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sulek
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 9:20 am    Post subject: How to simulate RAM heavy-load Reply with quote

I'd like to test my system under heavy load.
Is there any option to allocate certain amount of RAM?
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 9:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You could create ramdisks using mount. Check on google.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 10:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Or you can compile the latest version of WINE, it fails here with 512Mb RAM + 512 Mb SWAP ;) (Just joking, using ramdisks is a good idea :))
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