[K12OSN] Client RAM question

[Les Mikesell]

On Sat, 2004-03-27 at 08:03, Rita Gibson wrote:

> I am very interested in this discussion as I am trying to figure out how 
> to get a little better performance in our lab. I have been trying to 
> decide whether to try to migrate all the boxes I have that would hand 
> 128MB into the lab -- performance is always an issue when you have a lab 
> full of excited students trying to get their work done. If the client 
> has more memory, then does the server do less swapping for that client 
> (thus less processor time and bandwidth?).

I think the only thing X can do with extra memory is use it
for 'backing store' so the obscured parts of overlapping
or covered windows (which can be a lot) are stored locally
instead of being redrawn as they are uncovered. If you only
work on one thing at once, this would not make much difference.

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  Les Mikesell
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