Re: [expert] Disabling Disk Buffering/caching

[Jean-Louis Debert]

Cindy & David Rodgers wrote:
> 
> the problem is that it's eating nearly all the memory and slowing the server
> to a grinding near halt
> 

Sorry, but how do you *know* that it is the buffer cache eating all this
memory ???
If it is a bug in an *application* (e.g. the X server) that simply
forgets to
release memory acquired, say, for pixmaps and such, then if you disable
the
buffer cache (assuming you do it right) you will have disabled a good
part
of your system, and the original problem is still there !!!!

  

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