Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:07:05 +0200 From: Stefan Esser <se@FreeBSD.org> To: Vladimir Terziev <vlady@gbservices.biz> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Video memory as swap under FreeBSD Message-ID: <470F9BA9.5080606@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20071012183534.bacd989b.vlady@gbservices.biz> References: <20071012170341.72b8b888.vlady@gbservices.biz> <470F9175.3020002@FreeBSD.org> <20071012183534.bacd989b.vlady@gbservices.biz>
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Vladimir Terziev schrieb: > You're right, > > the swap, typically configured, is much more than the amount of the video memory, but in fact the swap is just a reserv, which ensures continuation of the normal operations on the machine, at times of peak loads. > In our days the amount of RAM placed in the servers is so much, that the swap, in fact, is rarely used at all and a very small amount of it (several MB) is used. In that cases having a very fast swap space in the Video RAM, in addition to the disk swap, would be a good solution. If you have a video card with so much excess memory, that you can use it for swap, then I wonder whether the video card has not been much too expensive ;-) How about spending $25 for another Gigabyte of RAM (real RAM, not SWAP) instead? Regards, STefan
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