Hi,

What does 2*RAM mean? 
His box has 512M RAM, so he need 2*512M for Bonnie?
Why?

Thanks,

Bo

Chris Mason wrote:
> 

> > Linux box is 512M RAM. The files fit in buffer cache. I run the bonnies
> > of size n+50. Results are fairly constant until I hit about 300M. Then
> > they seem to fall off an edge. I'll include only two sample points for
> > each setup.
> 
> Bonnie really needs 2 * RAM to be reliable.  Notice how on the 100M
> test you've got 99% CPU usage?  That's most likely because the 100M

> -chris

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