Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1996 17:55:09 +0200 (SAT) From: Khetan Gajjar <khetan@iafrica.com> To: "Hr.Ladavac" <lada@ws2301.gud.siemens.co.at> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: swapper Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.93.960615175413.367F-100000@chain.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: <199606151528.AA168982501@ws2301.gud.siemens.co.at>
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On Sat, 15 Jun 1996, Hr.Ladavac wrote: >netscape is a known memory hog. But, if I quit out of it, the swap utilisation does NOT decrease. >OTOH, BSD uses LRU for swapping out, so that disk cache has precedence >over not recently used data. This is (IMHO) a GoodThing(TM). This is >what "fully merged VM and buffer cache" is all about. It helps a lot >under heavier load, and disturbs not under light loads. But frequently I run out of swap; to prevent that recently I've had to restart the machine; on release, I was able to flush it by hupping it. Regards, Khetan Gajjar. --- Visit me at http://www.iafrica.com/~khetan/ UUNet-Internet Africa Operations help@iafrica.com or 0800-030-002
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