Re: linux-2.4.13 high SWAP

From: Marcelo Tosatti (marcelo@conectiva.com.br)
Date: Wed Oct 24 2001 - 12:10:41 EST


Ok,

Have you checked if the amount of data you copied to the tmpfs device is
not way too big to fit in memory ?

Remember: Everything copied to tmpfs will be kept in memory, so if you
simply copy way too much data to tmpfs thats your problem :)

On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Andre Margis wrote:

> Em Qua 24 Out 2001 14:44, Marcelo Tosatti escreveu:
> Marcelo,
>
> I restart the test using the same programs, but now I'm using the "cp" on a
> normal filesystem. At this time everything is OK.
>
> In the last run we Nedd 30 minutes to the disaster.
>
>
> Andre
>
> > On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Andre Margis wrote:
> > > Em Qua 24 Out 2001 15:05, Andre Margis escreveu:
> > >
> > > Mor minutes later the machine "froze".
> >
> > Could you please redo the tests without tmpfs?
> >
> > I'm not sure if its the problem, just want to make sure.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
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