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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!lucy.swin.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au!news.apana.org.au!cantor.edge.net.au!news.teragen.com.au!news.access.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in1.uu.net!204.71.1.48!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.charm.net!news.fred.net!not-for-mail From: mcurry@fred.net ( ) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 2.2 GAMMA 2/5 results in SWAP FULL? Date: 13 Feb 1997 16:14:08 GMT Organization: FredNet - Frederick, Md. Lines: 33 Message-ID: <5dvekg$jua@news.fred.net> References: <m267zzxceb.fsf@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bigdog.fred.net X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35363 The fact that your Linux installation has a small memory footprint may or may not be relevant to functionality as a whole. If you have a 32MB machine, for example, do you want that memory being used to capacity, or do you want 31688000 bytes sitting idle? While I would agree that it is "good" that any given program designed to perform some specific task statically occupy as little RAM as possible, I think that dynamic memory-handling under load conditions is much more important. This is a comment, not an argument. :) mc Netcom user (netcom@ix.netcom.com) wrote: : >>hmmm...I'm running netscape, knews, xfmail, X/fvwm, xplaycd, 5 xterms, and : >>my Linux box shows a mere 312K used, I've recompile the kernel to take out : >>drivers I didn't need and decrease the number of users back down to 10 : >>(from 50). : > : > The way linux and FreeBSD allocate swap are not the same. You might : > as well compare swap usage on a Win95 box with your linux box. : : Not exactly, I'm comparing almost identical applications/X etc, on : two different Unix boxes, with one requiring almost twice the memory. : I understand they have different strategys, I just like to know where : my memory is being used (see other append on this thread with ps output) : It wasn't flame bait, I'm just trying to understand what is happening, : given its a GAMMA release I thought I show post my results. : : -- : Tom Evans tjevans@hotmail.com