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Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 21:28:31 +0200
From: FD Cami <francois.cami@free.fr>
To: "Kevin Burton" <burtonator@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Ability to limit or disable page caching?
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On Mon, 5 May 2008 11:34:24 -0700
"Kevin Burton" <burtonator@gmail.com> wrote:

> >> In the mean time is it possible to disable the page cache or limit it
> >> to say 10% of system memory?
> >
> > You might want to look at /proc/sys/vm/ for tunables.
> > /proc/sys/vm/vfs_cache_pressure and /proc/sys/vm/swappiness are probably
> > what you are looking for.
> 
> I haven't played with vfs_cache_pressure so I'll take a look at this.
> 
> Unfortunately, swappiness doesn't work as intended.

Could you explain the original problem ? That way we might help you better.

Best,

Francois