Re: [PERFORM] Interpreting vmstat

2004-05-25 Thread Robert Treat
On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 14:12, Doug Y wrote: > Run a query I've been having trouble with and watch the output of vmstat > (linux): > > $ vmstat 1 > procs memoryswap io system > cpu > r b w swpd free buff cache si sobibo incs u

Re: [PERFORM] Interpreting vmstat

2004-05-20 Thread Thom Dyson
Well, Since I haven't seen any other responds, I'll offer a bit of advice and let others correct me. :) Your shared buffers may be too big (?). It is much larger than the guide on varlena.com recommends. All I can suggest is trying some experiments with halving/doubling the numbers to see w