Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 21:43:25 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: David Kirchner <davidk@accretivetg.com> Cc: Anthony Atkielski <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Calculating swap file size Message-ID: <15364.23901.74346.299401@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20011127170344.W15780-100000@localhost> References: <15363.11945.410356.244254@guru.mired.org> <20011127170344.W15780-100000@localhost>
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David Kirchner <davidk@accretivetg.com> types: > On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Mike Meyer wrote: > > The VM algorithms aren't quite as efficient if you have less than 2x > > ram size. > I've read this in places before (man tuning I believe), but I haven't yet > found the reason for it. I read through the 4.4BSD book's chapter on > memory management but I don't recall seeing anything about it. Is there a > place where this is documented further? I got a note from George Cox that Matt Dillon says this isn't so - even though the tuning man page that Matt wrote says it is. Further discussion is ensuing between them, so watch for the man page to be updated. For information on the VM system in general, the "More..." link under documentation on the FreeBSD home page is a page that lists a couple of papers on the VM system. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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