Re: Improved memory management? (10.11)

From	Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Improved memory management? (10.11)
Date	2015-10-12 15:51 +0000
Organization	Miskatonic U
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In message <oOKdnQsqCcugLIbLnZ2dnUU7-audnZ2d@giganews.com> 
  Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2015-10-11 22:38, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2015-10-11, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>>> On 2015-10-11 17:47, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>>> On 2015-10-11, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>>>>> On 2015-10-11 17:01, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>>>>> On 2015-10-11, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2015-10-11 16:21, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2015-10-11, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 2015-10-11 15:51, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 2015-10-11, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 2. As I've mentioned in the past I've operated OS X with both swap and
>>>>>>>>>>> compression disabled to no ill effect.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> What effects were there?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The system worked fine, which is an acceptable effect.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Was the system working fine before you disabled swap and compression?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yep.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I was under the impression there was a measurable improvement.
>>>>>
>>>>> There's an observable improvement: no swaps occur.
>>>>
>>>> No, that's an effect with no apparent improvement in processing speed or
>>>> efficiency.
>>>
>>> A swap on my system is a hard disk write.  That takes time.  Whereas not
>>> swapping takes 0 time.  Measurable?  I suppose it can be done but I
>>> don't have the hooks into the OS to do it.
>>
>> If you have to hook the OS to measure it, then there was no apparent
>> improvement. Seems like a complete waste of time to me, but whatever
>> floats your boat. Personally, I have way better things to do than
>> babysit a computer that exhibits no symptoms of a problem.

> There is a problem.

There is, it is the vacuum between your ears.

> Why is the OS doing swaps of about 300 MB when there is over 5 - 10 GB 
> of RAM unallocated to anything else?

Because THAT IS WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO DO.

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Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-10 09:42 -0400
  Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-10 20:26 +0000
    Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-11 02:13 +0000
      Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-11 10:17 -0400
        Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-11 14:44 -0400
          Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-11 14:54 -0400
            Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-11 19:51 +0000
              Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-11 16:11 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-11 20:21 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-11 16:23 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-11 21:01 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-11 17:13 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-11 21:47 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-11 19:13 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-10-11 20:44 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-12 03:23 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-10-12 10:02 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-12 15:40 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-12 12:28 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-12 09:05 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-12 15:51 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-12 12:45 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-10-12 15:07 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-12 15:39 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-12 14:34 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-12 02:38 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-12 09:10 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-12 15:51 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-12 12:49 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-12 16:20 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-12 12:56 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-12 22:49 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-13 19:20 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-14 08:01 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-14 19:02 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-12 03:20 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-12 09:24 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-10-12 14:40 +0100
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-12 15:37 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-12 12:23 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-12 22:39 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-10-12 20:15 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-13 00:21 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-13 20:26 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-14 08:04 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-14 19:06 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-13 19:10 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-14 07:48 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-14 18:54 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-14 23:15 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-14 20:55 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-12 14:21 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-11 18:58 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-11 19:22 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-12 03:24 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-12 09:27 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-12 15:45 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-12 12:36 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-12 16:43 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-12 12:58 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-12 22:45 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-13 19:19 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-14 07:59 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-14 19:01 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-15 00:17 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-15 13:33 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-12 19:26 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-13 20:17 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-14 17:57 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-14 18:13 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-14 19:09 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-12 03:18 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-12 09:17 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-12 15:25 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-12 12:10 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-11 21:11 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-11 18:55 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-11 19:21 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-12 14:23 -0400
        Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-11 21:10 +0000
          Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-11 17:34 -0400
            Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-11 18:17 -0400
              Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-11 19:15 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-11 19:58 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-12 08:58 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-12 03:16 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-12 09:15 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-10-12 14:17 +0100
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-12 15:20 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-12 12:05 -0400
            Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-12 03:15 +0000
              Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-12 09:13 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-12 15:18 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-12 12:04 -0400
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-12 22:33 +0000
                Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-13 18:59 -0400
  Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-11 18:43 -0400
    Re: Improved memory management? (10.11) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-11 19:16 -0400

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