Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 Dec 2001 19:10:56 +0100 (CET) | From | Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk <> | Subject | Re: Kernel 2.4.16 & Heavy I/O |
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Is it really neccecary? Free memory's a waste! The cache will be discarded the moment an application needs the memory.
what's the problem? It speeds up disk I/O for recently used files
On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Pablo Borges wrote:
> > Don't we have a "dont't eat my whole memory, disk cache" option on linux ? > > > On Wed, 5 Dec 2001 21:07:42 +0100 (CET) > Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk <roy@karlsbakk.net> wrote: > > > > > Absolutely all free memory may be used for disk caching. So > > > > no, you can't get a bigger cache because it is already at > > > > the highest possible setting. You don't have more memory > > > > for this - all is used already. > > > > > > May I limit this memory ? For a long time I'm working all day with no > > > physical memory available. > > > > You can try rtlinux. In rtlinux (realtime linux), you tell linux how > > much memory the kernel will have access to, and let specially written > > apps to take the rest > > -- > > Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk, MCSE, MCNE, CLS, LCA > > > > Computers are like air conditioners. > > They stop working when you open Windows. > > > > - > > 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/ > > > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Pablo Borges pablo.borges@uol.com.br > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ____ Tecnologia UOL > / \ Debian: > | =_/ The 100% suck free linux distro. > \ > \ SETI is lame. http://www.distributed.net > Dnetc is XNUG! >
-- Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk, MCSE, MCNE, CLS, LCA
Computers are like air conditioners. They stop working when you open Windows.
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