Applications using hard disk too often
Michael Tuchman
mftuchman at alum.mit.edu
Sun Mar 5 23:20:10 UTC 2006
I am running freeBSD 5.4 stable on a P133 box with 128 Mb ram. Although
I don't think I'm overloading the system, it seems that my system is
using virtual memory too often. Admittedly, this is a subjective
question where 'too often' means only 'more often than I remember with
other *nix-like operating environments on even weaker machines'.
Can anybody offer advice on memory management, appropriate places to
read in the documentation, or other useful links?
I realize that the answer is 'it depends', so what I am asking is really
* How can I find out if I change this annoying behavior for the better?
* Would upgrading to 6.0 help?
This is an experimental box only. There is no critical data on it, so
data loss is not an issue when considering options.
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