Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 01:25:31 -0800 From: "Mike Batchelor" <smujohnson@home.com> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Memory Caching Message-ID: <003201c04c8a$9209fda0$8ded4518@kldt1.bc.wave.home.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0029_01C04C47.72B7A1C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hey guys, I recently tried to delete the /usr/ports directory off FreeBSD for a = fresh install.. and I was amazed at how long it took to delete it. In fact, i never got around to finish = removing it cause it took so long. So.... is it possible that I'm not = getting any efficient memory caching? I have 128 Megs ram = installed..and a 20.4 gig HD /w 2048k cache.. To see actually how fast it was deleting, I was using "df" while it was = deleting and it said about 1 meg was deleted for every 5 seconds. Is = this normal? I remember how under Windows, it would take seconds to = delete large amounts of files. Can anyone help? Thanks! PS - My `top` displays 12K Cache. I don't know if this helps. Thanks ------=_NextPart_000_0029_01C04C47.72B7A1C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4207.2601" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hey guys,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I recently tried to delete the = /usr/ports directory=20 off FreeBSD for a fresh install.. and I was amazed at how</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>long it took to delete it. In = fact, i never=20 got around to finish removing it cause it took so long. So.... is = it=20 possible that I'm not getting any efficient memory caching? I have = 128=20 Megs ram installed..and a 20.4 gig HD /w 2048k cache..</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>To see actually how fast it was = deleting, I was=20 using "df" while it was deleting and it said about 1 meg was deleted for = every 5=20 seconds. Is this normal? I remember how under Windows, it = would=20 take seconds to delete large amounts of files. Can anyone = help?=20 Thanks!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>PS - My `top` displays 12K = Cache. I=20 don't know if this helps. Thanks</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0029_01C04C47.72B7A1C0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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