Re: RHEL 4 improvement in use of swap? (compared to RHEL 3)

[Benjamin Franz <snowhare nihongo org>]

On Thu, 27 Oct 2005, robert infotility com wrote:

> Thanks for your quick reply. In part I'm looking for some
> evidence that the same problem won't reappear when there is
> more memory. Your observations post-512 M-upgrade are encouraging,
> but even more encouraging would be something like "Swapping
> was a problem because of factors X, Y, and Z in the kernel
> but that's fixed now".
>
> It could well be that there are no such assurances, but it's
> worth asking.

> From your description, you just have too much stuff running for your 
available memory. Swapping is a problem because you have too much loading 
in too little real memory. No kernel upgrade will fix that.

If you are otherwise happy with RHEL3, just upgrade your RAM. You can get 
a gigabyte for under $100 US (check pricewatch.com to locate good deals).

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Benjamin Franz

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