fay@wpi.WPI.EDU (Peter R Fay) (12/19/90)
Does anyone have any magic numbers for the number of swap buffers? It seems the default is 32. When we run several monster programs (> 60 Megs) our system seems to slow down. We use four paging partitions on four drives, but kept the same 32 swap buffers. Anyone played around with this number with 'sysparam' and seen any changes in performance? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Peter Fay College Computing Center ~ ~ (fay@wpi.edu) Worcester Polytechnic Institute ~ ~ (508)831-5725 100 Institute Road ~ ~ Worcester, MA 01609 ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~