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SubjectRe: cache limit
On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 12:15:46PM +0200, Ihar 'Philips' Filipau wrote:
> If I have 1GB of memory and my applications for use only 16MB - it
> doesn't mean I want to fill 1GB-16MB with garbage like file my momy had
> viewed two weeks ago.
>
> That's it: OS should scale for *application* *needs*.
>
> Can you compare in your mind overhead of managing 1GB of cache with
> managing e.g. 16MB of cache?
>

Ok, let's benchmark it.

Yes, I can see the logic in your argument, but at this point, numbers are
needed to see if or how much of a win this might be.
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