Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 18 Mar 1999 23:24:20 GMT | From | "Stephen C. Tweedie" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH]: for discussion - buffer cache growth |
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Hi,
On Fri, 12 Mar 1999 01:13:40 -0500 (EST), Chuck Lever <cel@monkey.org> said:
> here's a patch i've been working on to help reduce system performance > problems when manipulating large files. as i mentioned in an earlier > message to this list, measurable performance degradation occurs when the > buffer cache grows very large.
What problems are you seeing, exactly? In particular, if it is a matter of system CPU increasing, it would be really useful to run under a profiled kernel and find out where in the kernel the cycles are being spent.
--Stephen
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