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- From: ojtv@phoenix.oulu.fi (Olli Vuolteenaho)
- Subject: Re: Does anyone know...Swap File
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.113929.24743@ousrvr.oulu.fi>
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- Organization: University of Oulu, Finland
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- References: <1993Jan6.222411.502@njitgw.njit.edu>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 11:39:29 GMT
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- David Charlap (dic5340@hertz.njit.edu) wrote:
- : In article <1993Jan6.204721.27215@apgea.army.mil> rcmerrit@apgea.army.mil (Robert C. Merritt <rcmerrit>) writes:
- : >ok, the new question is: Does the swap file keep growning? I plan to run it
- : >24 hours aday (for my BBS) and I don't want to wake up and see a 30 meg swap
- : >file!!!
- :
- : But, in general, the swap file does shrink, but never to it's
- : "just-booted" initial size. Mine starts at 3MB, and usually remains
- : between 6MB and 10MB, depending on how many apps I've running.
- :
- : >next question:
- : >With a 486 DX 33 and 16 megs of ram, normally running only 2 or three applica-
- : >tions at one time of fewer, mainly dos programs or maybe 1 os/2-windows
- : >program and a dos based BBS program (telegard); What size of a swap file
- : >should I expect to see?
- :
- : With a 16MB system, probably less than 4MB in most cases. Remember
- : that DOS apps consume about 1MB each, plus any XMS or EMS memory they
- : choose to use. An OS/2 BBS program will use less, since it will only
- : get what it needs instead of an entire virtual-8088 worth.
- :
- :
- : --
- : David Charlap
-
- I have an 8 MB system with GA+SP. The swapper.dat is initially 4 MB and in
- most cases it stays that way. I've seen it grow to 6 MB in actual use but
- it shrinks quite nicely when the demands for memory get smaller.
- As an example of a worst case scenario (for me at least) I have now
- Ckermit, Win-OS2 with Word for Windows 2.0, WordPerfect 5.1, Quattro pro 4.0
- and Turbo C++ 3.1 running and the swap file is 7 MB.
-
- Olli
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