Messages in this thread | | | From | "David Schwartz" <> | Subject | RE: why swap at all? (what the user feels) | Date | Tue, 1 Jun 2004 12:04:56 -0700 |
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> On Tuesday 01 June 2004 20.01, David Schwartz wrote: > > > From what I've read previously in this thread, it seems to > > > me that the > > > only major problem with swapping that not all users want file system > > > cache to swap out actual applications (thus making that somewhat aged > > > mozilla window abit laggy). > > > > > > Maybe we could just have a "Allow file system cache to swap out > > > applications checkbox somewhere"? > > > > > > Or, Am I missing something?
> > In practice, that would make no difference at all. Once > > physical memory is > > full (and it pretty much will always be so), every memory > request (whether
> No.
Huh?
> Many people have machines with plenty of RAM (512MB or more is > pretty much > standard on new machines), much of which is only used to cache files. The > file cache is the reason the memory is full.
Of course. That's why I said, "once physical memory is full (and it pretty much will always be so)". Physical memory is always full, so every memory request requires that a page be evicted.
DS
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