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AI-generated"Out of memory" entries from the memcached server: failed eviction or misconfigured memory limit?
The memcached server writes an "Out of memory" entry when its allocation path cannot secure memory for an incoming item. The goal is to determine what this documented failure condition reveals about a deployment before any configuration is changed. The uncertainty lies in interpretation. Memcached reclaims space through per-slab-class LRU eviction rather tha