Re: Copying large files eats all of the RAM

2013-12-02 Thread Andreas Mohr
On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 11:59:07AM +0530, venkata koppula wrote: > Thanks for you replies. > > Yeah, I understand that we need to utilize the resources as much as we > can. At the same time user should not > feel that system is slow and user should never wait for the copying > operation should

Re: Copying large files eats all of the RAM

2013-12-02 Thread Andreas Mohr
On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 11:59:07AM +0530, venkata koppula wrote: Thanks for you replies. Yeah, I understand that we need to utilize the resources as much as we can. At the same time user should not feel that system is slow and user should never wait for the copying operation should complete

Re: Copying large files eats all of the RAM

2013-11-30 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sat, 30 Nov 2013, venkata koppula wrote: > Yeah, I understand that we need to utilize the resources as much as we > can. At the same time user should not > feel that system is slow and user should never wait for the copying > operation should complete to launch another > application meanwhile.

Re: Copying large files eats all of the RAM

2013-11-30 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sat, 30 Nov 2013, venkata koppula wrote: Yeah, I understand that we need to utilize the resources as much as we can. At the same time user should not feel that system is slow and user should never wait for the copying operation should complete to launch another application meanwhile.

Re: Copying large files eats all of the RAM

2013-11-29 Thread venkata koppula
Thanks for you replies. Yeah, I understand that we need to utilize the resources as much as we can. At the same time user should not feel that system is slow and user should never wait for the copying operation should complete to launch another application meanwhile. If the user is a system

Re: Copying large files eats all of the RAM

2013-11-29 Thread Austin S Hemmelgarn
On 11/29/2013 04:56 PM, Andreas Mohr wrote: > Hi, > >> My laptop has 4GB of ram, before I issue the command around 1.5GB of >> memory >> is used, when I issue the cp command around 3.7GB of memory is used. >> And the cp command takes a lot of time to copy. >> >> I am not able to launch other

Re: Copying large files eats all of the RAM

2013-11-29 Thread Andreas Mohr
Hi, > My laptop has 4GB of ram, before I issue the command around 1.5GB of > memory > is used, when I issue the cp command around 3.7GB of memory is used. > And the cp command takes a lot of time to copy. > > I am not able to launch other applications(take a lot of time) and > even compiz

Re: Copying large files eats all of the RAM

2013-11-29 Thread Andreas Mohr
Hi, My laptop has 4GB of ram, before I issue the command around 1.5GB of memory is used, when I issue the cp command around 3.7GB of memory is used. And the cp command takes a lot of time to copy. I am not able to launch other applications(take a lot of time) and even compiz freezes

Re: Copying large files eats all of the RAM

2013-11-29 Thread Austin S Hemmelgarn
On 11/29/2013 04:56 PM, Andreas Mohr wrote: Hi, My laptop has 4GB of ram, before I issue the command around 1.5GB of memory is used, when I issue the cp command around 3.7GB of memory is used. And the cp command takes a lot of time to copy. I am not able to launch other applications(take

Re: Copying large files eats all of the RAM

2013-11-29 Thread venkata koppula
Thanks for you replies. Yeah, I understand that we need to utilize the resources as much as we can. At the same time user should not feel that system is slow and user should never wait for the copying operation should complete to launch another application meanwhile. If the user is a system

Copying large files eats all of the RAM

2013-11-28 Thread venkata koppula
Hi, I am using cp command to copy a list of files each with size of around 1GB (copy within the same hard disk). My laptop has 4GB of ram, before I issue the command around 1.5GB of memory is used, when I issue the cp command around 3.7GB of memory is used. And the cp command takes a lot of time

Copying large files eats all of the RAM

2013-11-28 Thread venkata koppula
Hi, I am using cp command to copy a list of files each with size of around 1GB (copy within the same hard disk). My laptop has 4GB of ram, before I issue the command around 1.5GB of memory is used, when I issue the cp command around 3.7GB of memory is used. And the cp command takes a lot of time