On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 13:36 +0530, Indunil Jayasooriya wrote: > I am still runnig Redhat 9 box with sendmail and squid. It is quite > slow. It has only 128 MB RAM. So I upgraded it to 512 MB RAM. Now, It > is running with 512 MB RAM. But, It is still slow. No progress has > been achived. Some users say it is slower than before. Actually, I > also have noticed it is NOW SLOWER than before. WHY IS THAT? Because the machine doesn't have enough cache memory to cover all 512 MB. > SHOULD I NEED TO RECOMPILE THE KERNEL as I installed a new 512 MB RAM ? No, you should get a more modern machine with more cache memory (as well as update the OS). Wonders are being worked with P3s, P4s, and Semprons these days. -- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazqueznet at gmail.com> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070725/cec7bfe2/attachment-0004.sig>