raattgift wrote:Why do you want to do that? …
Mac virtual memory: how to make OS X create swap (page) files as freely with a normal boot as it does with a safe boot (swapfile1 etc) is now edited and offering a bounty:
> Think beyond dynamic_pager alone. What causes the
> operating system to create a
greater mass of external swap files when
> boot is safe? I want to experiment with this greater mass
without safe boot.
The reasoning within the question there almost certainly lacks the level of detail that you'd like – sorry. Key points:
- simply, I'd like to experiment
- the greater mass of external swap files seems harmless (no harm to performance) when boot is safe.
Without safe boot: I don't know what causes a smaller mass, but I sense that the
restraint of the operating system can be harmful to performance. (There's no shortage of space on the volume, the disk is fast enough, and so on … so why bother with restraint?)
The question in Ask Different is not directly related to ZEVO. But ZFS loves memory (usually much more wired with ZEVO Community Edition 1.1.1 than with HFS Plus) so I'm paying greater than usual attention to how a Mac uses memory …