----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd A. Jacobs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> The real test is how much swap you're using. Linux swaps aggressively,
> even if you aren't really out of RAM. But if your swap is always full, and
> your drives are thrashing, it's a clear indication that you've exceeded
> your reasonable limits.

Good description.  We store a copy of our entire customer database in the
/dev/shm.  This help us have very fast lookups.  Also, we point our
applications (and webservers) to use /dev/shm instead of /tmp since our app
builds and deletes many small temporary sort files.

-eric wood



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