latest RPM has max-heap defined
Stephen Weeks
MLton@sourcelight.com
Sun, 24 Jun 2001 15:35:22 -0700
> In the latest RPMs, the max-heap is still set. You said in your mail about
> the last time I asked that you did it so that your machine doesn't thrash.
> Is it thrashing only because you are running other big things on it?
Pretty much.
> The
> thresholds should be set so that the default max-heap is ok unless you are
> running other big stuff (in which case you have to manually set it smaller)
> or you are so desperate that you are willing to swap (in which case you have
~<> to manually set it larger). If the current default isn't right, then we
> should tweak it. I remember we had to do this in the change to 2.2 because
> the 2.0 level was a bit too large for 2.2 since it had gotten a bit more
> aggressive about swapping early.
I am still seeing some thrashing with RAMslop = 0.85, but I don't think it's bad
enough to cut it down more for 2.4 kernels. I am willing to, though, if you
observe otherwise.