On 2008-Nov-03 00:34:47 +0100, Ivan Voras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >2008/10/31 Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >The difference between the best and the worst is 247 context switches >(total, not per second). > >> It looks like it's probably worth pushing the limit up to 8 MB when we >> have lots of memory :) > >Yes, it's an improvement, but who will ever notice? :)
Note that you will eventually hit a limit and start getting worse performace: Once the buffer size exceeds the available free RAM then cp/cat will start eating into inactive pages or (worse) active pages for other processes. -- Peter Jeremy Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour.
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