> ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:36:10 +1000 > From: Sridhar Dhanapalan <srid...@laptop.org.au> > Subject: Re: XO-1.75 RAM > To: mi...@bga.com > Cc: OLPC Devel <devel@lists.laptop.org> > Message-ID: <BANLkTi=_aasxf7++bmxoysaxvmxga4p...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On 14 April 2011 06:16, Mikus Grinbergs <mi...@bga.com> > wrote: > >> Might 1GB of RAM ?become a performance > bottleneck? > > > > I myself am skeptical of efforts to use the OLPC where > a desktop system > > might be more effective. ?I've run various large > applications on an XO-1.5 > > system, and have not myself experienced "memory > shortage". > > > > Unless the RAM chips on the XO-1.75 are socketed (and > thus easily > > replaceable), it seems to me that it would be easier > to add swap space > > (rather than RAM) to those systems used to run > particularly memory-hungry > > applications (such as video editing). > > Flash storage is mush slower than spinning hard drives and > wears out > far more quickly. I don't think using flash for swap is a > good idea. >
For what it worths I have the same SDcard on the XO-1 with more than 1500 hours of swap use of a 256MB partition, with no problem so far. On the XO-1.5 and its 1GB RAM a rarely see any swap use at all. If anything I would rather see the extra cost towards a proper small SSD to replace SDcards, than extra RAM _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
