ubuntu on a laptop, regular unwanted disc access

[michaelpo@myjaring.net]

Why is too much ram a problem?
How much is too much?



Carsten Aulbert wrote:
> Gabriel Dragffy wrote:
> 
>> Is there something that is recommended to be altered?
> 
> That's a pretty difficult subject. I think there is a howto on
> http://www.tlpd.org/, however I haven't found it just yet and it might
> be slightly outdated.
> 
> If I remember correctly, the biggest problem is that the syslogd writes
> ever once in a while into /var/log/syslog and other files. Putting
> /var/log into a ramdisk might help, also switching swap off as well,
> however, with /var/log/ not on disk anymore, you might lose the
> possiblity to diagnose problems.
> 
>>From my experience, switching off hard disks does not seem to save an
> awful lot of wattage, the biggest problem is probably memory (don't put
> too much memory into the system), the CPU (use all the powersave you can
> get) and reduce the backlight brightness as much as possible.
> 
> Sorry, for having only these too general guidelines :(
> 
> Carsten
> 
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