Re: MOSIX and kernel mods.

Simon Kenyon (simon@koala.ie)
Fri, 05 Mar 1999 09:13:54 -0000 (GMT)

On 05-Mar-99 Richard Gooch wrote:
> Simon Kenyon writes:
>> paging to/from disk
>
> No, that's not a fair comparison. Paging/swapping is the only way to
> extend virtual memory space without buying more RAM. Is there an
> alternative method of increasing VM size without paging, and is it any
> faster?

yes, you buy more memory and yes it is a lot faster
about 4 orders of magnitude at a guess

how much swap space does a typical linux box have these days anyway?
128M would be a good guess for the average
that costs approx US$190

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