Re: [PLUG] Memory hardware questions

[Jason <jason@nocks.com>]

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On Friday 05 July 2002 14H:42, Arthur S. Alexion wrote:
> On Friday 05 July 2002 02:05 pm, Brian Epstein wrote:
> > > believe it or not -- almost acceptable.  It is, however, spending
> > > too much time swapping to disk.  I have limited memory upgrade
> > > options --
> >
> > If you have an extra harddrive, you may try hooking that up to your
> > second controller and putting swap exclusively on that drive.  It may
> > speed up your computer (and would be cheaper if you have an extra hdd
> > sitting around).
>
> I do have an extra one, but there is no space in the box for it
> (currently 2 hdds, an internal zip and a cd take up all the space)
>

I believe the recommendation here is to put the swap partition on a different 
disk than the partition that has most of the applications that you are 
running. This should improve the situation a little when you get into 
situations where the system is using the swap memory. This lessens the impact 
of the bottleneck (swap memory).

Increasing memory should reduce the need to use the swap memory. This removes 
the bottleneck (swap memory) more of the time.

Ideally, you want to do both. 128MB still probably  won't be enough for every 
scenario.

Also, try to limit running GTK/Gnome and QT/KDE applications at the same time. 
For example, you probably don't want to have KMail and Gnumeric or Galeon 
running at the same time. Using Gnome and KDE applications at the same time 
will really suck up all of your memory and then some very quickly.

OpenOffice is written in Java, which uses a JVM. That is fairly memory 
intensive as well.

As others have said, shop around for memory prices. Probably not worth the 
prices Gateway is quoting, unless this is a notebook computer (it isn't, is 
it?).

If a hardware swap were to happen, you could probably get the memory you need 
for little or nothing.

You could also try getting memory from a computer show (know what you are 
getting, and know what the best prices are before you go), or from a store 
like Second Source. Used memory should work for a very long time if not 
abused.

HTH,
Jason Nocks
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