Re: swapping and cache usage

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 24 Sep 1999 12:36:33 +0100 (BST)


> Because the VM recycle algorithm it's not well tuned for high intensive
> I/O application. Apply these two my fixes and the problem will disappear:

I tried these patches on a heavily loaded 16Mb box. After I got bored of
it trying to saw through my disk I rebooted back to the old ones. On a 64Mb
box I see slight improvements. What size box did you tune it with

> Any positive/negative feedback is always welcome ;).

As you asked

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