Scott Carey <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 3/11/09 11:04 AM, "Andrej" <andrej.groups@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> 2009/3/12 Scott Carey <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >>> All tests start with 'cat 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches' >> What's the content of '3' above? > Google > *linux drop_caches* first result: > http://www.linuxinsight.com/proc_sys_vm_drop_caches.html > > To be sure a test is going to disk and not file system cache for > everything in linux, run: > *sync; cat 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches* The cited page recommends "echo 3" -- is that what you used in your tests, or the "cat 3" you repeated specify? If the latter, what is in the "3" file? >> Please don't top post, and don't use HTML e-Mail :} Make your >> quotes concise. >> >> http://www.american.edu/econ/notes/htmlmail.htm Did you miss this part? -Kevin -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
