Re: [LI] Re: (LI) Cache problem in RH 6.1

[Moinak Ghosh <moinakg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

   Thanks for the pointer.  BTW I learned from someone else that 
   free memory is wasted memory ;)  When I start X the cache size 
   reduces automatically to satisfy the increased mem demand. So
   it is not that bad after all - I am also getting blindingly 
   fast disk performance (much faster than the SUN Ultra5 I use at 
   office!!) - the cache really does help.
   
Regards,
Moinak.

> 
> On Tue, Jan 04, 2000 at 03:58:00AM -0600, Rajiv Gangadharan wrote:
> > 
> >           I noticed that a lot of memory was allocated for the disk
> >           cache - and
> >           it keeps on increasing as more disk I/O takes place. It
> > 
> >           I have 64MB ram and the cache ultimately increases to occupy
> >           almost
> >           50MB !   Any suggestions to tune the cache/limit it's size
> >           is greatly
> >           appreciated.
> > 
> 
> See /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt 
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