No significant difference between the 8 GB vs 16 GB case. On my machine with kernels that experience the bug, reading package lists can go into the double digits on kernels that experience the bug.
# uname -a
Linux mediaserver 3.2.0-030200-generic #201311141219 SMP Thu Nov 14 17:55:52 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
8 GB:
# time apt-get update
Reading package lists... Done
That kernel doesn't have the bug.
No significant difference between the 8 GB vs 16 GB case. On my machine with kernels that experience the bug, reading package lists can go into the double digits on kernels that experience the bug.
# uname -a generic #201311141219 SMP Thu Nov 14 17:55:52 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
Linux mediaserver 3.2.0-030200-
8 GB:
# time apt-get update
Reading package lists... Done
real 0m53.971s
user 0m15.769s
sys 0m0.604s
16 GB:
Reading package lists... Done
real 0m53.954s
user 0m16.281s
sys 0m0.736s