Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Jan 2002 13:58:12 -0700 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: Rik spreading bullshit about VM |
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Andrea Arcangeli writes: > > --2fHTh5uZTiUOsy+g > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > I read here: > > http://linux.html.it/articoli/rik_van_riel_ita1.htm > > [..] La nuova VM ha migliori performance rispetto alla vecchia sui > tipici sistemi desktop ... ma fa fiasco terribilmente su più sistemi di > quanto non lo facesse la vecchia VM. Redhat, per esempio, non ha potuto > inserire la nuova VM nella sua distribuzione perché cadrebbe a pezzi per > i database server, [..] > > This is total bullshit. If there's something where the -aa VM is good > are the DBMS, that was designed for it basically, very lightweight, > basically no VM overhead also under very heavy I/O.
I don't know why you're so upset. As far as I can tell, Rik has warmly praised your VM in the above message. Of course, since you didn't provide an English translation, I can't really be sure. Perhaps Rik was talking about Virtual Machines, and not Virtual Memory? Or perhaps Virgin Mary?
Regards,
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