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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 15:10:41 -0200 (BRST)
From: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@conectiva.com.br>
To: Andre Margis <andre@sam.com.br>
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Subject: Re: linux-2.4.13 high SWAP
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Ok, 

Have you checked if the amount of data you copied to the tmpfs device is
not way too big to fit in memory ?

Remember: Everything copied to tmpfs will be kept in memory, so if you
simply copy way too much data to tmpfs thats your problem :)

On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Andre Margis wrote:

> Em Qua 24 Out 2001 14:44, Marcelo Tosatti escreveu:
> Marcelo,
> 
> I restart the test using the same programs, but now I'm using the "cp" on a 
> normal filesystem. At this time everything is OK.
> 
> In the last run we Nedd 30 minutes to the disaster.
> 
> 
> Andre
> 
> > On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Andre Margis wrote:
> > > Em Qua 24 Out 2001 15:05, Andre Margis escreveu:
> > >
> > > Mor minutes later the machine "froze".
> >
> > Could you please redo the tests without tmpfs?
> >
> > I'm not sure if its the problem, just want to make sure.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
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