Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264983AbTFRJkr (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jun 2003 05:40:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264988AbTFRJkr (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jun 2003 05:40:47 -0400 Received: from dns1.seagha.com ([217.66.0.18]:19978 "EHLO relay-1.seagha.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264983AbTFRJkr (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jun 2003 05:40:47 -0400 Message-ID: <6DED3619289CD311BCEB00508B8E13360117748D@nt-server2.antwerp.seagha.com> From: Karl Vogel To: "'Oliver Neukum'" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: RE: How do I make this thing stop laging? Reboot? Sounds like Windows! Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 11:56:28 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 819 Lines: 25 > > Swap prefetching? If you have >10% free physical ram and > any used swap it > > will start swapping pages back into physical ram. Probably > not of real > > benefit but many people like this idea. I have a soft spot > for it and like > > using it. > > -- > > > > The disadvantage is ofcourse that you will be using up more > RAM than is > > really necessary. > > No, free RAM is wasted RAM. But the point is, it's not really free RAM. It's being used for I/O caching. So while swap prefetching might be suited for desktop systems, it certainly isn't for servers. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/