Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!lll-winken!uunet!cbmvax!grr From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: Swapping and Ultrix 3.0 Message-ID: <7705@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 19 Aug 89 07:04:01 GMT References: <1792@garcon.cso.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 30 In article <1792@garcon.cso.uiuc.edu> gary@mehlville.ncsa.uiuc.edu (Gary Faulkner) writes: > > I have a VaxStation II with an RD54. I currently swap to the "b" partition > on this drive (16 meg). I would like (need) more swap space without buying > an additional disk drive. My root and usr partitions are also on this drive, > and basically full. Is there ANY way I can swap to the "b" partition and also > to a swap file on a remote machine? (in other words, is there any way to > configure it that it thinks it is a diskless system, while still swapping > locally? It seems you might be able to do this, since the "swap-type" is maintained on a per swap area basis. That doesn't mean it isn't "broken" in some excruciating way. Also, assuming it did work, it might not give you the "local" swapping effect you want, since the system supposedly attempts to distribute swapping over all the swap areas to minimize seek bottlenecks. You may want to also look at whether you are "wasting" swap area to an unneccssary extreme - vmmin * gettytab entries can be expensive and you may be able to cut things by playing with vmmin or getting rid of excess login entries. On the other hand, if you are trying to support numerous copies of gnuemacs or windowing sillyness, tuning is pretty futile. As others have suggested, getting another disk or a bigger drive is probably the best long-term solution. You'll be happier in all ways. Third party vendors will give you a much better deal than DEC for add-on drives. -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@uunet.uu.net Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)