Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:23:35 +0000 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] VM: I have a dream... |
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Al Boldi wrote: > There is a lot to gain, for one there is no more swapping w/ all its related > side-effects. You're dealing with memory only.
I'm sorry, I think I don't understand. My weakness. Can you please explain?
Presumably you will want access to more data than you have RAM, because RAM is still limited to a few GB these days, whereas a typical personal data store is a few 100s of GB.
64-bit architecture doesn't change this mismatch. So how do you propose to avoid swapping to/from a disk, with all the time delays and I/O scheduling algorithms that needs?
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