Hi Jon, all kosher here, I have my FreeBSD workstation and will put some more RAM into it. Just found it out on a penguin..
Honestly, I would never think that adding RAM to a comp with still unused space left could speed it up. Was just a coincident to find it out. But it clearly explains what I noticed--especially Firefox (lots of cache files) and the email client (switching folders with many lil files in there) had shown some difference. Will give the computer store a visit tomorrow.. Cheers herbs > Why are you asking about Slackware file caching on a FreeBSD mailing > list? :-) > > In any case, what you're probably seeing is the effect of having lots of > spare RAM to cache files. In FreeBSD top look at the Cache and Buf > values up top. If you're doing a lot of file I/O, this can make a > noticeable difference, particularly if you're repeatedly reading the > same files. > > However, as is usually the case, unless you do some benchmarks on *your* > computer, it's hard to say more than "the first couple GB of RAM you add > will probably make your workstation run faster." > > --Jon Radel _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
