Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-23,: Re: Byte blasts Linux?

# Re: Byte blasts Linux?

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
8 Jun 1999 00:47:03 GMT

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In article <Pine.LNX.3.96.990607161455.8396B-100000@z.ml.org>,
Gregory Maxwell <linker@z.ml.org> wrote:
>http://www.byte.com/columns/servinglinux/1999/06/0607servinglinux4.html
>
>In this article they say that Linux has 10% less performance when
>operating without swap even if it's not in use.
>
>The doesn't agree with my expirences.. Any comments?

Hmm.. There are edge conditions where it helps to have a bit of swap
even if you're not going to need a lot of it. Just enough to swap out
stuff that you really don't need, in order to make room for other stuff.

I certainly always advocate having some swap-space: it makes the "uhhuh,
I have too little memory" case degrade much more gracefully..

Linus

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