From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 06:20:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 06:20:20 -0400 Received: from mail.efore.fi ([62.236.103.42]:37382 "EHLO maxwell.efore.fi") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 06:20:08 -0400 Message-ID: <3B1E03CE.8D05AA99@efore.fi> Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 13:19:58 +0300 From: Lauri Tischler Organization: Efore Oyj X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Break 2.4 VM in five easy steps In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Vivek Dasmohapatra wrote: > > On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Dr S.M. Huen wrote: > > > On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Sean Hunter wrote: > > > > > > > > For large memory boxes, this is ridiculous. Should I have 8GB of swap? > > > > > > > Do I understand you correctly? > > ECC grade SDRAM for your 8GB server costs £335 per GB as 512MB sticks even > > at today's silly prices (Crucial). Ultra160 SCSI costs £8.93/GB as 73GB > > drives. > > Not the point. It is an absolute pig to have to allocate extra swap just > because extra memory was added. Not to mention that some people stuff their machines with memory just to avoid using swap at all. -- Lauri Tischler, Network Admin Tel: +358-9-47846331 * Mouse movement detected * Fax: +358-9-47846500 * Reboot Windows to activate changes * Mobile: +358-40-5569010 EMail: lauri.tischler@efore.fi