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The Monday 2007-05-07 at 07:25 +1000, Registration Account wrote:
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> For example I have 2 GIG of RAM currently and am thinking of changing it
> to 4 GIG. I understand that the kernel can use more file cacheing, but
> that is what I do not want to know. With the superior way the Linux
> Kernel manages Memory, if we remove the increased file caching ability
> will the Kernel be able to utilise the extra memory registers for
> processing.
I think you got it wrong... if there is more memory, programs will be able
to use more memory, /if/ they request it. All unused memory will simply
end up being used as cache.
If currently, with 2G, you see no swap used, increasing the ram will not
give more memory to programs.
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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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