On 2017-09-19 14:51, David C. Rankin wrote:
On 09/18/2017 04:59 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2017-09-18 23:43, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2017-09-18 17:28, Wols Lists wrote:
The other thing is, depending on the PC, might it be simpler to just upgrade the mobo? I guess you're on DDR2? My DDR3 mobo is 16GB.
I don't remember, and "hwinfo --memory" does not say. I think it is DDR3.
Quad-Kit DIMM 8 GB DDR3-1333, looking at the purchase order (Oct 2009).
# dmidecode will show info about each slot and the ram controller. It gives a pretty clear shapshot of the hardware (from the hardware).
Stepping back a bit -- why do you need more RAM? Are you trying to keep a copy of all satellite maps in RAM at once? I get that large database apps and other server apps will use as much as you have, but with a base OS running Win7 virtualized and Arch virtualized on the same server, I barely crack 5GiB and that's allocating 2G to each guest OS?
Because my system is swapping actively. As I go from workspace to workspace I see the application that I have there (say, firefox, libreoffice) wake up, and sometimes this takes minutes.
ssd will help. Is there any way to optimize what you have running to play better in the RAM you have?
Unload apps, of course. Firefox is huge. So is Thunderbird. Then I also use LibreOffice, also large. Interestingly, "clamd" is a very large app in RAM, and it does not swap out. Half a gigabyte. I have pending to work out how to load it on demand, and unload manually or automatically when not posting. This moment I'm using vmware player, takes 2 gigs (for Windows 10). -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)