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Subject: Re: SWAP: Linux far behind Solaris or I missed something (fwd)
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To: Jean-Michel VANSTEENE <Jean-Michel.Vansteene@bull.net>
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Hi,

On Fri, 04 Dec 1998 14:35:47 +0100, Jean-Michel VANSTEENE
<Jean-Michel.Vansteene@bull.net> said:

> Randomly from the whole block of memory. I know this is really a
> memory shake. But i would like to figure out if the swap heavily
> penalizes the performance. Or, in other words, the percentage of
> swap usage after which performances are too low....

Which kernel, and could you show a "vmstat 1" run for the duration of
one of these tests?

Thanks,
 Stephen.
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