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    how to make ubuntu 11.10 64bit further leverage large memoy

    Hi there,
    are there any optimizations I can do to further utilize large memory. I have 8 G memory on my laptop and I installed ubuntu 11.10 64bit. I Now the system only use 10% of my memory.

    Thank you.

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    Re: how to make ubuntu 11.10 64bit further leverage large memoy

    What about running more than one Virtual Machine?

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    Re: how to make ubuntu 11.10 64bit further leverage large memoy

    Quote Originally Posted by kazztan0325 View Post
    What about running more than one Virtual Machine?
    I don't use virtual machine. I just want system to cache more data so I can launch application faster. I want minimize disk write.

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    Re: how to make ubuntu 11.10 64bit further leverage large memoy

    Then what about using Ramdisk?

    You would be able to refer this post and its thread.
    "HOW TO: mount /tmp to ram for increased preformance."
    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1054129

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    Re: how to make ubuntu 11.10 64bit further leverage large memoy

    you can tweak the swappiness if you like, but the default settings are already optimized

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq

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    Re: how to make ubuntu 11.10 64bit further leverage large memoy

    Quote Originally Posted by ilovelyy View Post
    I don't use virtual machine. I just want system to cache more data so I can launch application faster. I want minimize disk write.
    Launching applications does not write to disk (it reads).

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    Re: how to make ubuntu 11.10 64bit further leverage large memoy

    You could install preload

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    sudo apt-get install preload
    Slows down initial boot a tad for some people, but it preloads apps as it learns what you use. Depending on the speed of your system you may see a difference. If not you just have more ram than you need. I have 4GB's and even when I run a VM I never use all my RAM let alone touch swap. Even compiling a kernel I don't go over 4GB's.

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    Re: how to make ubuntu 11.10 64bit further leverage large memoy

    Loading an application takes x seconds. If you use preload then you shunt those x seconds to the boot process rather than while you are using the desktop. There is no change in x but perhaps a psychological benefit (a small increase in boot time is less frustrating than a laggy desktop).

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    Re: how to make ubuntu 11.10 64bit further leverage large memoy

    Decrease your swappiness to 10. I don't think you will see any difference in memory usage but you should see a vast improvement in performance. Make sure you read the whole page (it's on the bottom).
    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq
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    Re: how to make ubuntu 11.10 64bit further leverage large memoy

    Quote Originally Posted by snowpine View Post
    Loading an application takes x seconds. If you use preload then you shunt those x seconds to the boot process rather than while you are using the desktop. There is no change in x but perhaps a psychological benefit (a small increase in boot time is less frustrating than a laggy desktop).
    preload runs all the time. it reanalyzes every 20 seconds if it should preload anything else (you can change that in the preload.conf file). ureadahead is the one that only runs during the boot process.

    Quote Originally Posted by Bobhuber
    Decrease your swappiness to 10. I don't think you will see any difference in memory usage but you should see a vast improvement in performance. Make sure you read the whole page (it's on the bottom).
    If you don't use the swap partition does decreasing swappiness really make a difference? I only have 4GB's of RAM but I never use the swap partition. Free always looks like this for me:

    Code:
                 total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
    Mem:       4009916    1539100    2470816          0      72928     493388
    -/+ buffers/cache:     972784    3037132
    Swap:      4455420          0    4455420

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