Re: 2.4 VM & swap question

2001-06-19 Thread Mike Galbraith
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Steve Kieu wrote: > Just an information for you to compare, now I am > running the kernel compile from mandrake 80; version > 2.4.3-20mdk on a > machine Intel celeron 400Mhz 128M RAM, i810 graphic > card (it will use some memory) ; runing together > Star Office 5.2, Netscape

Re: 2.4 VM & swap question

2001-06-19 Thread Mike Galbraith
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Rik van Riel wrote: > On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Mike Galbraith wrote: > > On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, root wrote: > > > > > Regarding to the discussion on the swap size, > > > > > > Recently, Rick van Riel posted a message that there is a bug > > > related to "reclaiming" the swap, and

Re: 2.4 VM & swap question

2001-06-19 Thread Steve Kieu
Just an information for you to compare, now I am running the kernel compile from mandrake 80; version 2.4.3-20mdk on a machine Intel celeron 400Mhz 128M RAM, i810 graphic card (it will use some memory) ; runing together Star Office 5.2, Netscape 4.77, Mozilla (shiped with LM80), compiling alsa

Re: 2.4 VM swap question

2001-06-19 Thread Steve Kieu
Just an information for you to compare, now I am running the kernel compile from mandrake 80; version 2.4.3-20mdk on a machine Intel celeron 400Mhz 128M RAM, i810 graphic card (it will use some memory) ; runing together Star Office 5.2, Netscape 4.77, Mozilla (shiped with LM80), compiling alsa

Re: 2.4 VM swap question

2001-06-19 Thread Mike Galbraith
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Steve Kieu wrote: Just an information for you to compare, now I am running the kernel compile from mandrake 80; version 2.4.3-20mdk on a machine Intel celeron 400Mhz 128M RAM, i810 graphic card (it will use some memory) ; runing together Star Office 5.2, Netscape 4.77,

Re: 2.4 VM & swap question

2001-06-18 Thread Rik van Riel
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Mike Galbraith wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, root wrote: > > > Regarding to the discussion on the swap size, > > > > Recently, Rick van Riel posted a message that there is a bug > > related to "reclaiming" the swap, and said that it is on his > > TODO list. > > That's fixed.

Re: 2.4 VM & swap question

2001-06-18 Thread Mike Galbraith
On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, root wrote: > Regarding to the discussion on the swap size, > > Recently, Rick van Riel posted a message that there is a bug > related to "reclaiming" the swap, and said that it is on his > TODO list. That's fixed. > If I believe it, the current trouble we have regarding

Re: 2.4 VM & swap question

2001-06-18 Thread root
Regarding to the discussion on the swap size, Recently, Rick van Riel posted a message that there is a bug related to "reclaiming" the swap, and said that it is on his TODO list. If I believe it, the current trouble we have regarding to the swap size is not because we do not have a

Re: 2.4 VM swap question

2001-06-18 Thread root
Regarding to the discussion on the swap size, Recently, Rick van Riel posted a message that there is a bug related to reclaiming the swap, and said that it is on his TODO list. If I believe it, the current trouble we have regarding to the swap size is not because we do not have a sufficient

Re: 2.4 VM swap question

2001-06-18 Thread Mike Galbraith
On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, root wrote: Regarding to the discussion on the swap size, Recently, Rick van Riel posted a message that there is a bug related to reclaiming the swap, and said that it is on his TODO list. That's fixed. If I believe it, the current trouble we have regarding to the

Re: 2.4 VM swap question

2001-06-18 Thread Rik van Riel
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Mike Galbraith wrote: On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, root wrote: Regarding to the discussion on the swap size, Recently, Rick van Riel posted a message that there is a bug related to reclaiming the swap, and said that it is on his TODO list. That's fixed. It's not. We

Re: 2.4 VM & swap question

2001-06-17 Thread alterity
On Sun, 17 Jun 2001 20:58:35 +0200, you wrote: >I have a database server with 1G phys and 1G swap. It uses 950+ MB for cache, >as it should, and doesn't even *touch* swap. This is 2.4.5. I thought the new rule is: total_memory = max(physical, swap); And the old rule was:

Re: 2.4 VM & swap question

2001-06-17 Thread Tom Rini
On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 10:31:47PM +0300, Dan Podeanu wrote: > > Yes, I know there's no hard and fast rule for the exact ammount of ram/swap one > > needs that will always work. However, in 2.2 for a 'workstation' one could > > usually quite happily get away with having 128:128 and never have

Re: 2.4 VM & swap question

2001-06-17 Thread Dan Podeanu
> Yes, I know there's no hard and fast rule for the exact ammount of ram/swap one > needs that will always work. However, in 2.2 for a 'workstation' one could > usually quite happily get away with having 128:128 and never have much of a > problem. with 2.4.0 and up this isn't the case. This

Re: 2.4 VM & swap question

2001-06-17 Thread Tom Rini
On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 10:12:39PM +0300, Dan Podeanu wrote: > On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 10:48:36AM -0700, Tom Rini wrote: > > 'lo all. I've got a question about swap and RAM requirements in 2.4. Now, > > when 2.4.0 was kicked out, the fact that you need swap=2xRAM was mentioned. > > But what I'm

Re: 2.4 VM & swap question

2001-06-17 Thread Dan Podeanu
On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 10:48:36AM -0700, Tom Rini wrote: > 'lo all. I've got a question about swap and RAM requirements in 2.4. Now, > when 2.4.0 was kicked out, the fact that you need swap=2xRAM was mentioned. > But what I'm wondering is what exactly are the limits on this. Right now > I've

Re: 2.4 VM & swap question

2001-06-17 Thread Tom Rini
On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 08:58:35PM +0200, Jakob ?stergaard wrote: > On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 10:48:36AM -0700, Tom Rini wrote: > > 'lo all. I've got a question about swap and RAM requirements in 2.4. Now, > > when 2.4.0 was kicked out, the fact that you need swap=2xRAM was mentioned. > > But

Re: 2.4 VM & swap question

2001-06-17 Thread Jakob Østergaard
On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 10:48:36AM -0700, Tom Rini wrote: > 'lo all. I've got a question about swap and RAM requirements in 2.4. Now, > when 2.4.0 was kicked out, the fact that you need swap=2xRAM was mentioned. > But what I'm wondering is what exactly are the limits on this. Right now > I've

2.4 VM & swap question

2001-06-17 Thread Tom Rini
'lo all. I've got a question about swap and RAM requirements in 2.4. Now, when 2.4.0 was kicked out, the fact that you need swap=2xRAM was mentioned. But what I'm wondering is what exactly are the limits on this. Right now I've got an x86 box w/ 128ram and currently 256swap. When I had 128,

2.4 VM swap question

2001-06-17 Thread Tom Rini
'lo all. I've got a question about swap and RAM requirements in 2.4. Now, when 2.4.0 was kicked out, the fact that you need swap=2xRAM was mentioned. But what I'm wondering is what exactly are the limits on this. Right now I've got an x86 box w/ 128ram and currently 256swap. When I had 128,

Re: 2.4 VM swap question

2001-06-17 Thread Jakob Østergaard
On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 10:48:36AM -0700, Tom Rini wrote: 'lo all. I've got a question about swap and RAM requirements in 2.4. Now, when 2.4.0 was kicked out, the fact that you need swap=2xRAM was mentioned. But what I'm wondering is what exactly are the limits on this. Right now I've got

Re: 2.4 VM swap question

2001-06-17 Thread Tom Rini
On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 08:58:35PM +0200, Jakob ?stergaard wrote: On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 10:48:36AM -0700, Tom Rini wrote: 'lo all. I've got a question about swap and RAM requirements in 2.4. Now, when 2.4.0 was kicked out, the fact that you need swap=2xRAM was mentioned. But what I'm

Re: 2.4 VM swap question

2001-06-17 Thread Dan Podeanu
On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 10:48:36AM -0700, Tom Rini wrote: 'lo all. I've got a question about swap and RAM requirements in 2.4. Now, when 2.4.0 was kicked out, the fact that you need swap=2xRAM was mentioned. But what I'm wondering is what exactly are the limits on this. Right now I've got

Re: 2.4 VM swap question

2001-06-17 Thread Tom Rini
On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 10:12:39PM +0300, Dan Podeanu wrote: On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 10:48:36AM -0700, Tom Rini wrote: 'lo all. I've got a question about swap and RAM requirements in 2.4. Now, when 2.4.0 was kicked out, the fact that you need swap=2xRAM was mentioned. But what I'm

Re: 2.4 VM swap question

2001-06-17 Thread Dan Podeanu
Yes, I know there's no hard and fast rule for the exact ammount of ram/swap one needs that will always work. However, in 2.2 for a 'workstation' one could usually quite happily get away with having 128:128 and never have much of a problem. with 2.4.0 and up this isn't the case. This has

Re: 2.4 VM swap question

2001-06-17 Thread Tom Rini
On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 10:31:47PM +0300, Dan Podeanu wrote: Yes, I know there's no hard and fast rule for the exact ammount of ram/swap one needs that will always work. However, in 2.2 for a 'workstation' one could usually quite happily get away with having 128:128 and never have much of

Re: 2.4 VM swap question

2001-06-17 Thread alterity
On Sun, 17 Jun 2001 20:58:35 +0200, you wrote: I have a database server with 1G phys and 1G swap. It uses 950+ MB for cache, as it should, and doesn't even *touch* swap. This is 2.4.5. I thought the new rule is: total_memory = max(physical, swap); And the old rule was: