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| Started by | JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> |
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| First post | 2014-04-10 02:11 -0400 |
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DIMM memory order JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-10 02:11 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-10 15:12 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-10 15:15 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-11 00:27 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-04-11 01:26 -0700
Re: DIMM memory order dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-04-11 19:59 +1000
Re: DIMM memory order Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-04-11 07:32 -0700
Re: DIMM memory order dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-04-12 08:34 +1000
Re: DIMM memory order Dorian Grey <oscar@wild.net> - 2014-04-11 07:25 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-11 14:35 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-04-11 22:32 +0200
Re: DIMM memory order Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-11 17:06 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-16 22:17 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-18 00:25 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-18 10:14 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-18 12:59 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-19 05:35 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-19 09:50 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-04-19 17:15 +0000
Re: DIMM memory order Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-19 13:27 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-19 16:02 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-19 20:33 -0400
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| From | JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> |
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| Date | 2014-04-10 02:11 -0400 |
| Subject | DIMM memory order |
| Message-ID | <53463630$0$55625$c3e8da3$b280bf18@news.astraweb.com> |
I am getting two 8GB sticks today ! Yippie ! My 2009 MacPro will thus have 2* 8GB and 2*4GB sticks. Looking at the manuals, they provide order of filling the slots ( 1, 1-2, 1-2-3, 1-2-3-4) and then state: "Note: If you install different-size DIMMs in your Mac Pro, follow the order in the table. If the DIMM configuration you install doesn’t provide optimized performance, the Memory Slot Utility appears onscreen and recommends an improved configuration." Does anyone have any insight on what order I should install them in ? Somehow, I have to wonder if the Memory Slot Utility will know about 8GB sticks (snow leopard). Should it be 8-8-4-4 , 4-4-8-8, 8-4-8-4, or 4-8-4-8 ? If Memory Slot Utility says it is incorrect, will it actually suggest the proper order ?
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| From | Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> |
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| Date | 2014-04-10 15:12 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <SZGdnUceJo2GcNvOnZ2dnUVZ_vGdnZ2d@giganews.com> |
| In reply to | #58447 |
On 2014.04.10, 02:11 , JF Mezei wrote:
> I am getting two 8GB sticks today ! Yippie !
>
> My 2009 MacPro will thus have 2* 8GB and 2*4GB sticks.
>
> Looking at the manuals, they provide order of filling the slots (
> 1, 1-2, 1-2-3, 1-2-3-4) and then state:
>
> "Note: If you install different-size DIMMs in your Mac Pro, follow the
> order in the table. If the DIMM configuration you install doesn’t
> provide optimized performance, the Memory Slot Utility appears onscreen
> and recommends an improved configuration."
>
> Does anyone have any insight on what order I should install them in ?
> Somehow, I have to wonder if the Memory Slot Utility will know about 8GB
> sticks (snow leopard).
>
> Should it be 8-8-4-4 , 4-4-8-8, 8-4-8-4, or 4-8-4-8 ?
>
> If Memory Slot Utility says it is incorrect, will it actually suggest
> the proper order ?
Not espicially. My iMac came with 8 GB (2 x 4) and I added 16 (2 x 8)
in the next available slots.
If you go to the memory section in "AboutThis Mac" there is a link to
Apple support about updating memory (from Mavericks anyway) for your model.
--
"Big data can reduce anything to a single number,
but you shouldn’t be fooled by the appearance of exactitude."
-Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis, NYT, 2014.04.07
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| From | JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> |
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| Date | 2014-04-10 15:15 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <5346edc6$0$9648$c3e8da3$e408f015@news.astraweb.com> |
| In reply to | #58459 |
On 14-04-10 15:12, Alan Browne wrote: > If you go to the memory section in "AboutThis Mac" there is a link to > Apple support about updating memory (from Mavericks anyway) for your model. The Apple documentation for2009 MacPro provides the order to fill the slots for memory of equal sizes, and suggests using the same order and letting Memory Slot Utility tell you how to re-arrange DIMMs of different order.
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| From | JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> |
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| Date | 2014-04-11 00:27 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <53476f37$0$7240$c3e8da3$76a7c58f@news.astraweb.com> |
| In reply to | #58462 |
An update.. My Mac Pro got its spring cleaning today. Reverse vacuum cleaner to create air spray and flush the dust out. And then, added the 2 * *GB boards. 8GB 8GB 4GB 4GB. When I booted, the Memory Slot Utility automatically came out and said that the memory was in the correct order. (interesting that it noticed the memory config change). So I doubled from 12GB to 24GB. (and I have a spare 4GB that will likely replace a 2GB in my Xserve (they use compatible memory). Will be interesting to see how quickly the system gobbles up the extra 12GB in the "inactive" part.
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| From | Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> |
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| Date | 2014-04-11 01:26 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <201404110126348092-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> |
| In reply to | #58475 |
On 2014-04-11 04:27:34 +0000, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> said: > An update.. > > My Mac Pro got its spring cleaning today. Reverse vacuum cleaner to > create air spray and flush the dust out. > > And then, added the 2 * *GB boards. > > 8GB 8GB 4GB 4GB. > > When I booted, the Memory Slot Utility automatically came out and said > that the memory was in the correct order. (interesting that it noticed > the memory config change). > > So I doubled from 12GB to 24GB. (and I have a spare 4GB that will likely > replace a 2GB in my Xserve (they use compatible memory). > > Will be interesting to see how quickly the system gobbles up the extra > 12GB in the "inactive" part. I am running 4 x 4GB and with a fair amount of stuff open and running this Mac will suck up most of what I feed it. Right now with LR5 & PS CC open, along with Safari, Mail, Unison, iTunes, and a few other apps running I currently have 2.75 GB available. Once I start into PS with multiple adjustment layers open that is eroded quickly. -- Regards, Savageduck
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| From | dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> |
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| Date | 2014-04-11 19:59 +1000 |
| Message-ID | <do_ray_me-E6E995.19590111042014@news.albasani.net> |
| In reply to | #58476 |
In article <201404110126348092-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
> I am running 4 x 4GB and with a fair amount of stuff open and running
> this Mac will suck up most of what I feed it.
> Right now with LR5 & PS CC open, along with Safari, Mail, Unison,
> iTunes, and a few other apps running I currently have 2.75 GB
> available. Once I start into PS with multiple adjustment layers open
> that is eroded quickly.
And, of course, if you did not have all those apps open, the sky might
fall in. What is it with this world, where everyone wants everything?
--
dorayme
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| From | Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> |
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| Date | 2014-04-11 07:32 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <2014041107323150868-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> |
| In reply to | #58477 |
On 2014-04-11 09:59:02 +0000, dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> said:
> In article <201404110126348092-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
> Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
>
>> I am running 4 x 4GB and with a fair amount of stuff open and running
>> this Mac will suck up most of what I feed it.
>> Right now with LR5 & PS CC open, along with Safari, Mail, Unison,
>> iTunes, and a few other apps running I currently have 2.75 GB
>> available. Once I start into PS with multiple adjustment layers open
>> that is eroded quickly.
>
> And, of course, if you did not have all those apps open, the sky might
> fall in. What is it with this world, where everyone wants everything?
What can I say? I'm sloppy, and Spaces sort of encourages that behavior.
That said, if I am getting down to some serious RAM intensive LR/PS
work I will quit the distracting stuff.
--
Regards,
Savageduck
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| From | dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> |
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| Date | 2014-04-12 08:34 +1000 |
| Message-ID | <do_ray_me-637AEB.08342112042014@news.albasani.net> |
| In reply to | #58481 |
In article <2014041107323150868-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
> On 2014-04-11 09:59:02 +0000, dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> said:
>
> > In article <201404110126348092-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
> > Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I am running 4 x 4GB and with a fair amount of stuff open and running
> >> this Mac will suck up most of what I feed it.
> >> Right now with LR5 & PS CC open, along with Safari, Mail, Unison,
> >> iTunes, and a few other apps running I currently have 2.75 GB
> >> available. Once I start into PS with multiple adjustment layers open
> >> that is eroded quickly.
> >
> > And, of course, if you did not have all those apps open, the sky might
> > fall in. What is it with this world, where everyone wants everything?
>
> What can I say? I'm sloppy, and Spaces sort of encourages that behavior.
> That said, if I am getting down to some serious RAM intensive LR/PS
> work I will quit the distracting stuff.
All a matter of cost really, if you are flush with funds, get as much
ram as you can. Good stuff, ram! Otherwise, you need to live within
your means.
--
dorayme
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| From | Dorian Grey <oscar@wild.net> |
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| Date | 2014-04-11 07:25 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <li8jfs$tm4$1@news.albasani.net> |
| In reply to | #58475 |
On 4/11/14, 12:27 AM, JF Mezei wrote: > An update.. > > My Mac Pro got its spring cleaning today. Reverse vacuum cleaner to > create air spray and flush the dust out. > > And then, added the 2 * *GB boards. > > 8GB 8GB 4GB 4GB. > > When I booted, the Memory Slot Utility automatically came out and said > that the memory was in the correct order. (interesting that it noticed > the memory config change). > > So I doubled from 12GB to 24GB. (and I have a spare 4GB that will likely > replace a 2GB in my Xserve (they use compatible memory). > > Will be interesting to see how quickly the system gobbles up the extra > 12GB in the "inactive" part. > > Just curious-- do you see performance improvement with all that memory? A few years back I was given some free memory sticks that had the correct specs for my iMac. I put them in boosting it from 4GB to 12GB. Diagnostics said memory was recognized and working properly-- but I really didn't see much of a difference in routine day to day use. -- "I am an old man and I have worried much about things that have never happened." —Mark Twain
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| From | JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> |
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| Date | 2014-04-11 14:35 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <534835e3$0$49434$c3e8da3$c8b7d2e6@news.astraweb.com> |
| In reply to | #58478 |
On 14-04-11 07:25, Dorian Grey wrote: > Just curious-- do you see performance improvement with all that memory? Too early to tell. A freshly booted Mac with freshly started apps don't occupy a big memory footprint. But given time, Firefox grows, as does Photoshop (which I am using a lot these days). One thing about virtual memory and apps: When an app needs more memory, it asks for it and if not available from the local pool, the memory functions (such as malloc in C) will ask for additional memory from the virtual memory system (aka: grow the virtual memory footprint of the process). However, when using those functions to release memory (such as when closing a tab), the freed memory goes to the local pool and not given back to the system. So the process' memory footprint does not shrink. When an app releases memory (such as when closing a tab), that memory goes back to the local pool, it doesn't go back to the virtual memory system, so the App's memory footprint does not shrink. With the original 12 gigs, it would start to occupy the 12 gigs fairly quickly (large chunk in the "Inactive" blue (it isn't really "inactive" as it contains shared code and other active structures). I would definitly see performance problems, especially with Firefox trying to play flash videos. > Diagnostics said memory was recognized and working properly-- but I > really didn't see much of a difference in routine day to day use. As long as your typical use results in a fair amount of Free (green) memory available, adding more RAM won't really change much. But when your typical use uses up all of the green, then adding RAM will make a difference. It also depends on whether you quit all apps and restart regularly, or whether your apps are always running and ready to be used.
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| From | ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> |
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| Date | 2014-04-11 22:32 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <li9jh6$fgj$1@solani.org> |
| In reply to | #58478 |
Dorian Grey wrote: > Just curious-- do you see performance improvement with all that memory? > > A few years back I was given some free memory sticks that had the > correct specs for my iMac. I put them in boosting it from 4GB to 12GB. > > Diagnostics said memory was recognized and working properly-- but I > really didn't see much of a difference in routine day to day use. I don't know what JF Mezei experiences, but I can tell for my own that when I upgraded my own MacPro Xeon 4x2,66ghz from 10gb to 16gb both speed and performance were increased radically when working with heavy audio files... Example... A one hour RAW audio file edited and ready to be resampled and saved. Program used - Amadeus Pro 2.x. - 10gb RAM, resampled into 320kbps mp3 - apprx. 20 mins. - 16gb RAM, resampled into 320kbps mp3 - apprx. 12 mins. And at the same time I can go on editing other files of same sizes without losing any kind of speed in the editing processes... Twice I've seen CPU use raise to 99% and RAM use to apprx. 14gb, - that was when I put 10x 1 hour ausio files to resample and save at the same time... Cheers, Erik Richard -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Erik Richard Sørensen, Member of ADC, <mac-daneRE@MOVEstofanet.dk> NisusWriter - The Future In Multilingual Text Processing - www.nisus.com Openoffice.org - The Modern Productivity Solution - www.openoffice.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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| From | Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> |
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| Date | 2014-04-11 17:06 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <-pSdnc0jNIr7xNXOnZ2dnUVZ_q-dnZ2d@giganews.com> |
| In reply to | #58478 |
On 2014.04.11, 07:25 , Dorian Grey wrote:
> On 4/11/14, 12:27 AM, JF Mezei wrote:
>> An update..
>>
>> My Mac Pro got its spring cleaning today. Reverse vacuum cleaner to
>> create air spray and flush the dust out.
>>
>> And then, added the 2 * *GB boards.
>>
>> 8GB 8GB 4GB 4GB.
>>
>> When I booted, the Memory Slot Utility automatically came out and said
>> that the memory was in the correct order. (interesting that it noticed
>> the memory config change).
>>
>> So I doubled from 12GB to 24GB. (and I have a spare 4GB that will likely
>> replace a 2GB in my Xserve (they use compatible memory).
>>
>> Will be interesting to see how quickly the system gobbles up the extra
>> 12GB in the "inactive" part.
>>
>>
>
> Just curious-- do you see performance improvement with all that memory?
>
> A few years back I was given some free memory sticks that had the
> correct specs for my iMac. I put them in boosting it from 4GB to 12GB.
>
> Diagnostics said memory was recognized and working properly-- but I
> really didn't see much of a difference in routine day to day use.
My prior iMac at 6 GB (maxed) would, when loaded with photography apps
and large files, and "the usual" other stuff, begin to swap. At that
point there are occasional pauses and sometimes dead time while
something is moved out or into memory. Beachballs happen.
The OS would take about 1.5 GB of that 6.
This iMac is at 24 GB and I have not seen much swapping at all (actual
swap "used" is 512 KB as I write this). Further, the OS takes a lot
more of the memory (several more GB) and therefore is not loading stuff
as needed - it's in memory when needed even if seldom. The file caches
(presently) is a whopping 10 GB. (Also have Fusion drives so I assume a
lot, if not all, of the OS is in SSD further speeding up the system).
And I have another 8 GB of growth available if needed - though I'd end
up with 8 GB of ram I'd need to sell off (2 x 4 GB). So far it's not
needed.
(I also have a large ram disk that I use when downloading stuff. Unpack
it there before moving to disk and delete the .tar/.zip (etc.) in the
ram disk. The ramdisk can be 'dismounted' and remounted as needed to
clear up ram.)
--
"Big data can reduce anything to a single number,
but you shouldn’t be fooled by the appearance of exactitude."
-Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis, NYT, 2014.04.07
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| From | JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> |
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| Date | 2014-04-16 22:17 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <534f39cc$0$55648$c3e8da3$b280bf18@news.astraweb.com> |
| In reply to | #58486 |
>> Just curious-- do you see performance improvement with all that memory? it has been a number of days now. Have not had time to do heavy duty photoshop stuff. And I watched a number of .mkvs on VLC which has a kernel bug crash when going from one .mkv to another in a playlist (I suspect poorly enoded .mkvs without a proper ending). So my system uptime has not been great. I have see the RAM usage grow to about 15 gigs of 24 (I had 12 before). Noticeable performance improvement in scrolling, especially with Firefox. Starting up apps that were started before is also faster (indicating cache working better).
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| From | JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> |
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| Date | 2014-04-18 00:25 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <5350a93f$0$7149$c3e8da3$76a7c58f@news.astraweb.com> |
| In reply to | #58589 |
Did some work on my slides tonight. Susprised to see memory usage shoot WAY up. "Active" is now 14.9 gigs "Inactive: 6 gigs. Out of 24 gigs, I am now just over 22gigs used with less than 2 gigs of "green" free memory. I used to do the same tasks in 12 gigs of memory, so thre would have been considerable paging. The "Inactive" title for the "blue" memory in Activity monitor is really a misnomer as it clearly isn't memory that can be freed when needed by something else. Currently running a photoship script to process a whole bunch of images and it is clearly faster now. As I typed this message, the free memory ran down to nearly 0, with the "Inactive" growing to over 7 gigs. (photoshop script will be running for a while longer).
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| From | Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> |
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| Date | 2014-04-18 10:14 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <bsOdnacFnNTMrszOnZ2dnUVZ_t-dnZ2d@giganews.com> |
| In reply to | #58616 |
On 2014.04.18, 00:25 , JF Mezei wrote:
> Did some work on my slides tonight.
>
> Susprised to see memory usage shoot WAY up.
>
> "Active" is now 14.9 gigs
> "Inactive: 6 gigs.
>
> Out of 24 gigs, I am now just over 22gigs used with less than 2 gigs of
> "green" free memory.
>
> I used to do the same tasks in 12 gigs of memory, so thre would have
> been considerable paging.
>
> The "Inactive" title for the "blue" memory in Activity monitor is really
> a misnomer as it clearly isn't memory that can be freed when needed by
> something else.
>
> Currently running a photoship script to process a whole bunch of images
> and it is clearly faster now.
>
>
> As I typed this message, the free memory ran down to nearly 0, with the
> "Inactive" growing to over 7 gigs. (photoshop script will be running for
> a while longer).
Possibly file cache has grown. You could "flush" from terminal and see
if it reduces - if temporarily. On my system monitor (which shows file
cache in Mavericks) I'm at 7 GB for cache - this is included in used
memory. - but not reported that way by MenuMeters (shows 9.3 GB used).
Currently:
Phys Mem: 24.00 GB App Mem: 6.42 GB
Mem Used: 15.28 GB File Cache: 7.04 GB
VM: 24.00 GB Wired Mem: 1.82 GB
Swap: 1.60 MB Compressed: 0
eg: MemUsed = AppMem+FileCache+Wired
iStat:
Wired: 1.82
Active: 7.15
Inactive 5.42
Free: 9.60
And from top:
5693M resident, 134M private, 2147M shared. PhysMem: 14G used (1864M
wired), 9821M unused.
VM: 535G vsize, 1080M framework vsize, 0(0) swapins, 0(0) swapouts.
So (recalling the Chinese proverb) it's hard to reconcile all these
measurements (to be sure they were not at the same instant so there's
some small errors for that).
--
"Big data can reduce anything to a single number,
but you shouldn’t be fooled by the appearance of exactitude."
-Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis, NYT, 2014.04.07
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| From | Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> |
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| Date | 2014-04-18 12:59 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <wPKdnWYXNNZ8xMzOnZ2dnUVZ_uSdnZ2d@giganews.com> |
| In reply to | #58624 |
On 2014.04.18, 10:14 , Alan Browne wrote:
> Possibly file cache has grown. You could "flush" from terminal and see
er, "purge"
--
"Big data can reduce anything to a single number,
but you shouldn’t be fooled by the appearance of exactitude."
-Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis, NYT, 2014.04.07
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| From | JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> |
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| Date | 2014-04-19 05:35 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <53524368$0$47834$c3e8da3$5d8fb80f@news.astraweb.com> |
| In reply to | #58626 |
Interesting event tonight in wee hours. While in a pause for work on photoshop, the Activity Monitor which showed almost no free memory (24GB), all of a sudden showed a huge chunk of free memory. Suspect some daily batch job that does system maintenance that purged the disk cache behind the scenes.
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| From | Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> |
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| Date | 2014-04-19 09:50 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <yMWdnTCto8S64s_OnZ2dnUVZ_tOdnZ2d@giganews.com> |
| In reply to | #58638 |
On 2014.04.19, 05:35 , JF Mezei wrote:
> Interesting event tonight in wee hours. While in a pause for work on
> photoshop, the Activity Monitor which showed almost no free memory
> (24GB), all of a sudden showed a huge chunk of free memory.
>
> Suspect some daily batch job that does system maintenance that purged
> the disk cache behind the scenes.
Console doesn't log that AFAICT, but there is a Widget called
"Maintidget" that will show when maintenance scripts were last run. By
default they go at about 3 or 4 in the morning. (Daily, weekly and
monthly).
I changed mine to run about 5 minutes after the morning start time (eg:
after the computer wakes, but before I get to the computer).
--
"Big data can reduce anything to a single number,
but you shouldn’t be fooled by the appearance of exactitude."
-Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis, NYT, 2014.04.07
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| From | Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> |
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| Date | 2014-04-19 17:15 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnll5bq5.1209.g.kreme@amelia.local> |
| In reply to | #58651 |
In message <yMWdnTCto8S64s_OnZ2dnUVZ_tOdnZ2d@giganews.com> Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote: > On 2014.04.19, 05:35 , JF Mezei wrote: >> Interesting event tonight in wee hours. While in a pause for work on >> photoshop, the Activity Monitor which showed almost no free memory >> (24GB), all of a sudden showed a huge chunk of free memory. >> >> Suspect some daily batch job that does system maintenance that purged >> the disk cache behind the scenes. > Console doesn't log that AFAICT, but there is a Widget called > "Maintidget" that will show when maintenance scripts were last run. By > default they go at about 3 or 4 in the morning. (Daily, weekly and > monthly). > I changed mine to run about 5 minutes after the morning start time (eg: > after the computer wakes, but before I get to the computer). Maintenance scripts, unlike cron jobs, run opportunistically. If your computer is off at 3am, and one at 7am, the scripts will run shortly after 7am without changing them. -- Up the airy mountains, down the rushy glen... From ghosties and bogles and long-leggity beasties... My mother said I never should... We dare not go a-hunting for fear... And things that go bump... Play with the fairies in the wood... --Lords and Ladies
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| From | Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> |
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| Date | 2014-04-19 13:27 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <676dnY4g_45sLM_OnZ2dnUVZ_gOdnZ2d@giganews.com> |
| In reply to | #58665 |
On 2014.04.19, 13:15 , Lewis wrote:
> In message <yMWdnTCto8S64s_OnZ2dnUVZ_tOdnZ2d@giganews.com>
> Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
>> On 2014.04.19, 05:35 , JF Mezei wrote:
>>> Interesting event tonight in wee hours. While in a pause for work on
>>> photoshop, the Activity Monitor which showed almost no free memory
>>> (24GB), all of a sudden showed a huge chunk of free memory.
>>>
>>> Suspect some daily batch job that does system maintenance that purged
>>> the disk cache behind the scenes.
>
>> Console doesn't log that AFAICT, but there is a Widget called
>> "Maintidget" that will show when maintenance scripts were last run. By
>> default they go at about 3 or 4 in the morning. (Daily, weekly and
>> monthly).
>
>> I changed mine to run about 5 minutes after the morning start time (eg:
>> after the computer wakes, but before I get to the computer).
>
> Maintenance scripts, unlike cron jobs, run opportunistically. If your
> computer is off at 3am, and one at 7am, the scripts will run shortly
> after 7am without changing them.
Back at the time I changed them (10.5 or 10.6) they did not run at all.
The change I described guaranteed they ran.
--
"Big data can reduce anything to a single number,
but you shouldn’t be fooled by the appearance of exactitude."
-Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis, NYT, 2014.04.07
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