github.com/containers/podman/v5@v5.1.0-rc1/docs/source/markdown/options/memory-reservation.md (about) 1 ####> This option file is used in: 2 ####> podman container clone, create, run, update 3 ####> If file is edited, make sure the changes 4 ####> are applicable to all of those. 5 #### **--memory-reservation**=*number[unit]* 6 7 Memory soft limit. A _unit_ can be **b** (bytes), **k** (kibibytes), **m** (mebibytes), or **g** (gibibytes). 8 9 After setting memory reservation, when the system detects memory contention 10 or low memory, containers are forced to restrict their consumption to their 11 reservation. So always set the value below **--memory**, otherwise the 12 hard limit takes precedence. By default, memory reservation is the same 13 as memory limit. 14 15 This option is not supported on cgroups V1 rootless systems.