On Wed, 2013-06-12 at 06:56 -0400, Anton Aylward wrote:
Per Jessen said the following on 06/11/2013 08:01 AM:
Try /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
from https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt --------------------------------------------------------------------- Writing to this will cause the kernel to drop clean caches, dentries and inodes from memory, causing that memory to become free.
To free pagecache: echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches To free dentries and inodes: echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches To free pagecache, dentries and inodes: echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
As this is a non-destructive operation and dirty objects are not freeable, the user should run `sync' first. --------------------------------------------------------------------
That sounds like a more sensible path to try.
It is where my hack that seems to help came from. Thanks Per! Yours sincerely, Roger Oberholtzer Ramböll RST / Systems Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 roger.oberholtzer@ramboll.se ________________________________________ Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden www.rambollrst.se -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org