Subject: Re: System Tuning to improve responsiveness
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2@mail.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/16/2005 05:55:52
SO, last night I played with my vm.* vars -- tested by playing rocksndiamon=
ds.
This appeared to work the best:

#STUFF to speed up the mouse...
vm.anonmin=3D15
#was 10
vm.anonmax=3D90
#was 95
vm.execmin=3D15
#was 10
vm.execmax=3D90
vm.filemin=3D1
vm.filemax=3D30=20
#was 10

I decided to hold off -- to test a few things. Mwm promptly locked up when =
I started it.


This afternoon I started X using the command line "startx -- -depth 16" (no=
rmally I use
-depth 24). I then played rocksndiamonds -- can't get it to lock up!

Here is my log if you are interested:

vmFOO.1 41% procs    memory      page                       disks      faul=
ts      cpu
 r b w    avm    fre  flt  re  pi   po   fr   sr m0 s0 c0   in   sy  cs us =
sy id
 0 0 0  69164 169708  160   0   0    0    0    0  0 55  0  174  718 126  2 =
 0 98
 0 0 0  69168 169672   17   0   0    0    0    0  0  1  0  160 1078 157  0 =
 0 100
 0 0 0  69192 169648   17   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  141  713 104  0 =
 0 100
 0 1 0  75312 162908  177   0   0    0    0    0  0 56  0  158  595 154  2 =
 0 98
 0 0 0  84240 153704 1361   0   0    0    0    0  0 32  0  197 36739 1034 1=
9  7 73
 1 0 0  84864 153076  208   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  138 188538 357  =
2  1 97
 1 0 0  84884 153056  764   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  110 47645 303  0=
  0 100
 0 0 0  84856 153084  471   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  106 7795 297  0 =
 0 100
 1 0 0  84844 153096  593   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  126 144968 343  =
3  3 94
 1 0 0  84848 153092  448   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  104 52123 295  0=
  0 100
 0 0 0  84884 153056  991   0   0    0    0    0  0  1  0  104 7914 297  0 =
 0 100
 1 0 0  84860 153080  794   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  107 7863 298  0 =
0 100
 0 0 0  84928 153012  845   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  110 7823 302  0 =
 0 100
 1 0 0  84928 153012 1051   0   0    0    0    0  0  1  0  108 7825 299  0 =
 0 100
 1 0 0  84928 153012  346   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  109 44866 317  3=
  3 95
 0 0 0  85064 152876  267   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  143 42914 376  0=
  0 99
 1 0 0  76756 161216  251   0   0    0    0    0  0  2  0  160 14525 420  2=
  0 97
 1 0 0  76756 161216  328   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  143 42604 361  3=
  1 95
 procs    memory      page                       disks      faults      cpu
 r b w    avm    fre  flt  re  pi   po   fr   sr m0 s0 c0   in   sy  cs us =
sy id
 1 0 0  76756 161216  180   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  115 41122 315  3=
  1 95
 0 0 0  76756 161216  405   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  106 7919 288  0 =
0 100
 1 0 0  76756 161216  365   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  105 43650 306  2=
  1 97
 0 0 0  76756 161216  287   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  106 42934 288  0=
 0 100
 1 0 0  76756 161192  651   0   0    0    0    0  0  1  0  103 43178 285  0=
 0 100
 1 0 0  76756 161192  645   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  106 10774 287  0=
  0 100
 0 0 0  76756 161192  726   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  102 7866 282  0 =
0 100
 1 0 0  76756 161192  575   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  101 31043 292  2=
  1 97
 0 0 0  76756 161192  294   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  107 17785 296  0=
  0 99
 1 0 0  76756 161192  238   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  101 7721 281  0 =
0 100
 0 0 0  76756 161192  659   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  102 7856 283  0 =
 0 100
 1 0 0  76756 161192  593   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  105 40466 304  2=
  1 97
 0 0 0  76756 161192  261   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  105 7725 286  0 =
 0 100
 1 0 0  76756 161192  267   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  100 7756 281  0 =
0 100
 1 0 0  76756 161192  444   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  109 10324 292  0=
  0 100
 0 0 0  76752 161200  597   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  106 43114 287  0=
  0 100
 1 0 0  76752 161200  862   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  107 43300 289  0=
  0 100
 0 0 0  76752 161200 1174   0   0    0    0    0  0  1  0  105 43388 285  0=
  0 100
 procs    memory      page                       disks      faults      cpu
 r b w    avm    fre  flt  re  pi   po   fr   sr m0 s0 c0   in   sy  cs us =
sy id
 1 0 0  76752 161200  235   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  107 46430 306  2=
  2 96
 1 0 0  76668 161284  216   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  110 41753 310  2=
  2 96
 0 0 0  76668 161284  468   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  108 7768 291  0 =
 0 100
 1 0 0  76668 161284  113   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  106 41000 305  2=
  1 97
 0 0 0  76640 161312  571   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  111 7814 292  0 =
 0 100
 1 0 0  76640 161312  332   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  105 7779 286  0 =
0 100
 0 0 0  76640 161312  649   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  103 7858 284  0 =
0 100
 1 0 0  76640 161312  834   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  107 7967 288  0 =
0 100
 0 0 0  76640 161312 1256   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  105 8163 286  0 =
0 100
 1 0 0  76648 161304 1395   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  106 8233 286  0 =
0 100
 1 0 0  76648 161304  347   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  107 40587 306  2=
  2 96
 1 0 0  76648 161304  234   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  105 40713 302  2=
  1 97
 0 0 0  76648 161304  253   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  107 7697 291  0 =
0 100
 1 0 0  76648 161304  595   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  109 7833 291  0 =
 0 100
 1 0 0  76648 161304  185   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  108 40156 308  3=
  1 96
 0 0 0  76648 161304  474   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  105 7933 286  0 =
 0 100
 0 0 0  76648 161304  171   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  109 41710 309  2=
  1 96
 1 0 0  76648 161304  492   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  106 7805 287  0 =
0 100
 procs    memory      page                       disks      faults      cpu
 r b w    avm    fre  flt  re  pi   po   fr   sr m0 s0 c0   in   sy  cs us =
sy id
 1 0 0  76648 161304  253   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  109 41206 309  2=
  2 96
 0 0 0  76648 161304  305   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  103 7874 283  0 =
0 100
 1 0 0  76648 161304  703   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  111 11596 293  0=
 0 100
 0 0 0  76648 161304  315   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  104 42925 285  0=
 0 100
 1 0 0  76648 161304  952   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  108 43241 289  0=
  0 100
 1 0 0  76648 161304  381   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0  109 47783 308  2=
  1 96

Data was gathtered with with command vmstat -w 10 > $vmFILE
Cheers
Todd

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