Paulo Lopes wrote: > Hi, > > I've installed OSOL 2009.06 in a laptop with 2GB of RAM and once I get the > desktop up and running and open the gnome performance monitor, it reports > that 1.8 out of 2 GB of physical RAM are in use and 0 of SWAP. I used to run > linux (ubuntu) on the same laptop and the perf monitor would report 700Mb. I > know linux is not the same as solaris, but if i do a simple: > > svcs -l > > I get lots of services running, does anyone have a small list of required > services, for example in my laptop i dont need a sendmail deamon, All I do is > to use Firefox, Evolution, Netbeans, java and gcc > > Do I need all the ipsec, kerberos, crypto stuff since I'm not in a VPN... > > Thanks!
Keep in mind that the "ram free" numbers are pretty useless; the kernel tends to hang onto stuff until there is memory pressure. - Bart -- Bart Smaalders Solaris Kernel Performance barts at cyber.eng.sun.com http://blogs.sun.com/barts "You will contribute more with mercurial than with thunderbird."
