Dean, David (I/S) wrote:
Thanks to all for some really good input.
So the tuning "legend" that the Linux should just "touch" swap is
true? But if Linux is going to eat all for file caching, would it not
Always eventually swap?
Swap and file caching are two sides of the same thing. In Solaris, they
are the same thing, not quite so in Linux.
Basically, Linux will use extra mem for file caching. It will always use
*some* mem for file caching. It will use less if mem is constrained.
Linux kernel for running on VM could be designed a little different from
Linux kernel for PC in order to behave better with VM.
I'm not sure to what extent it actually is different.
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