Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 16:29:54 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: <OT> Cost/benefit of more RAM Message-ID: <20001223162954.X19572@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <3A454399.4F932D97@datawok.com>; from algould@datawok.com on Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 06:30:17PM -0600 References: <3A454399.4F932D97@datawok.com>
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* Andrew L. Gould <algould@datawok.com> [001223 16:26] wrote: > Hi all, > > The question is: How can I tell if adding RAM will be > beneficial? If the CPU's usage runs at 99% or higher and the RAM usage > is around 80%, does this indicate that > more RAM won't help any due to the CPU's limits? Does > the usage of swap space indicate that more RAM would > be beneficial? Yes, if you're swapping or pounding on your disks, more memory can help by reducing swapping and keeping more data from disk in memory. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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