Matus UHLAR - fantomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> In this case it means that the processes are trying to use more memory
>> _actively_ than will fit in RAM, and you end up with a very high page
>> fault rate, meaning your system spends much more time doing disk I/O
>> to the swap area than it d
On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 10:12:11AM +0100, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
> > "Tshepang Lekhonkhobe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >> RES (aka RSS) is actually extremely important: if the sum of all
> > >> programs' RSS exceeds your RAM size, your system will thrash, and
> > >> thrashing is not go
> "Tshepang Lekhonkhobe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> RES (aka RSS) is actually extremely important: if the sum of all
> >> programs' RSS exceeds your RAM size, your system will thrash, and
> >> thrashing is not good.
> >
> > What does thrashing mean?
On 03.11.06 11:58, Miles Bader wrote:
> I
"Tshepang Lekhonkhobe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> RES (aka RSS) is actually extremely important: if the sum of all
>> programs' RSS exceeds your RAM size, your system will thrash, and
>> thrashing is not good.
>
> What does thrashing mean?
In this case it means that the processes are trying t
On 11/2/06, Russell L. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
>> RES (aka RSS) is actually extremely important: if the sum of all
>> programs' RSS exceeds your RAM size, your system will thrash, and
>> thrashing is not good.
> What does thrashing mean?
An example of thrash
Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
What does thrashing mean?
Literally, "thrashing" means beating repetedly. In this context it
is being used figuratively. There are two possible meanings in
this regard. One of them is when disc is being cached in faster
memory (these days, RAM), but the algorithm fo
Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
RES (aka RSS) is actually extremely important: if the sum of all
programs' RSS exceeds your RAM size, your system will thrash, and
thrashing is not good.
What does thrashing mean?
An example of thrashing: You're hauling a ton of live chickens in a van
rated for a h
On 11/1/06, Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Tim Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm not discounting the RES/SHR columns because they are indeed
> interesting, but not entirely useful and as someone pointed out .. a bit
> cryptic.
RES (aka RSS) is actually extremely important: if the s
Tim Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm not discounting the RES/SHR columns because they are indeed
> interesting, but not entirely useful and as someone pointed out .. a bit
> cryptic.
RES (aka RSS) is actually extremely important: if the sum of all
programs' RSS exceeds your RAM size, your
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On 10/31/06 09:14, Tim Post wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-10-31 at 07:43 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
[snip]
> Are you debugging or trying to figure out why contiguous blocks
> are getting kind of small?
No, just curmudgeonly about the size of popular apps. Wor
Þann 2006-10-31, 08:20:45 (-0600) skrifaði Ron Johnson:
> Ok, read that. Does it mean that RES is *in addition to* SHR?
Thats not what the article says:
"SHR is shared memory. Potentionally shared memory. I.e. memory that
may be used not only by this particular app but also by some else. And
act
On Tue, 2006-10-31 at 07:43 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> PID USER VIRT RES SHR %MEM COMMAND
>
> 19383 me249m 101m 26m 10.0 firefox-bin
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> 19068 me197m 73m 22m 7.3 icedove-bin
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> 23727 me172m 58m 40m 5.8 soffice.bin
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> Does this mean th
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On 10/31/06 08:03, Olafur Jens Sigurdsson wrote:
> Þann 2006-10-31, 07:43:00 (-0600) skrifaði Ron Johnson:
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>> Hi,
>>
>> PID USER VIRT RES SHR %MEM COMMAND
>> 19383 me249m 1
Þann 2006-10-31, 07:43:00 (-0600) skrifaði Ron Johnson:
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> Hi,
>
> PID USER VIRT RES SHR %MEM COMMAND
>
> 19383 me249m 101m 26m 10.0 firefox-bin
>
> 19068 me197m 73m 22m 7.3 icedove-bin
>
> 23727 me
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