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SubjectRe: Swap vs No Swap.
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On Thursday 22 November 2001 5:56 pm, war wrote:
> This is incorrect.
> SWAP is used on a [1GB ram/2GB swap system].

As it should be. Page out unused data to make room for more cache. This
*should* improve performance overall. (Yes, latency suffers to boost
throughput. A fairly common tradeoff; you'll be glad of it under heavier
load...)

You have "enough" RAM in that the machine doesn't crash under load, but NOT
enough that swap would go unused.

> I talked to Rik about this.
> He said generally SWAP is a good thing and increases performance.
>
> However, in my case it does not.

As I've said, the VM doesn't always make the right choice :)


James.
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