I've got a linux guest that is pushing the wall, 17 megs free and dropping. Swapping is going to be inevitable. The problem is that the memory usage growth is slow, and that cache grows to 110 meg before we start to approach the wall. Will SLES8 start to release or clean the cache before swapping becomes rampant?
<vent_spleen> Since there seems to be no way to control the cache in SLES8, which really sucks since, in our situation, it is caching unimportant things. None of the application data is local. If there are any of the Linux Kernal developers monitoring this list, add my voice to those that are telling you that not being able to control cache behavior is a really frustrating when working in a virtualized environment where you are trying to divide limited resources amongst many guests. The Cache behaviour is the biggest non-application pig that I can see. Just my 2 cents </vent_spleen> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
