----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Ni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 21:16:26 -0800 (PST) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Page swap
> Folks, > > I am having performance issue with one of the > application. It looks like it is running low on the > memory. > > In addition to add new memory to the system, is there > anything can be done while we are waiting for the > memory upgrade? > Yes. You could add a swap file if you have enough disk space: dd if=/dev/zero of=path_to_your_file bs=1024 count=number_of_MB_you_want_to_add mkswap -v1 path_to_your_file swapon path_to_your_file Also keep in mind that when the physical memory is full and the application is alocating more and mor memory your system will run at the speed of the hard drive > Thanks in advance > MIke > You're welcome Bye Calin -- ______________________________________________ http://www.linuxmail.org/ Now with POP3/IMAP access for only US$19.95/yr Powered by Outblaze - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
