On 2008-08-05 07:27 +0200, Chris Burkhardt wrote: > Account for Debian group mail wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> Has anyone played with the swappiness settings of the 2.6 kernel? It >> looks like the default is set at 60. I was thinking on this new >> machine I put together with 4 gigs of ram that I might bump this >> number up a little, maybe like 80. >> >> Any thoughts? > > I've never experimented, but it seems Andrew Morton sets it at 100: > http://kerneltrap.org/node/3000
That thread is rather old, but from reading it I'd be attempted to _reduce_ rather than increase the swappiness. It's annoying enough that the disk cache is blown away by watching a DVD movie, but if you increase swappiness your applications will be swapped out as well, giving sluggish response when you return to them. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
