will be the same +as memory limit. + +This option is not supported on cgroups V1 rootless systems. |