Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 17:38:10 -0800 From: John Oram <norami@unlimited.net> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@peorth.iteration.net>, "Forrest W. Christian" <forrestc@imach.com>, freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG, dillon@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sans-Swap VM Subsystem Questions Message-ID: <3A873E82.D61F7074@unlimited.net> References: <20010211185852.F19845@peorth.iteration.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102110001210.18747-100000@workhorse.iMach.com> <200102120100.f1C10AE04904@billy-club.village.org>
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Warner said: "we put as much RAM into these boxes as we can to avoid the
low memory situations that can lead to problems."
How much RAM are you talking about - what are the minimum and
recommended level based on your experiences...
John Oram
Warner Losh wrote:
>
> In message <20010211185852.F19845@peorth.iteration.net> "Michael C . Wu" writes:
> : The general idea is that many parts of FreeBSD sometimes count on
> : having swap and such. Can you use some part of the flash disk for
> : swap?
> : i.e. if (no_swap == TRUE) {bad_things_happen(); return ENOTVERYGOOD;}
>
> NO YOU CANNOT SWAP TO FLASH. It will wear the part out too quickly if
> you try.
>
> We've been running off of FLASH with no swap for the better part of a
> year and nothing bad has happened to us. We make sure, however, that
> we put as much RAM into these boxes as we can to avoid the low memory
> situations that can lead to problems.
>
> Warner
>
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