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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>A PIII/833 with 512MB? Too
small, too old.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Dual Xeon 3G CPU with 2G Ram. I have
about 20 machines with that config. IBM x346 or higher will do it for
you. They’re not that expensive. Dell 2660 too.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>The only way to cache the disk into memory
is through the application. In other words, when the app accesses a disk
file, it then re-reads it at that memory location, if it hasn’t been
altered. I don’t know how to tell your app where in memory the file
lives, without the app first having read it. It’s faster to use a
memory cache, but you really need tons of memory.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces@redhat.com
[mailto:redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces@redhat.com] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Bill Watson<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, February 05, 2007
3:12 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">redhat-sysadmin-list@redhat.com</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: Fastest System
Possible</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=blue face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>Any hints to cause 4.0 to leave all the
disk in memory? Is this a good idea?</span></font><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=blue face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>Is it faster to just go grab some disk
data that to search endless memory cache?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=blue face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>I am currently running pretty well (only
root can bog the system) on a PIII/833 with 512mb, but I'd like this thing
to have as close to infinite speed as I can.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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