Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 05 Mar 1999 09:13:54 -0000 (GMT) | From | Simon Kenyon <> | Subject | Re: MOSIX and kernel mods. |
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On 05-Mar-99 Richard Gooch wrote: > Simon Kenyon writes: >> paging to/from disk > > No, that's not a fair comparison. Paging/swapping is the only way to > extend virtual memory space without buying more RAM. Is there an > alternative method of increasing VM size without paging, and is it any > faster?
yes, you buy more memory and yes it is a lot faster about 4 orders of magnitude at a guess
how much swap space does a typical linux box have these days anyway? 128M would be a good guess for the average that costs approx US$190 -- Simon Kenyon
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