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Linux Tuning The Virtual Memory (VM) Subsystem

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 18, 2009

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this link. ]

“Linux allows you to tune the VM subsystem. However,
tuning the memory subsystem is a challenging task. Wrong settings
can affect the overall performance of your system. I suggest you
modify one setting at a time and monitor your system for sometime.
If performance increased keep the settings else revert back.

“Say Hello To /proc/sys/vm

“The files in this directory can be used to tune the operation
of the virtual memory (VM) subsystem of the Linux kernel:

cd /proc/sys/vm ls -l


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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