From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 7 11:25:26 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19EFE16A419 for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2008 11:25:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B21E213C4F9 for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2008 11:25:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 25299 invoked from network); 7 Feb 2008 05:25:24 -0600 Received: from 124-170-113-73.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (124.170.113.73) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 7 Feb 2008 05:25:24 -0600 Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 22:25:08 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome To: Wojciech Puchar Message-ID: <20080207222508.703e3b46@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: <20080207092634.J22656@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <50460.33951.qm@web34512.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20080206205042.H4868@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20080207151415.06393db1@meijome.net> <20080207092634.J22656@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.12.7; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "millueradfa@yahoo.com" Subject: Re: Some ideas for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:25:26 -0000 On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 09:28:57 +0100 (CET) Wojciech Puchar wrote: > still - in XXI century disk sizes, even some overcommiting swap space > doesn't make a problem. > > if program needs 10 or more times swap than memory, the program should be > changed to use less memory hungry algorithm, or be tunable (like sort with > -S) > > swap is NOT memory replacement absolutely...and if your program needs so much memory, RAM will probably help a lot more than slow swap. RAM is quite cheap nowadays too. B _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "Life is just what happens to you, While your busy making other plans..." John Lennon I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.