Is There a Way to Prevent MySQL From Crashing When There is No Memory Available ? (Doc ID 1582002.1)

Last updated on MAY 09, 2016

Applies to:

MySQL Server - Version 5.5 and later
All Platforms

Symptoms

 MySQL can crash when it can not allocate memory. Sometimes, it just prints a message in the error log, sometimes it crashes or it gets killed by the operating system.

Cause

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