From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 13 20:28:06 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE81B16A4CE for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:28:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web53802.mail.yahoo.com (web53802.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.36.197]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 65CC443D4C for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:28:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stigmata_blackangel@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 47117 invoked by uid 60001); 13 Jan 2005 20:28:05 -0000 Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; b=LagWyt6BxZbIu8OBm42hrhsThsrC+F2fN5RxThqNiylrwK6Ul7FtnDK5klVNqooiW2DVm0HFYYAUVWbdoPOngzwVd6qNnM+8kiWBF6v8uK5os4g+jPz5NYFHZCpOhSCKjg9ec9/S0LRdP3U2wP2anh8i2p1NsdFK3fVchSbu9fc= ; Message-ID: <20050113202805.47115.qmail@web53802.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [24.9.155.250] by web53802.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 13 Jan 2005 12:28:05 PST Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 12:28:05 -0800 (PST) From: Gregor Mosheh To: "Colin J. Raven" , FreeBSD Questions In-Reply-To: <20050113204937.D802@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: Memory Question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:28:07 -0000 > Is there something I can do in order to "optimize" - > which in this case > paradoxically would seem to mean "reduce" the amount > of free memory? The simple answer is: "Use it!" Exactly how depends on what you're running. Basically, check the docs for all the stuff your server is running and see what you can do to throw more memory at it. A lot of software has docs about performance tuning, and its memory usage (and performance) can usually be cranked up. If you're using a database server, check the DB's config file (postgresql.conf or my.cnf) and allocate a bunch of memory to buffers. If you're running Apache, you can increase the spare servers; if your Apache runs Perl CGI programs, you could consider using mod_perl. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250