From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 13 20:43:56 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 30B3216A4CE for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:43:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from t-x.dignus.nl (t-x.dignus.nl [83.219.88.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8D1F43D31 for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:43:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from colin@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl) Received: from localhost (localhost.dignus.nl [127.0.0.1]) by t-x.dignus.nl (Safehouse) with ESMTP id 1136D2841A; Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:44:11 +0100 (CET) Received: from kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl (cjr-home [62.251.72.148]) by t-x.dignus.nl (Safehouse) with ESMTP id 64ABF28419; Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:44:06 +0100 (CET) Received: from kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl (localhost.kozy-kabin.nl [127.0.0.1]) by kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC5796230; Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:43:49 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (colin@localhost)j0DKhnKG046903; Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:43:49 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from colin@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl) Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:43:49 +0100 From: "Colin J. Raven" To: Gregor Mosheh In-Reply-To: <20050113202805.47115.qmail@web53802.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20050113213206.G802@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl> References: <20050113202805.47115.qmail@web53802.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by RemSPAMd at ph230.plushosting.nl cc: FreeBSD Questions 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 20:43:56 -0000 The essence of the original question was: >> 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? On Jan 13 at 15:12, Bryan Fullerton suggested: > > Run more processes that do interesting things. Your top output looks > fairly normal for a machine that's freshly rebooted and/or not > terribly busy. > On Jan 13 at 12:28, Gregor Mosheh also said in a similar vein: > > 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. OK, this makes sense! All the while I was attempting to be as "economical" as seemed possible under the circumstances...or as economical as various config settings seemed to allow. I guess this goes back to the era I only recently emerged from, where any machine I owned had considerably less resources to spare. Or more accurately, *no* resources to spare. Odd feeling knowing there's a ton of horsepower available that's not (yet) being utilized. Gentlemen, thank you for the feedback and guidance. My appreciation for this OS and this group grows exponentially - daily. Boris and fellow trolls, please take note. Regards, -Colin -- Colin J. Raven FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE - http://www.FreeBSD.org - There can be only One Thu Jan 13 21:41:00 CET 2005 9:41PM up 1 day, 10:29, 6 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 Today's random silliness: 1.00 VEB (Veneualan Bolivares) = 0.000626468 CAD (Candadian Dollars) http://www.xe.com: your universal useless currency conversion tool