How to release memory? (D2.0.30)

[BCS]

Hello Daniel,

> BCS wrote:
> 
>> ... The good news is that with virtual memory, all of that has almost
>> zero cost. What matters is how much ram you are actively using.
>> 
> You've obviously never used a netbook with no swap file.  :)
> 

Nope, my netbook has a swap file, and I've never heard of one befor (you 
would be better referring to embedded systems). And even if it didn't, unless 
you use that whole array, the system doesn't need to actually map ram for 
what isn't used.

As it happens, I ran across this discussion on swapfiles a few days back.

http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/podcast-59/
http://serverfault.com/questions/23621/any-benefit-or-detriment-from-removing-a-pagefile-on-an-8gb-ram-machine