Re: Kernel 2.4.16 & Heavy I/O

From: Stephan von Krawczynski (skraw@ithnet.com)
Date: Fri Dec 07 2001 - 08:46:00 EST

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On Thu, 6 Dec 2001 19:10:56 +0100 (CET)
Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk <roy@karlsbakk.net> wrote:

> Is it really neccecary? Free memory's a waste! The cache will be discarded
> the moment an application needs the memory.

This is not true for all cases.

Regards,
Stephan

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