On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 12:14:11PM -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote: > > :> Try setting it to 40 (it defaults to 23). The max value is 64 > :> which will effectively put all non-memory-mapped file data on the > :> inactive queue, including any data which is repeatedly accessed. > > I'd like to know if this solves your particular problem (the paging > issue, not the crashing issue), and if so I will change the default > cycle point for the release. So play with it.
With vfs.vm_cycle_point = 40 my server was much more responsive this morning. Almost no programs had to be paged in when first accessed. So far, so good. I have now decreased vm_cycle_point to 32. -- Francois Tigeot
