Re: [OT] No Swap. Re: [BUG 2.6.90-test5] kernel shits itself with48mb ram under moderate load

[Ihar 'Philips' Filipau]

Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote:
> > > Yes, it should. If you have 0.25GB, it can be copied into cache. If you
> > > have 0.125GB, it doesn't fit there.
> >
> >   So you want to say to effectively copy (or whatever) 40GB harddrive I
> > have to have 40GB of RAM? Ridiculous.
> >   Especially if copying is done in 4k lumps. (cp's default buffer)
> > <sarcasm flavour=sad> Hopefully not everyone shares your opinion. </sarcasm>
>
> 	If I am correct ,  I beleive he is speaking of the amount of
> 	MEMORY needed to cache the copy of file data WITHOUT a swap
> 	partit. or file .

  Probably I have misunderstood.
  Can you once again explain it to me - slowly.

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Ihar 'Philips' Filipau  / with best regards from Saarbruecken.
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