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Bill Kenworthy wrote: |
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> << SNIP >> |
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> 5. Tune the kernel swappable parameter to either force most everything |
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> to swap to keep ram free or the other way to make it less likely to swap |
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> if thats whats needed. The current parameter is a compromise that works |
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> in most cases, but there are uses that benefit one way or the other. |
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> Lastly, to reiterate, disk space is cheap and putting aside 16Gb for |
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> swap is a small price to pay for stability - you may only need it |
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> occasionally, but then you will REALLY need it! |
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> Have fun! |
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> BillK |
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Just for notes, I have 2Gbs of ram. I have ~1Gb of swap. I don't think |
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I have ever seen it use over 100Mbs or so of swap since I built this |
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thing. Most of this depends on the programs you are using. If they use |
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more memory than you have, you need more swap. If not, then maybe not. ;-) |
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If you only want it to use swap when really needed, set it like this or |
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something close: |
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root@smoker-new / # cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness |
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20 |
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root@smoker-new / # |
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The lower the number, the more it tries not to use swap. The higher the |
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number, the more it will try to use swap. Since I rarely use more than |
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1Gb, compiling OOo may be a exception, I set mine to 20. My drives are |
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the old IDE and are not as fast as the new SATA drives. Use echo to |
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change that setting just in case you don't know already. |
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Hope that little bit of info helps. This is one of those "it depends" |
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situations. No matter what you set it up for, you will want to change |
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it later. :-) |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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