On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 12:48 -0400, Ron Peacetree wrote:
> > I have some indications from private tests that very high memory settings
> >may actually hinder performance of the sorts, though I cannot explain that
> >and wonder whether it is the performance tests themselves that have issues.
> >
> Hmmm. Are you talking about amounts so high that you are throwing the OS
> into paging and swapping thrash behavior? If not, then the above is weird.
Thanks for your thoughts. I'll retest, on the assumption that there is a
benefit, but there's something wrong with my earlier tests.
Best Regards, Simon Riggs
