SUMMARY: DU 4.0 and Memory use

From: Paul Kitwin <PAUKIT_at_HBSI.COM>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 10:02:00 -0800

> Sorry about the unfinished summary a moment ago. I fat thumbed the
> send.
>
>
>
>
> > Thanks everyone for the rapid and extensive responces.
> >
> > My original question was:
> >
> > > Does Digital UNIX 4.0 utilize unallocated system memory to file
> > caching?
> >
> > The answer was a resounding YES it does. This is called UBC
> (Unified
> > Buffer Cache) and is a tunable parameter.
> >
> > One person (Randy Hayman haymanr_at_icefog.alaska.edu) even pointed me
> to
> > a utility that can observe this.
> >
> >
> > PS: you may wish to take a look at one of my utilities to let you
> see
> > this.
> > See:
> > ftp://raven.alaska.edu/pub/randy/perf_mon_tools/README.1st
> > and
> > ftp://raven.alaska.edu/pub/randy/perf_mon_tools/vm_mon-1.0.README
> > for details
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Fri Nov 14 1997 - 19:19:38 NZDT

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