Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 01:44:46 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@internetcds.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tweaking to enhance file-caching... Message-ID: <3889DE7E.EE288D15@newsguy.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001211023240.16479-100000@schizo.cdsnet.net>
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Jaye Mathisen wrote: > > I have a box running that as much as possible, I would like the VM > system to favor caching writes and metadata over program run space... > > Meaning, say on a 64MB box, if a program needed 100MB's of memory, that > program would be forced to page/swap, while 32MB's of RAM (or whatever), > is still caching filesystem writes. > > Essentially, the memory priority needs to be on caching... > > Is this possible with 3.4? Why do you need that? FreeBSD doesn't really make any distinction between program and disk cache. It's the same thing, as far as we are concerned. Whatever gets most use stays in memory. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org "2 b or not to b" meaning varies depending on whether one uses the 79 or the 83 standard. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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