Manoj_Rajkarnikar <manoj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Fri, 18 Jan 2008, Haytham KHOUJA wrote: [snip] >> Moreover, 1GB for cache_mem is way to much if you only have 3GB of >> total RAMs if you have 8x8GB cache_dir. Lower that to around 256 MB >> ~ 512 MB and try. > > Let me try that... I still have free mem though. by the rule of thumb, > we need 10MB Ram for indexing per GB of cache. that sums up to 8 x 8 > GB x 10MB/GB = ~650MB RAM for cache index + 1GB for Cache_mem = > ~1.7GB. so I'd still have ~1.3GB of RAM for system operation.. I'll > lower the cache_mem, however, to try.. You missed the page cache part... `Don't fight the kernel', as somebody said. ;-)
