Re: Is defragging really a myth?

Tim Lance <see.sig@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:38:04 -0500, Király wrote
(in article <wBdUh.2689$j%5.74@edtnps90>):

Warren Oates <warren.oates@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I don't experience these problems. It sounds like swap problems, not
enough disk space, not enough RAM? Although, rebooting should clear it
up for a while.

Yeah, that's why it seems strange. Using OnyX to delete the swap files
doesn't make a difference. I have plenty of free disk space (117GB free
on 160GB disk.) 768MB of RAM is a little low by today's standards, but
it's well above the minimum requirement for Tiger, and rebooting doesn't
clear it up.. It runs fine for weeks or months that way until the
sluggishness starts.



Swaps aren't truly deleted until a reboot - wheether deleted by OnyX,
Cocktail, etc. Want to test it? Delete them yourself, empty the trash, see
what happens.

In fact this is true of any file which any program has open -- the
file isn't deleted until its been closed by any process using it (or
the process exits, at which point all its files are closed).

This would explain why deleteing the swap files doesn't cause chaos.
I can't imagine how it could help.

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