[ale] 16 Gigs of RAM and still swapping!

[Greg Freemyer]

Actually I do have a question.

I have 2 big tasks running.  The more important one to me is only 2GB
of Virtual Ram per top.

Is there a way I can keep that task in ram? I don't want to restart it.

Greg

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Greg Freemyer<greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> Nothing else to say.
>
> I've asked the software vendor and they say, "we recommend 64 GB of
> ram"  ie. swapping is no surprise.
>
> My cpu is only 80% idle waiting on swap to kick in, so at least I'm
> getting some work done.  This task should finish by morning.
>
> Greg
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Greg Freemyer
Head of EDD Tape Extraction and Processing team
Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist
http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer
Preservation and Forensic processing of Exchange Repositories White Paper -
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The Norcross Group
The Intersection of Evidence & Technology
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