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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA1130 ; Tue, 23 Feb 93 14:27:15 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!gumby!destroyer!ccs.itd.umich.edu!uglymouse.css.itd.umich.edu!pauls From: pauls@css.itd.umich.edu (Paul Southworth) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: 386BSD - much slower with 16MB Date: 10 Feb 1993 18:08:33 GMT Organization: University of Michigan ITD Consulting and Support Services Lines: 17 Message-ID: <1lbgb1INN89f@stimpy.css.itd.umich.edu> References: <C2809r.6vz@rahul.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: uglymouse.css.itd.umich.edu In article <C2809r.6vz@rahul.net> kent@rahul.net (Kent Talarico) writes: >I just increased my memory from 8MB to 16MB and the machine has >slowed down drastically. > >I timed a complete compile of /bin/sh. It took 52 seconds with 8MB >and 163 seconds with 16MB. Hot tip for the week!! I just timed mine with 4Mb RAM at 26 seconds! Based on the preliminary evidence, time to compile should approach zero if you remove all memory from your machine! pauls@umich.edu