Messages in this thread | | | From | Robert Lowery <> | Subject | RE: Best way to setup 128MB box that can only cache 64MB | Date | Fri, 2 Nov 2001 16:58:27 +1100 |
| |
I should have also mentioned that I use this box for playing DVD's (with a Hollywood+ card) and MP3's.
Of course linux does not need 128MB for a firewall.
-Rob
P.S. The memory zones stuff sounds very interesting and I am looking forward to any input from the MM gods ;)
> -----Original Message----- > From: Ryan Cumming [mailto:bodnar42@phalynx.dhs.org] > Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 4:53 PM > To: Robert Lowery > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: Best way to setup 128MB box that can only cache 64MB > > > On November 1, 2001 20:00, Robert Lowery wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I know most people are now having fun on 2GB+ SMP Mega666 > processor systems > > these days ;), But unfortunately, I still only have a > Pentium 233MMX system > > as my firewall with 128MB RAM with the Intel 430FX chip > which can only > > cache the first 64MB. > > > > There have been lots of discussions over the years on this > topic, but I > > could not find any definitive answers. How should I set > this box up to get > > the best performance? > > I'm curious if zones could be of any benefit in this > situation. Could the > kernel be told to use memory over 64megs only if significant > pressure is put > on the VM, sort of like how we treat the DMA zone now? I > suspect this will > have much lower overhead than using the top 64megs as swap. > Any MM gods want > to comment? > > -Ryan > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |