On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 12:14:11PM -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote:
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> :> Try setting it to 40 (it defaults to 23). The max value is 64
> :> which will effectively put all non-memory-mapped file data on the
> :> inactive queue, including any data which is repeatedly accessed.
>
> I'd like to know if this solves your particular problem (the paging
> issue, not the crashing issue), and if so I will change the default
> cycle point for the release. So play with it.
With vfs.vm_cycle_point = 40 my server was much more responsive this morning.
Almost no programs had to be paged in when first accessed.
So far, so good.
I have now decreased vm_cycle_point to 32.
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Francois Tigeot