Once upon a time, Reindl Harald <h.reindl(a)thelounge.net> said:
Am 02.06.2012 04:08, schrieb Jesse Keating:
> The useless 2G file will get swapped out, not important things that are actively
being used in ram
it does not matter WHAT get swapped out
from the moment on the system starts to swap performance sucks
With /tmp-on-storage, that 2G file would have already caused a large
amount of I/O; it is the same 2G being written on to the same storage,
whether a /tmp filesystem or swap.
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Chris Adams <cmadams(a)hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
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