> So, the question remains, how does *disabling* swap aid in system performance. >Without swap, how does the kernel "make unused pages available for other work"?
It does not use swap pages unless they are needed. Swap pages are slower than ram. > I'll agree with you here. So what you're *really* saying is that you should have as >much RAM as necessary to render Swap unecessary. But, how does the act of *disabling >swap* accomplish this? The kernel does not use swap until all ram is exhausted. Ram is fast. Swap is slow. Swap is supposed to be a backup for low memory. It's slow. But, what it has become is a cure all of underprovisioned machines. I'm going to lunch :) If there is any more discussion about this I'll reply when I get back. Best Peck _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
