Greywolf <greywolf@starwolf.com> writes:
> Thus spake Perry E. Metzger ("PEM> ") sometime Today...
>
> PEM> > I'm not able to control this variable:
> PEM> > # sysctl -w vm.filemin=0
> PEM> > vm.filemin: 10 -> 0
> PEM> > # sysctl vm.filemin
> PEM> > vm.filemin = 10
> PEM> > ???
> PEM>
> PEM> 0 is probably not a valid value for it. If you could set it to 0, your
> PEM> machine would likely stop working.
>
> For vm.filemax, sure, but for file->min<- ?!?  How would that be?

Pressure from other things could drive your disk buffers to zero, and
you need at least *some*.

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Perry E. Metzger		perry@piermont.com