On Apr 28, 2009, at 1:07 PM, Paul wrote:
> > You could search for used RAM or salvage memory out of old G4's you > may find cheap on places like Craigslist, though 512's are harder to > find than the smaller ones. > > But also look into what a VM size of 44 GB means. It sounds high, but > what's considered normal? 44GB VM is huge. Currently my iMac (with 2G ram) has an uptime of 20 days (VM usage tends to grow over time) and has maxed at 4GB swap files (which is what the VM is talking about) Back when I had only 1G ram and was running into continuous low memory problems I'd have 16-20 gigs max swapfiles., and lots of issues with the system just grindign to a halt while it frantically shuffled data onto and off the disk. As a rule, swapfiles at 2X real RAM means a Unix system is running just about right; back in the days when you set disk partitions on Unix systems by hand, the rule of thumb was that /swap should be 2-2.5x RAM. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
