Re: Various performance questions

On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 11:12:37AM -0500, Vivek Khera wrote:
> >>>>> "DM" == Dror Matalon <dror@zapatec.com> writes:
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> DM> effective_cache_size = 25520  -- freebsd forumla: vfs.hibufspace / 8192
>
> DM> 1. While it seems to work correctly, I'm unclear on why this number is
> DM> correct.  25520*8 = 204160 or 200 Megs. On a machine with 2 Gigs it
> DM> seems like the number should be more like 1 - 1.5 Gigs.
>
> Nope, that's correct...

I know it's correct. I was asking why it's correct.

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