Re: [NTLK] [OT] Re: speed: OS X's fault

From: Steven Scotten <splicer_at_paroxysm.com>
Date: Wed Sep 23 2009 - 01:20:40 EDT

On Sep 22, 2009, at 9:29 PM, Bob Carls Dudney wrote:

> That warning's undoubtedly from someone who doesn't get the
> difference between swap and virtual memory (probably stuck in Classic
> Mac OS concepts/misunderstandings like I was 'til recently).

Interesting. What is the difference?

This question comes from a guy with a RAID of 15,000 RPM SAS drives
dedicated solely to Photoshop swap. I understand that is different
from what the system does when it does swapping but would love to
learn more about reducing the performance bottlenecks on my machine
(I'm pretty certain reliance on spinning disks is the primary
performance bottleneck in almost any machine still running.)

Steve

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