Re: [Gc-linux-devel] Compressed VM

[Michael S. <st...@in...>]

Sounds *very* interesting, but the kernel patches seem to be for 2.4 
only, and we're based on 2.6. :-/

   Michael

On 16.02.2004, at 11:26, Dead2 wrote:

> Just wanted to point out the possibility of running
> "linuxcompressed". First and foremost this would
> benefit us by making the swap compressed.
> Secondly it can also compress parts of the main
> memory.
>
> It is developed fro the i386 platform, but is also
> reported to be working (at least swap part) fully
> on other archs. It does not contain much i386
> specific code, that's just what the developers use.
>
> On the GC, if this could take our 16MB swap to
> effectively be 20-50MB (depending on contents),
> it would surely mean a world of difference.
>
> The memory part is a bit different. You have to
> specify how much of the memory is to be
> compressed. 50/50 is usually a good start.
> So, 12MB compressed ram would probably be
> able to contain 20-30MB too, without beeing
> overly optimistic. (24-48 is what I'm thinking)
>
> So, in effect this would enable us to atleast double
> the memory load on the GC..  And that is a very
> nice increase on such a memory starved box.
>
> http://linuxcompressed.sourceforge.net/
>
> -=Dead2=-
>
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