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Re: Linux disk caching
On Wednesday 05 May 2004 03:04, Tulsi Ram Mayala wrote:
Hi Tulsi,
> I need some help to disable disk caching on Red Hat linux 7.2 (kernel 2.4).
> I run a server application on this system with 2 Gigs of RAM. The server
> application does a lot of disk IO and with time, the linux system consumes
> all of available memory in cache and buffers thus leaving no space for the
> processes to grow. The system starts swapping and slows down my server
> application.
> I need some way to limit/disable the disk caching. My application does
> both disk read and write intensive operations.
> Any pointers will be appreciated.
> Thanx in advance.
I don't know what Kernel RH 7.2 is using, but maybe it's all related to this:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89226
ciao, Marc
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