Re: cache limit

[Mike Fedyk]

On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 12:15:46PM +0200, Ihar 'Philips' Filipau wrote:
>   If I have 1GB of memory and my applications for use only 16MB - it 
> doesn't mean I want to fill 1GB-16MB with garbage like file my momy had 
> viewed two weeks ago.
> 
>   That's it: OS should scale for *application* *needs*.
> 
>   Can you compare in your mind overhead of managing 1GB of cache with 
> managing e.g. 16MB of cache?
> 

Ok, let's benchmark it.

Yes, I can see the logic in your argument, but at this point, numbers are
needed to see if or how much of a win this might be.
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