> "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: > 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 does actually computing. AFAIK it's usually called 'swapping', I dunno why someone called it 'thrashing' :) -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
