[haiku-development] Re: Default virtual memory size is too big
- From: David McPaul <dlmcpaul@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:36:19 +1000
2009/9/15 SHINTA <shinta.0806@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Hello!
>
> I installed Haiku r1 alpha1 on 5GB partition. After first launch, I
> noticed that there is almost no disk space! Haiku became monster OS?
> No, criminal is VM.
>
> Default virtual memory size is over 4GB. Real memory 2GB+VM 4GB=6GB.
> Does Haiku need such a big memory?
>
> I think about 1GB or 2GB memory (real+VM) is enough for Haiku.
The initial setting for the VM is calculated using the physical memory.
An upper limit might be useful to have as well or even a check on
available disk space so VM never takes more than 50% of free space
(right now it won't use more space than is available).
--
Cheers
David
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