>>>>> "SC" == Sean Chittenden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> echo "effective_cache_size = $((`sysctl -n vfs.hibufspace` / 8192))" >> >> I've used it for my dedicated servers. Is this calculation correct? SC> Yes, or it's real close at least. vfs.hibufspace is the amount of SC> kernel space that's used for caching IO operations (minus the I'm just curious if anyone has a tip to increase the amount of memory FreeBSD will use for the cache? It appears to me that even on my 2Gb box, lots of memory is 'free' that could be used for the cache (bumping up shared buffers is another option...) yet the disk is being highly utilized according to systat. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
