On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 9:58 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2010-08-10 10:32 , Jared Earle wrote: > >> VM isn't that big a deal. my VM is currently at 220GB: >> >> PhysMem: 879M wired, 1424M active, 172M inactive, 2475M used, 9813M free. >> VM: 220G vsize, 1042M framework vsize, 83722(1) pageins, 0(0) pageouts. >> >> Yes, I have 12GB of RAM. >> > > which is why you have zero pageouts -- meaning swapping hasn't kicked in > which is why VM, in this case, isn't a big deal; i have 8GB of RAM, my swap > size (actual data written to swap files) is currently 3GB and i've done > 1.45GB of pageouts, however that's over six days, so it's only about > 10MB/hour -- not that big a deal; but if i had only 4GB RAM it would be alot > more > > the point being that it is certain VM behaviors that can be an issue, not > VM itself >
That was my point. VM increasing isn't the problem; it's a symptom. Pageouts are the thing that'll slow down your machine and they're caused by VM being used due to not enough RAM. Find out what's causing Safari to use the memory and you'll find the problem. VM can be sky-high, but as long as you've got no pageouts, you'll get no performance hit. VM is a good thing and your system uses it to increase performance. Find the real cause and deal with it. -- Jared Earle :: There is no SPORK [email protected] :: http://jearle.eu Hosting :: http://cat5.org Blog :: http://blog.23x.net
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