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Hard quotas strictly enforce limits; soft quotas allow temporary bursts.
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cgroups v2 uses a unified hierarchy. Soft quota (memory.low) is a best-effort lower bound — memory below this is less likely to be reclaimed under pressure. Hard quota (memory.max) is the hard ceiling — processes are killed if they exceed it. v2 also adds memory.high (soft max that triggers throttling before killing).
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