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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.telstra.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!unix.triton.net!news4.agis.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!Ireland.EU.net!maths.tcd.ie!not-for-mail From: dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie (David Malone) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 2.2 GAMMA 2/5 results in SWAP FULL? Date: 13 Feb 1997 11:53:23 -0000 Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Lines: 15 Sender: mathnews@synge.maths.tcd.ie Message-ID: <5duvbj$luk@synge.maths.tcd.ie> References: <m267zzxceb.fsf@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com> <5dqqo2$bhf@bofh.noc.best.net> <5dritf$a1j@dfw-ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> <5dt6ae$7kq@bofh.noc.best.net> <5du967$ng6@dfw-ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: synge.maths.tcd.ie Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35561 netcom@ix.netcom.com (Netcom user) writes: >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. I think the genral difference is that FreeBSD does "pre-emptive" swapping, and Linux does when-you-run-low-on-ram swapping. So if there is free swap FreeBSD will expand to fill it. Linux will expand to fill ram. I've never tried totting up the figures to see how everything adds up. David.