> > FreeBSD v4.3, but my question was what the 16MB of mathopd RAM is used for, > > not if the OS caches the data or not. It appears the 16MB is just holding > > space for files as they're loaded and sent. > > did you read the author's comment about this? he told you to check for > number-of-connections and something else. mathopd needs buffers for each > connection, too. so if you keep this number up, you can serve many > connections in parallel, but eat memeory for it.
Yes, I did read his comments and they answered my question. However, this reply was done to answer YOUR question and to correct you impression of the question. There were two threads, so don't get snippy if you can't follow the conversation. Tim
