Messages in this thread | | | From | "Frederick, Fabian" <> | Subject | RE: About _real_ free memory | Date | Thu, 16 Oct 2003 11:04:14 +0200 |
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If a process tries to allocate and use more than the really free amount, some cache will be dropped automatically. From a performance point of view, this could of course be undesirable, but normally there's no need to think about it.
<Why don't we have a command to drop some cache ? or maybe some <kernel rules to do it ? we could gain some more scalability doing that kind of <stuff during low load.Another problem is end-user point of view :
< -What's available on a box before swapping ? < -Do I have to add RAM right now ?
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