Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 Jan 1999 16:14:33 GMT | From | "Stephen C. Tweedie" <> | Subject | Re: VM performance |
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Hi,
On Tue, 26 Jan 1999 22:57:36 -0500, "Anthony Barbachan" <barbacha@Hinako.AMBusiness.com> said:
> What are all the new memory "hogs" in 2.2.x? I figure the directory cache > and the kernel mode NFS server are the biggest culprits, but are there any > others
The extra caching _can_ take a lot more room, but in low memory the kernel will trim them back: the minimum extra memory overhead is not that great. However, you still have to put up with all of the extra kernel code required to support them.
>>> > On 8Mb 2.2.0pre6, pre8, pre9 are basically unusable while 2.1.132 >>> > was fine
2.2.0 release _should_ be fine. Let me know if you have major performance problems relative to 2.0.36.
--Stephen
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