the problem is that it's eating nearly all the memory and slowing the server
to a grinding near halt
----- Original Message -----
From: Jean-Louis Debert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] Disabling Disk Buffering/caching
> David Rodgers wrote:
> >
> > does anyone know how to limit the amount of free memory the system uses
for
> > buffering/caching and or remove it all together
>
> It's a Very Bad Idea (tm) to tamper with this !!!!
> Normally it's completely dynamic, and you could as well say that *all*
> your *available* memory is candidate to buffer/cache (of course, it is
> adjusted whenever processes request memory).
>
> So, better forget it, Linux manages very well without tampering with it.
>
> By the way, this has *nothing* to do with so-called "swap space" on
> disk:
> under Linux, total memory available to system, equals hardware memory
> *plus* swap space.
>
> --
> Jean-Louis Debert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 74 Annemasse France
> old Linux fan
