Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 19:38:25 +0000 (UTC) From: jb <jb.1234abcd@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "swap" partition leads to instability? Message-ID: <loom.20130530T212138-309@post.gmane.org> References: <1369558712.96152.YahooMailNeo@web165006.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <loom.20130526T143506-872@post.gmane.org> <20130529133516.295084a6@gumby.homeunix.com>
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RW <rwmaillists <at> googlemail.com> writes: > > On Sun, 26 May 2013 12:36:42 +0000 (UTC) > jb wrote: > > > But, swapping is also a symptom, not a problem. > > It is never a good idea to let it get to that point. > > No, there are thing that are better on disk than in memory. The most > common example is tmpfs. It's much better that files left on tmpfs can > sent to disk rather tying up physical memory indefinitely. Yup, tmpfs - in virtual memory. That's an unfortunate excuse. But before its content are swapped out, the critical system like a server will be destabilized and show lame performance. The tmp-on-tmpfs has so many disadvantages that it is difficult to count and follow all of them. jb
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